Do Nothing with Celeste Headlee (Part 1)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The British philosopher Bertrand Russell called it “the cult of efficiency”—the drive among high-performers to accomplish more, to be productive, to</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">work</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">But lately that cult has been pushing more people to burnout and languishing. What’s going on? In evolutionary terms, the cult of efficiency is a recent invention that contradicts the way humans have survived for millennia, according to Celeste Headlee, author of the book,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. In part one of a special two-part episode, Headlee joins Dr. Jack Muskat, Medcan’s clinical director of mental health, to discuss how our culture became obsessed with productivity, and why we need to remember how to relax.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href= "http://eatmovethinkpodcast.com/podcast/ep-73-do-nothing-with-celeste-headlee-part-one"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://eatmovethinkpodcast.com/podcast/ep-73-do-nothing-with-celeste-headlee-part-one</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>LINKS:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More on Headlee and her work at</span> <a href= "https://celesteheadlee.com/about-celeste-headlee/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">her website</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and her book</span> <a href= "https://celesteheadlee.com/do-nothing-book/"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Do Nothing</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here’s one of</span> <a href= "https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/12/813737687/too-busy-make-time-to-do-nothing"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">the interviews</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Headlee did, this one with NPR, lead