A review by jenwestpfahl
Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity by Saundra Dalton-Smith

informative inspiring medium-paced

3.0

I read an article by the author and was absolutely fascinated by the concept so I got the book. I’m still fascinated by the concept and will likely think and talk about it forever: But the book was a bit lacking in substance. I did glean a few more nuggets than what I had gotten from the original article but I was expecting more.

It was a little heavy on the anecdotes from patients’ lives and light on evidence for how to best accomplish each type of rest. The author does give 3 applications for each type of rest but some seemed kind of uninspired. Or maybe I just felt that way about types of rest that I’m not lacking in.

I couldn’t read most of the second half (gifts of rest). I read two of the chapters and skimmed two. I was bored and felt like I was reading a stream of consciousness journal where someone is working out how to arrive at point rather than presenting one. And there wasn’t much in those chapters that I couldn’t have come up with myself.

I found the assessment tool to be accurate for me and I am going to sign up for the 30 day challenge to see if more actionable things come from that.