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Episode description
Have you ever felt at the end of your rope; absolutely spent, but you still have that nagging voice in the back of your head that says you need to be doing more and shouldn't just be relaxing?
In this episode, I want to layout what science says about how we need to have rest, relaxation, and recovery scheduled into our lives and how it can actually benefit us to do nothing...
Resources:
McGill University Music Meta-analysis, http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/node/18455
Music for Stress Reduction, https://psychcentral.com/lib/the-power-of-music-to-reduce-stress/
Reduction of Cortisol Levels after Art Making https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07421656.2016.1166832
The connection between Art and Healing, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2804629/