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The Rest of Us with Dana Tenille Weekes
The Rest of Us podcast explores rest as self-liberation for advocates and professionals who are losing themselves to the demands of work, loved ones, friends, strangers, and this dizzying world. The Rest of Us cultivates a community through honest reflections, conversations, and laughter for people willing to embrace rest differently.
Episodes
35 episodes
Poetic Interlude - Remica Bingham-Risher reading "In My Best Dreams They Are On the Water"
How do you let stillness into your body as we live in an infinitely difficult world? In this Poetic Interlude, Remica Bingham-Risher shares her poem "In My Best Dreams They Are On The Water" (from her latest poetry collection, Room S...
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Poetic Interlude - Mai-Linh Hong reading "Harvest Moon with Wildfire"
How do you deeply care for the land to ground your living self within the collective of all living things? In this Poetic Interlude, Mai-Linh Hong shares her poem "Harvest Moon with Wildfire" (from her forthcoming debut collection, C...
Ep. 28: Calling All Leaders: Yes, It's You. You're Causing Your Team (and You) Unrest
In this episode, "Calling All Leaders: Yes, It's You. You're Causing Your Team (and You) Unrest," host Dana Tenille Weekes talks about how work environments are breeding grounds for burnout and performative practices.Dana calls in...
Poetic Interlude - Jasmine Vallejo-Love reading “My Response When the Instructor Prompted Us to Craft a Poem About Flowers at a Time Like This”
How has your lineage influenced how you rest? In this Poetic Interlude, Jasmine Vallejo-Love shares her poem “My Response When the Instructor Prompted Us to Craft a Poem About Flowers at a Time Like This” and a reflection prompt on rest.&nbs...
Poetic Interlude - Kira Tucker reading "Off on Holiday"
What happens when our rest is tied up in someone else’s oppression? In this Poetic Interlude, Kira Tucker shares her poem “Off on Holiday” and a reflection prompt on rest. Creative expression is a portal to rest as liberation...
Ep. 27: Let the World Catch Up: Part 2 of 2
In Part 2 of our "Let the World Catch Up" episode, host Dana Tenille Weekes dives into the remaining three of five mindsets to meet those moments in life when you feel like you’re onto something that you can see (but most people can’t see) or y...
Poetic Interlude - Susan L. Leary Reading "Idle"
The Rest of Us is doing something different for Season Two! Every other week, we will feature two of over 30 poets in a segment we call “Poetic Interlude,” launching during National Poetry Month. In this Poetic Interlude, Susan L. Leary shar...
Poetic Interlude - Anastacia-Reneé Reading "Stem"
The Rest of Us is doing something different for Season Two. Every other week, we will feature two of over 30 poets in a segment we call “Poetic Interlude,” launching during National Poetry Month. In this Poetic Interlude, Anastacia-Reneé sha...
Ep. 26: Season Two Premiere - Let the World Catch Up: Part 1 of 2
In the Season Two premiere of The Rest of Us podcast, host Dana Tenille Weekes makes the case for embracing the affirmation “let the world catch up” when people cannot see what we see or understand what we understand. ...
Ep 25: Celebrate Yourself Your Way | Season One Finale
It’s the Season 1 Finale of The Rest of Us! But this episode isn’t just a wrap-up or a celebration of this milestone. Host Dana Tenille Weekes invites you to redefine what it m...
Ep 24: Friend, Say "Yes" to Nothing. Embrace Boredom, Silence, and Slowness.
We use apps to save time, outsource errands, and even boil water in under a minute, yet we still claim we “don’t have time.” In this second-to-last episode of Season 1, Dana Tenille Weekes challenges our cultural addiction to speed, noise, a...
Ep 23: Rethinking Rules We Follow, But Do Not Serve Us
Stop and ask yourself this question: What are the rules that I live by that actually do not serve me? In this episode, host Dana Tenille Weekes invites us to question rules around us and our internal script...
Ep 22: Rest in Conversation with Nia Ariel Davis Sigona - Rest Calls for Us to Reimagine
In this special live-recorded episode from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 54th Annual Legislative Conference, host Dana Tenille Weekes sits with Nia Ariel Davis Sigona to explore the relationship between rest a...
Ep 21: Rest in Conversation with Sullivan Summer - Why Rest as Liberation Reaches Far Beyond Self-Care (Part 2 of 2)
This episode is Part 2 of Dana Tenille Weekes’ raw and resonant conversation with Sullivan Summer, a poet, essayist, literary critic, and dear friend of Dana's. Picking up where they left off, Dana and Sullivan'...
Ep 20: Rest in Conversation with Sullivan Summer - Why Rest as Liberation Reaches Far Beyond Self-Care (Part 1 of 2)
In Part 1 of this two-part, intimate and thought-provoking conversation, Dana Tenille Weekes is joined by a dear friend and listener, Sullivan Summer, a poet, essayist, and literary critic. Together, they explore the layers of per...
Ep 19: What Are You Chasing? Exploring a Life of Expectations vs. Being
In this important episode, host Dana Tenille Weekes questions the non-stop exhaustion that we call ambition: What are you chasing, and is it even meant for you? Through thoughtful reflection, storytelling, and three main poin...
Ep 18: Just Do the Thing
In this motivational episode, Dana Tenille Weekes speaks to the tension between knowing what you're meant to do and avoiding doing it. Her message? Just do the thing. Whether you're stuck in the loop of overthinking, w...
Ep 17: Feeling Unrest at Work? Maybe You're Prioritizing Etiquette Over Professionalism
In this episode, Dana Tenille Weekes challenges the commonly overlooked confusion between niceness and professionalism and how that confusion can create a work culture of unrest.Dana explores how avoiding the truth unde...
Ep 16 - If the World's Burning is Burning You Out, Be Conscious of Rest
In this urgent episode, Dana Tenille Weekes speaks to the global unrest that is happening around us and what it means for rest as self-liberation. She talks directly to listeners who are opting to "rest" to avoid and disengage from the world's ...
Episode 15: Rest Requires Distinguishing Comfort, Peace, & Liberation
In this thought-provoking follow-up to “A Love Letter - To Folks Afraid of Their Liberation,” host Dana Tenille Weekes challenges listeners to more closely examine the differences of living a life of comfort, peace, and liberation, and w...
Ep 14: A Love Letter - To Folks Afraid of Their Liberation
What if comfort is not meant to serve you?What if the life you’ve built is actually a quiet form of unrest?In this special episode, host Dana Tenille Weekes reads a deeply personal love letter, “To Folks Afraid of...
Ep 13: Want to Be Respected? Tell People How You Want to Be Helped. (Part 2 of 2)
In part two of this powerful episode, host Dana Tenille Weekes completes her conversation on the three mindset shifts that can reframe how we think about asking for help.Dana talks about the third and most actionable shift: “ac...
Ep 12: Want to Be Respected? Tell People How You Want to Be Helped. (Part 1 of 2)
Do you struggle to ask for help, even when you're overwhelmed? Do you find yourself quietly hoping others will understand what you need without ever having to say it out loud?In this powerful two-part episode of...
Ep 11: Five Life Lessons Learned from Writing Poetry (Part 2 of 2)
In the second episode honoring National Poetry Month, host Dana Tenille Weekes shares the remaining two life lessons she’s learned from her poetry practice. These are lessons about life, not writing, that continue to shape how Dana defin...
Ep 10: Five Life Lessons Learned from Writing Poetry (Part 1 of 2)
In honor of National Poetry Month, host Dana Tenille Weekes shares three life lessons on self-liberation she’s learned from writing poetry. In this two-part episode of The Rest of Us podcast, Dana opens up about her recent...