Dr. Derek Suite - The Suite Spot
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The Silent Advantage 6/7: Silence Heals What the World Tries to Break. #SelfCareSaturday
Have you ever noticed how a forest regenerates in perfect silence? How soil recovers during winter's harshest periods without making a sound?
Even the mighty ocean rests between tides. These natural cycles of renewal happen not through striving, but through periods of quiet restoration. And surprisingly, you are no different.
In this soul-nourishing episode, we explore the transformative power of silence as more than just the absence of noise—it's a healing space where restoration begins.
Whether you're facing illness, relationship challenges, career setbacks, or simple fatigue, silence offers the first step toward authentic recovery.
Dr. Derek Suite shares how ancient wisdom traditions have long understood this truth, from Biblical teachings that promise rest for the weary to Buddhist perspectives on silence as the home of the awakened mind.
The most revolutionary idea might be this: stillness is strength, rest is resistance, and silence is self-respect. In a world that demands constant productivity, choosing to pause without producing anything becomes a radical act of self-care.
Dr. Suite offers a simple but powerful practice—just 10 minutes of complete silence daily—that can activate your parasympathetic nervous system and create space for deep healing.
No expensive equipment needed, no complicated techniques required. Just you, returning home to yourself through the sacred doorway of silence.
Ready to make friends with silence? Listen now to discover how this free, always-available resource can transform your relationship with yourself and prepare you for whatever season lies ahead.
Your nervous system, your muscles, your spirit—they're all waiting for the sacred stillness they need to truly thrive.
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blessings and greetings and welcome to the sweet spot. It is self-care saturday, here on the sweet spot, so glad you're here with me. I'm dr derek sweet. I'm a board certified psychiatrist. I specialize in high performance. More than that, though, I enjoy resonating and connecting with beautiful souls like yourself, souls on the journey, the journey, the journey towards the highest levels we can possibly achieve while we are here on this side of eternity. It is my pleasure to be with you.
Speaker 1:So all week long, my friend, we've been talking about the power of silence and, yes, here on Self-Care Saturday, it's the day that we stop pushing and start replenishing. All week, all week, we've focused on thinking and trusting and moving forward using the power of silence, but today we're going to let silence hold us, not to do anything, just to be, because silence isn't a void. It's a space where healing begins. Whatever you're facing it could be an illness, it could be an injury, it could even be a legal problem, it could be a relationship issue, it could be just fatigue. Silence is your first step towards getting the healing and getting the recovery that you need.
Speaker 1:In nature, restoration happens in stillness. A forest will regenerate itself quietly, soil will recover during winter's harshest storms quietly. Even the ocean rests between tides. No striving, no proving, just cycles of quiet renewal in nature. And guess what? We are no different. You are no different from nature. Your nervous system, your muscles, your spirit, they all need sacred stillness to reset. And the biblical wisdom, the ancient wisdom, gives us this wonderful invitation Come to me, it says in the scripture of Matthew, come to me everyone who is weary, everyone who feels burdened, and I will give you rest. That's not just rest for the body, it's rest for your entire being. That's powerful. Let that sink in for a minute. That there's a place that you can go, inside of your own mind to access the ancient wisdom's invitation to find divine rest. Wow, yeah, that's powerful, isn't it? In Buddhist teaching we're reminded that silence is an empty space and that space is the home of of the awakened mind.
Speaker 1:Today, I'm asking you to come home to yourself, not through effort, but through ease. Practice this today. Take 10 minutes no music, no phone, no input, just sit, or just walk slowly, or lie down near the window, or find a comfortable place to be, with silence as your companion today. Make friends with silence. Let the world keep spinning, let the TV keep going, let everything pass you by while you stay still. Stillness is strength, my friend, rest is your resistance and silence is self-respect. Oh yeah, when you sit down and you take those minutes for yourself, you are respecting you. You're allowed to pause without having to produce anything. The world will make you think you have to always be productive. No, you don't. You are allowed to pause without being productive.
Speaker 1:Let go of the noise today. Let your breath be enough. Take a breath right now, if you can, a deep breath. You know how many people don't do that. In the 24 hours of the given, we don't take a deep breath. Why don't we do that? In the 24 hours of the given, we don't take a deep breath. Why don't we do that now? Together, a nice inhale and then a slow exhale. You know, when you exhale slower than you inhale, you induce your parasympathetic nervous system and you allow yourself to rest Like a tree in winter.
Speaker 1:Your rest is preparing you for your next season. Don't sacrifice it. Always get your rest. Let silence be your sanctuary. Let stillness do the healing.
Speaker 1:It's not just about pills and it's not just about rubbing bombs on your body. It's not just about getting the latest exercise equipment or the latest gadget that's out there. Sometimes it's just about silence and stillness, and these things are free, and the ancient wisdom tells us that when we're still, we get the benefit of divine healing, divine answers. So you don't have to fix everything today, my friend. You just have to honor what's already growing inside of you. Get in touch with the knowledge, the understanding, the wisdom that says greater is that which is in me than anything that's in the world.
Speaker 1:My challenge is have I accepted that? Have I accepted that? Have I accessed it? Have I slowed down enough to get all of the benefits and derive the benefits that come from stillness and slowing down? Well, speaking of slowing down, tomorrow is Slow Down Sunday. Wow, that's our time for sacred reflection here on the Sweet Spot, a chance for us to reset ourselves, not just our pace, but our perspectives. We'll bring it all together in quiet gratitude and trust tomorrow, on Slow Down Sunday. I hope you'll join me under that banner of sacred silence. Until then, my good friends, be blessed, take care of yourselves and I'll see you tomorrow.