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03/27/2026

Sharing this PSA about rest from one of our recent articles.

2. Waste time wisely.

Instead of seeing downtime as an opportunity to do nothing or get more sleep, consider the value of rest.

Rest is most valuable and beneficial when it allows you to unwind (i.e. unplug from your usual patterns of mental activity), nourish (i.e. build your body up with food and non-food sources of nourishment like time in nature, movement, and connections with others), and rebuild (i.e. change the state of your cognitive or behavioural patterns).

Read more at https://www.reyoumindfulness.com/post/quick-look-busy-the-mental-health-benefits-of-rest-idleness-and-mindful-downtime

Do you agree?

Stefan Sagmeister’s TedTalk, The power of time off, blew my mind back in 2009. In the seventeen-and-a-half-minute talk, Sagmeister explained why he takes a sabbatical from work every seven years. His goal is to intersperse five of his retirement years into his work and career lifetime so he can ke...

03/25/2026

I am excited to announce that today I begin my rest!

Here’s what you need to know about :
1. The work ALWAYS continues - even when you are out of office
2. When you develop the SYSTEMS, the actions demand less effort
3. Taking time for intentional REST boosts creativity, increases productivity, and improves problem solving capacity

So I practice rest. Intentional rest that moves me from the mode of ‘doing’ into the mode of ‘being’.

In my business and nonprofit work: Rest is where I get to integrate all the meaning making moments of this first quarter of 2026. Rest is where I get to revise the strategies and action plans for the 3rd and 4th quarter of the year. Rest is where I get to catch up on a few things that required my slow and deliberate presence.

In my self/family/home life: Rest is where I get to reconnect with my spiritual, physical and mental health. Rest is where I make more time for intentional listening. Rest is where I make time for serving others or doing nothing at all 😉.

I’ve integrated rest into the Reyou Mindfulness Collective Rooted & Rising Black Entrepreneur Mental Wealth and Business Wellness Initiative.

The program includes a 2 week Integration Break.

Its purpose is to make room for digesting and processing what has been discovered over the last three weeks, so participants can apply the discoveries and draw insights from the application of the tools and practices done in real life.

So when they return for Module 4, which covers Integrative Strategy, they can be open to the next layer of discovery, insight, and practice.

Rest keeps us open to what might be possible. That’s why I believe we should always value and validate rest.

How are you validating and valuing rest for yourself and the people you care about?

Patlee Creary

03/17/2026

The gratitude post:

Three really great things happed to me yesterday.

1. A new friend texted me to ask how my weekend was and wish me a good week (I appreciated that because I had a very hard weekend)

2. I spoke with a human who helped me find another human to connect me to the human that I wanted to get a message to (six degrees of separation!)

3. I came across a video on Instagram that highlighted Kumina drumming in St. Thomas, Jamaica 🇯🇲 and I was reminded that I have deep cultural roots and connections to ancestors that go far beyond the story I was told when I was growing up in Jamaica (I’ve been contemplating a pilgrimage to find and reconnect with those roots).

I’m remembering these three things and the other pockets of peace that I found yesterday because my Monday was hard. And when you have hard days it’s challenging to remember that there are positives within it and, that more often than not, the positives outweigh the hardships.

So today I am feeling extremely grateful for tiny things that lift me up. I am grateful for the tiny things that people do and say that lift others up without even knowing or intending to do it.

I’m supremely grateful that I can also do this for others.

I’m grateful to be reminded that my professionalism is, at its core, kindness and compassion.

What tiny things or moments are you grateful for today?

03/04/2026

This just in: I like going to Jets games now. Thank you

03/04/2026

This is all. ❤️

03/04/2026

This is all. ❤️

03/01/2026

I can’t get tired of hearing perform this song. So deep, so moving, so heartfelt. Thank you for closing the awards banquet with rooted spirit. ❤️❤️

02/25/2026

Applications close today.
Rooted & Rising begins March 4.

If this is your season to build differently—this is your moment.
Get the last spot.

Apply now → https://www.reyoumindfulness.com/rooted-rising-mental-wealth-and-business-wellness-for-black-entrepreneurs