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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
21 episodes
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...
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Episode 20
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34:11
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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...
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Episode 19
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30:11
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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20:23
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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25:56
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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22:41
Episode 15: Rest Requires Distinguishing Comfort, Peace, & Liberation
In this thought-provoking follow-up to “A Love Letter to the Folks Afraid of Their Liberation,” host Dana Tenille Weekes challenges listeners to examine the differences between living a life of comfort, peace, and liberation
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Episode 15
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23:28
Ep 14: A Love Letter to Folks Afraid of Their Liberation
What if your comfort isn’t serving you? What if the life you’ve built is actually a quiet form of unrest?In this heart-opening solo episode, Dana Tenille Weekes reads a deeply personal love letter to those who fear their own liberation. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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27:49
Ep 13: Want to Be Respected? Tell People How You Want to Be Helped. (Part 2 of 2)
In part two of this powerful conversation, Dana Tenille Weekes completes the three-part framework for shifting how we think about asking for help, not as a weakness, but as a practice of self-respect.Picking up from last episode, Dana ex...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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28:40
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 The Rest of Us Podcas...
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Episode 12
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28:39
Ep 11: Five Life Lessons Learned from Writing Poetry (Part 2 of 2)
In this second half of a special two-part series honoring National Poetry Month, host Dana Tenille Weekes returns to share the final two life lessons she’s learned from her poetry practice—lessons that continue to shape how she defines r...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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28:25
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 personal lessons she’s learned from writing poetry—lessons that reach far beyond the page and into the everyday lives of listeners seeking rest as a form of self-li...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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32:30
Ep 9: What is Your Identity Outside of Producing?
You were not created to produce. You were created to exist—freely, thoroughly, and in the details of you.In this rich and deeply personal episode, Dana Tenille Weekes invites us to pause the production line ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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33:30
Ep 8: You're Not Indispensable at Work
In this episode of The Rest of Us Podcast, host Dana Tenille Weekes unpacks the myth of being indispensable at work and how it fuels unrest in our lives. Building on the last episode’s theme of progress through pause, Dana delves ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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27:20
Ep 7: Progress is in the Pause
In this episode, Dana explores the power of pausing as a form of self-liberation and a necessary step toward personal growth. She reflects on her own journey, including her decision to leave a law firm and embrace rest fully. Dana shares...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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32:00
Ep 6: Standing in Your Truth and Reclaiming Your Power
In this episode of the Rest of Us podcast, host Dana Tenille Weekes delves into the crucial topic of standing in one's truth and reclaiming personal power. Dana shares conversations with friends, mentees, and clients who feel over...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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30:41
Ep 5: Whose Mountain Are You Climbing? Exploring Succeeding vs. Thriving
In this episode of 'The Rest of Us' podcast, host Dana Tenille Weekes delves into the concept of rest as a means of self-liberation. Dana explores the profound question 'Whose mountain are you climbing?' and differentiates between succee...
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Episode 5
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34:41
Ep 4: The Rest Continuum - Exploring Three Forms of Rest (Part 3 of 3)
This episode of 'The Rest of Us Podcast,' hosted by Dana Tenille Weekes, delves into 'liberating rest,' the third form of rest in the Rest Continuum series. After reflecting on daily rest and exploring 'doing nothing' and 'restoration,' ...
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Episode 4
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17:10
Ep 3: The Rest Continuum - Exploring Three Forms of Rest (Part 2 of 3)
In this episode of the Rest of Us podcast, host Dana Tenille Weekes delves into the concept of the rest continuum, focusing specifically on two forms of rest: doing nothing, being, and restoring. Dana explains the importance of different...
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Episode 3
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17:45
Ep 2: The Rest Continuum - Exploring Three Forms of Rest (Part 1 of 3)
In this episode of the Rest of Us podcast, host Dana Tenille Weekes kicks off a three-part series on the rest continuum, focusing on identifying personal rest patterns and activities. Listeners are guided through a reflection exercise to...
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Episode 2
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12:57
Ep 1: Defining Rest as Liberation
In the inaugural episode of The Rest of Us podcast, host Dana Tenille Weekes explores the concept of rest as a form of self-liberation, highlighting its importance, especially for marginalized communities like Black women. Released on Martin Lu...
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Episode 1
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