RHYTHMS OF REST℠ Leadership Podcast

You've tried the menu. Exercise. Meditation. The morning routine. More time off. And somehow you keep ending up back on the same floor. This episode is about why — and what the last twenty years finally taught Kent that no one in the wellness industry has been willing to say out loud. What You'll Learn: Why "balance" is a borrowed physics metaphor that has never described how a human life actually...

The Rhythms of REST guy is officially fried. And he's recording this episode anyway — because what's happening to him right now is probably happening to you, too. This episode is about what burnout, a bedroom floor in Cambridge, and one business owner's Friday experiment taught Kent about slowing down without losing what matters. What You'll Learn Why slowing down in summer actually increases mome...

You have rules about AI. What nobody warned you about is that the hardest part isn't enforcing them with the tool — it's enforcing them with yourself. This episode is about the temptation to hand AI the things that were never supposed to leave your hands, and what it quietly costs you when you do. What You'll Learn Why "keeping AI in its lane" breaks down when you're tired, overwhelmed, and behind...

Ever finish a "day off" more drained than when you started? Most driven leaders confuse rest with inactivity — and it leaves them more depleted, not less. In this episode, I unpack why "doing nothing" backfires for high-capacity leaders and what actually replenishes you. What You'll Learn: • Why your "day off" leaves you more tired — and what actually refills you • How to identify the keystone rhy...

You're doing everything right — and still feel like you're underwater. In this deeply personal episode, Kent opens up about his own season of sadness, anger, and overwhelm, and shares the three anchors that held him steady when his usual strategies stopped working. What You'll Learn: How to keep moving forward when your go-to rhythms aren't cutting it Why your anchor routines matter most on the da...

A room full of entrepreneurs watched Kent cry. And it turned out to be one of the most important leadership moments of his life. In this episode, Kent shares the raw story of what broke open in him during a mastermind Q&A in Austinwith Ryan Levesque — and why your vulnerability, not your wins, is the most powerful leadership tool you're not fully using. What You'll Learn Why driven leaders sta...

You have a business plan, a financial plan, a marketing plan — but do you have a plan for your actual life? In this episode, Kent unpacks why the beliefs running beneath your behavior may be the real reason you feel stuck — and how to replace them without starting over. What You'll Learn: How to identify the faulty belief driving your hustle-and-grind cycle The doom loop: why anxiety reinforces th...

What if the reason you're falling behind isn't effort—it's a broken definition of productivity? In this episode, Kent Murawski dismantles the desk-grinding myth and gives you three practical frameworks to protect your creative energy, work from your Zone of Genius, and finally produce the results that actually matter—without the burnout. What You'll Learn How to redefine productivity around outcom...

You've been told to rest. You've tried. And somehow, you're still exhausted. That's not a discipline problem — it's a definition problem. In this episode, Kent Murawski dismantles the most pervasive myth about rest and replaces it with a framework that actually works for leaders wired to move. What You'll Learn Why "just rest" is the worst advice you can give a driven leader The ancient Hebrew def...

You've been sold a lie. Work-life balance doesn't work — not for driven leaders whose calendars are color-coded and still overflowing. Not for someone crushing it professionally while running on fumes personally. What if the problem isn't how hard you're working, but the framework you've been handed? This intro episode is where it all begins. I'm Kent Murawski, and at 27 I had a fall-down-on-the-f...