ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Why does sitting down to rest sometimes make us feel guilty, restless, or convinced we should be doing something more useful?
We live in a culture that celebrates being busy. Productivity is treated as responsibility. Exhaustion becomes proof that we’re needed. Even rest is often justified by how much more productive it will make us later.
In this episode of Cacao Conversations, Julietta Wenzel and Dorice Ross explore our discomfort with doing nothing. Why is it so difficult to rest without earning it? Who are we when we aren’t producing, solving problems, helping others, or checking something off a list? And how often do we stay busy because pausing might allow us to hear something we’ve been avoiding?
We talk about productivity guilt, the pressure to be useful, filling every empty moment with our phones, and the difference between physically stopping and actually resting. We also explore the sacred pause—the conscious space where we can step out of automatic momentum, hear ourselves, and choose what happens next. Does every pause need to produce an answer, insight, or breakthrough? Or can we allow ourselves to simply experience our lives without asking the moment—or ourselves—to accomplish anything?
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Julietta Wenzel
Founder of Body & Soul Ministries
Instagram: @bodyandsoulministries
Dorice Ross
Elder of Body & Soul Ministries
Instagram: @rossdorice
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