The Power of Resting Well: 8 unorthodox lessons on work and the good life

Whoever works a lot, may rest a lot. You live intensely. In the rare moments you’ve put your feet up, you are wondering how you could build in more rest. How do you live in a way that makes you feel energized and not like you are slightly overwhelmed all the time? How do you move from striving towards living? In this book you discover your feasible journey. Because whoever works a lot, may rest a lot.This book is not another to-do list to check off, but helps you develop a new attitude towards life.Everything that comes your way today is enough. Take a seat in your comfy chair, open this book and discover the good life through eight practical and unconventional life lessons that teach you to rest well in the middle of the chaos. With inspiration from rapper Typhoon, mountaineer Katja Staartjes, bishop Ancelimo, development worker Jane Acheloi and experiences from Eisenhower, Churchill, Nelson Mandela and many more hard workers.Mirjam van der Vegt is an author and quietude trainer. She provides retreats, lectures, audio trips and trainings on rest and quiet. Her books are read in The Netherlands and beyond by over 80.000 readers. ‘The Power of Resting Well’ won the annual Dutch prize for best spiritual book. Read more