🎧 Episode Title: Rest Is a System Strategy

Series: Hormone Headlines | Season 2, Episode 1 (8)

Theme: Summer – Expansion

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🎙 Episode Summary

Rest isn’t a reward. It’s not failure. It’s strategy.

In this kickoff to Season 2, Jen breaks down why rest is not the opposite of productivity—and how smart systems flex with your capacity instead of punishing you for being human.

If you’ve ever felt like you were doing it “wrong” because you couldn’t stick to your own plan? This one’s for you.

Learn how:

• Taking a strategic pause (not a personal failure) helped Jen recalibrate her own systems
• “Consistency” is a lie if it ignores your capacity, cycle, and reality
• Real systems must work even when life gets chaotic—otherwise they’re just pressure traps
• Rhythm > rigidity. Capacity > calendar. Tools > hustle.

• Language to describe your own pause without shame
• A lens shift: from “push harder” to “build smarter”
• A starting point for auditing your routine with honesty

🧠 Theories & Frameworks Mentioned

• Capacity-Centered Planning
• Executive Function Load Theory
• Chronobiology & Energy Rhythms
• ADHD-informed Systems Thinking
• Nervous System Recalibration

🧭 Next Steps

➡ Check your system. Where are you white-knuckling instead of recalibrating?

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