🎙️ Episode 106 — The Art of Doing Nothing (Badly): Navigating the Fear of Slowing Down

🎙️ Episode 106 — The Art of Doing Nothing (Badly): Navigating the Fear of Slowing Down

Series: Scary Things I’ve Learned in 2025
Scary Truth #2: Resting is harder than working.

💬 What It’s About

If being vulnerable with other people is scary, try being vulnerable with yourself.
This week I’m turning the chaos inward and talking about something that makes my skin crawl: slowing down.

Because apparently I’m addicted to doing shit.
From tying my worth to productivity, to feeling guilty when I actually get sick, to realizing my nervous system literally panics when life gets too quiet — yeah, this episode gets real.

So if you’ve ever said “I should be resting” and then immediately started folding laundry, you’re in good company. Grab your drink (Tito’s and Sprite for me tonight) and let’s figure out why the calm feels so damn unsafe.

🧠 We’re Diving Into

  • The science of why chaos feels normal (hello adrenaline junkies)

  • Generational “rest is earned” BS we all inherited

  • How my brain turns “self-care day” into laundry day

  • Tiny ways to actually handle calm without spiraling

  • And yes… the great Red Bull shortage of 2025 🍑

✨ Takeaway

You don’t have to earn peace.
You just have to stop outrunning it.

It’s not laziness — it’s maintenance.
And sometimes the hardest thing you can do for yourself is nothing.

📲 Join the Chaos 😂

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➡️ Next week: Scary Thing #3: Monsters In Our Minds

Stay chaotic, stay kind, and maybe just listen a little better. 💙🧭

Stefanie Wainwright