12/08/2026
One week camping and two weeks in Morocco definitely helped me drop into slow summer mode ☀️
And somewhere between the sea, long days, family, friends, guests and a much slower pace, I was reminded of something I talk about often in my classes...
Rest might sound simple, but it isn’t always easy.
Our world isn’t really set up for it.
We’re constantly connected.
Always reachable.
Always something to check, respond to, scroll through or get done.
Even when we’re resting, our attention can still be somewhere else.
So I took a little break from my phone and social media, particularly during our week camping.
It felt challenging at first.
But it also felt really good.
Running a guesthouse and retreat centre in Morocco means I can’t completely switch off. I still need to check in a few times a day, even when I’m away.
But I noticed how different it felt when I checked in intentionally, rather than constantly.
Check what needed checking.
Respond where needed.
Put the phone away.
Return to whatever was happening right in front of me.
And then there was the other side of slowing down...
Being present can be hard too.
When we’re no longer filling every quiet moment, there can be space for thoughts, feelings and things we’ve been keeping beneath the surface to emerge.
Sometimes being present feels peaceful.
Sometimes it feels uncomfortable.
Sometimes it simply gives us the opportunity to notice what we’ve been too busy to feel.
This is why I don’t see rest as something we do once everything else is finished.
Rest is a practice.
Something we can learn to weave into our lives, in every season.
Not because we’ve done enough.
Not because we’ve earned it.
But because we are human, and we need space to pause, feel, process and simply be.
Perhaps this summer, the invitation isn’t to do less perfectly.
Maybe it’s simply to create a little more space to be where we already are 🩷
