Welcome to Leaders Devoted to Rest®, a liberatory podcast that challenges the burnout-driven paradigm of success. This isn't just another wellness podcast - it's a movement to disrupt the exhaustion-equals-success narrative. It is a movement to get free.
Host Octavia Faith Ann Raheem guides ambitious leaders in discovering how rest isn't just a pause. Rest Is Sacred and it's a powerful catalyst for transformation. Each episode combines intimate conversations with leaders who've harnessed rest as fuel, followed by practical rest practices you can implement immediately. Whether you're at the edge of burnout or ready to bend time through intentional rest, this podcast offers a sacred space to explore how rest awakens possibility and power within you supporting you in reclaiming your brilliance.
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Welcome to Leaders Devoted to Rest®, a liberatory podcast that challenges the burnout-driven paradigm of success. This isn't just another wellness podcast - it's a movement to disrupt the exhaustion-equals-success narrative. It is a movement to get free.
Host Octavia Faith Ann Raheem guides ambitious leaders in discovering how rest isn't just a pause. Rest Is Sacred and it's a powerful catalyst for transformation. Each episode combines intimate conversations with leaders who've harnessed rest as fuel, followed by practical rest practices you can implement immediately. Whether you're at the edge of burnout or ready to bend time through intentional rest, this podcast offers a sacred space to explore how rest awakens possibility and power within you supporting you in reclaiming your brilliance.
Dismantling Rest Guilt: Dancing, Playing, and Pausing with Dr. LeConte Dill
Leaders Devoted to Rest®
55 minutes
9 months ago
Dismantling Rest Guilt: Dancing, Playing, and Pausing with Dr. LeConte Dill
Recently released *New Book* Rest Is Sacred. Check out www.restissacred.com for order and purchase options. Rest, read, and enjoy!
Rest transforms how we show up in academia and life. In this conversation I am speaking with Dr. LeConte Dill. We explore how embracing rest and play revolutionized her approach to leadership in higher education. Born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, Dr. Dill brings her experiences as a community-accountable educator, scholar, storyteller, and artist to this rich discussion about dismantling rest guilt while honoring both academic excellence and the sacred practice of pause.
As the Director of Graduate Studies and tenured Associate Professor in the Department of African American and African Studies at Michigan State University, Dr. Dill demonstrates how academic leaders can create cultures of rest while maintaining generative and impactful work. Through her journey from feeling guilty about delightful things like coloring and napping to confidently embracing summers off and weekly tap classes, she shares how permission to rest unlocked deeper creativity and joy.
Drawing from her practice as a Certified Mindfulness Instructor and wellness guide, Dr. Dill reveals how breathwork and intentional pauses have become vital to her praxis of showing up for Black girls and rigorously documenting their strategies of wellness, healing, and resistance.
In this episode, we explore:
- How "the answer comes after the pause" transforms decision-making and teaching
- Reclaiming ancestral rest practices hidden in plain sight
- Breaking free from turning every joy into research or productivity
- The power of leadership that actively affirms rest
- Finding play and restoration in unexpected places
- Envisioning a well-rested elder future full of giggles, style, and dance
Experience a guided rest practice focused on throat and heart chakra healing through intentional breathwork. Plus, discover how embracing rest can transform not just your professional life, but your connection to creativity, joy, and ancestral wisdom.
Connect with Dr. LeConte:
Website: lecontedill.com/
Instagram: @docdilltaughtem
Twitter: @DocDill
Stay tuned for her upcoming poetry book release!
Learn more about group rest coaching with Octavia Raheem at www.devotedtorest.com and apply to her rest based mastermind, Devoted to Rest® here.
To connect visit:
www.restissacred.com
octaviaraheem.com
instagram.com/octaviaraheem/
youtube.com/@restwithoctaviaraheem
Music Production Credit: Julianna Sma on Instagram @shebloom
Leaders Devoted to Rest®
Welcome to Leaders Devoted to Rest®, a liberatory podcast that challenges the burnout-driven paradigm of success. This isn't just another wellness podcast - it's a movement to disrupt the exhaustion-equals-success narrative. It is a movement to get free.
Host Octavia Faith Ann Raheem guides ambitious leaders in discovering how rest isn't just a pause. Rest Is Sacred and it's a powerful catalyst for transformation. Each episode combines intimate conversations with leaders who've harnessed rest as fuel, followed by practical rest practices you can implement immediately. Whether you're at the edge of burnout or ready to bend time through intentional rest, this podcast offers a sacred space to explore how rest awakens possibility and power within you supporting you in reclaiming your brilliance.
