Everyone experiences stress, and each of us can benefit from learning more about how to achieve rest and well-being.

Karen Doreen is an RN and a stress and well-being coach. She teaches us the three pillars of her Production Rest Pathway: Rest, Reconnect, Restore, and offers us tips that we can begin implementing immediately, even while listening to this episode.

Owner of The Rest RN, Karen specializes in clients who work within the healthcare profession, but her tools and tactics can be used by anyone who seeks a more Zen life.

The Take Good Care community app is built for patients and caregivers who are currently amid a critical or chronic illness. However, the Take Good Care Podcast also relates to a broader audience. We definitely still serve the patients and caregivers from the community app, but what if you're someone who isn't currently amid a health crisis?

Well, you can still learn from this episode because the tips and tactics discussed can apply to any stressful situation and how we can manage that stress. Whether it's a health crisis or something else, it is still about taking good care. And, there's no better time than now to learn these skills, and how we can apply them to our everyday lives.

On this episode, we'll discuss:

• 0:11: episode goals and introduce Karen Doiron
• 1:58: stress and its indicators
• 3:55: examples of restful practices
• 6:51: a step-by-step process for reducing stress
• 8:35: pillar one: rest
• 10:02: stress triggers in our everyday lives
• 12:17: pillar two: reconnect
• 13:27: restorative sleep and how much is enough
• 16:58: pillar three: restore

The podcast is an extension of the Take Good Care community app and the Empathetic Healthcare Practices™ Course. Download the app at the Apple Store or the Google Play Store and learn more about the Course at www.lisa-bradshaw.com.