Leaders Devoted to Rest® (Octavia Raheem)
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| 12 Jan 2025 | Dismantling Rest Guilt: Dancing, Playing, and Pausing with Dr. LeConte Dill | 00:55:29 | |
Recently released *New Book* Rest Is Sacred. Check out www.restissacred.com for order and purchase options. Rest, read, and enjoy! Rest transforms how we show up in academia and life. In this conversation I am speaking with Dr. LeConte Dill. We explore how embracing rest and play revolutionized her approach to leadership in higher education. Born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, Dr. Dill brings her experiences as a community-accountable educator, scholar, storyteller, and artist to this rich discussion about dismantling rest guilt while honoring both academic excellence and the sacred practice of pause. As the Director of Graduate Studies and tenured Associate Professor in the Department of African American and African Studies at Michigan State University, Dr. Dill demonstrates how academic leaders can create cultures of rest while maintaining generative and impactful work. Through her journey from feeling guilty about delightful things like coloring and napping to confidently embracing summers off and weekly tap classes, she shares how permission to rest unlocked deeper creativity and joy. Drawing from her practice as a Certified Mindfulness Instructor and wellness guide, Dr. Dill reveals how breathwork and intentional pauses have become vital to her praxis of showing up for Black girls and rigorously documenting their strategies of wellness, healing, and resistance. In this episode, we explore:
Experience a guided rest practice focused on throat and heart chakra healing through intentional breathwork. Plus, discover how embracing rest can transform not just your professional life, but your connection to creativity, joy, and ancestral wisdom. Connect with Dr. LeConte: Website: lecontedill.com/ Instagram: @docdilltaughtem Twitter: @DocDill Stay tuned for her upcoming poetry book release! Learn more about group rest coaching with Octavia Raheem at www.devotedtorest.com and apply to her rest based mastermind, Devoted to Rest® here. To connect visit: www.restissacred.com youtube.com/@restwithoctaviaraheem Music Production Credit: Julianna Sma on Instagram @shebloom | |||
| 03 Dec 2024 | Welcome to Leaders Devoted to Rest® | 00:00:55 | |
Welcome to Leaders Devoted to Rest®, a liberatory podcast that challenges the burnout-driven paradigm of success. This isn't just another wellness podcast - it's a movement to disrupt the exhaustion-equals-success narrative. It is a movement to get free. Host Octavia Faith Ann Raheem guides ambitious leaders in discovering how rest isn't just a pause. Rest Is Sacred and it's a powerful catalyst for transformation. Each episode combines intimate conversations with leaders who've harnessed rest as fuel, followed by practical rest practices you can implement immediately. Whether you're at the edge of burnout or ready to bend time through intentional rest, this podcast offers a sacred space to explore how rest awakens possibility and power within you supporting you in reclaiming your brilliance. To connect visit: octaviaraheem.com instagram.com/octaviaraheem/ youtube.com/@restwithoctaviaraheem | |||
| 05 Jan 2025 | Rest, Ritual, and Remembrance: Spiritual and Ancestral Connection with Miho Kubagawa | 00:49:57 | |
Recently released *New Book* Rest Is Sacred. Check out www.restissacred.com for order and purchase options. Rest, read, and enjoy! Rest opens portals to our deepest creativity and intuitive wisdom. In this powerful conversation with Miho Kubagawa, we witness how intentional rest practices transformed her from someone "really good at sending emails" into a leader creating bold visions for education and community. Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama to Japanese immigrant parents who immigrated from Tokyo in 1976, Miho brings a unique perspective to rest and leadership that honors both her cultural heritage and Southern roots. Through her journey from middle school math teacher to startup leadership to coaching mission-driven founders, Miho shares how replacing early morning Slack messages with sacred morning rituals unlocked her authentic dreams. Now based back in her hometown of Birmingham, she combines her startup expertise with rest-centered leadership to support entrepreneurs while nurturing her own creative practices through gardening, writing, and community building. In this episode, we explore:
Experience a guided rest practice that connects us to ancestral wisdom and protection through intentional pause. Plus, discover how embracing rest can transform not just your professional life, but your connection to creativity, spirituality, and joy. Connect with Miho: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mihokubagawa Email: miho.kubagawa@gmail.com Learn more about group rest coaching with Octavia Raheem at www.devotedtorest.com and apply to her rest based mastermind, Devoted to Rest® here. To connect visit: www.restissacred.com youtube.com/@restwithoctaviaraheem Music Production Credit: Julianna Sma on Instagram @shebloom | |||
| 22 Dec 2024 | Leading with Rest: Transforming Leadership One Pause at a Time with Mia White | 00:46:34 | |
What if rest isn't just about preventing burnout – but about expanding our capacity for leadership and innovation? In this profound conversation with Mia Marie White, a devoted leader who excels at distilling complex ideas into simplified steps, we explore how embracing rest can revolutionize corporate culture and deepen our impact. Through her unique blend of legal expertise, meditation practice, and mediation skills, Mia demonstrates how stepping back can actually move us forward. As a leader who has mastered the art of "expanding the pie through mediation and meditation," she shares powerful insights about creating sustainable success in high-pressure environments. In this episode, we explore:
Plus, experience a guided rest practice that reminds us how small pauses can lead to profound shifts. Connect with Mia on LinkedIn @miamariewhite Learn more about group rest coaching with Octavia Raheem at www.devotedtorest.com and apply to her rest based mastermind, Devoted to Rest® here. To connect visit: www.restissacred.com | |||
| 15 Dec 2024 | The Power of Rest: Motherhood, Leadership, and Liberation with Milicent Johnson | 00:54:27 | |
What if rest isn't just about recharging – but about remembering who you truly are? In this soul-nourishing conversation with Milicent Johnson, a visionary leader who has found her calling in creating sacred spaces for Black women, we explore how embracing rest transforms both personal journey and collective liberation. Through her work as founder of the Octavia Fund and her own awakening to the power of rest, Milicent weaves together her Black lineage's gifts of radical imagination with the practice of deep restoration. She shares a powerful story about connecting with her unborn daughter during a moment of surrender, showing us how slowing down can actually amplify our impact. In this episode, we explore:
Plus, experience a guided rest meditation that welcomes you exactly as you are – whether you're feeling exhausted or energized. Connect with Milicent Johnson: Learn more about group rest coaching with Octavia Raheem at www.devotedtorest.com and apply to her rest based mastermind, Devoted to Rest® here. To connect visit: www.restissacred.com | |||
| 29 Dec 2024 | Writing Your Own Rules: Rest, Legacy & Authenticity with Shawna Wells | 00:51:39 | |
Recently released *New Book* Rest Is Sacred. Check out www.restissacred.com for order and purchase options. Rest, read, and enjoy! What if rest isn't just about taking a break – but about disrupting generational patterns and creating authentic legacies? In this conversation with Shawna Wells, an executive coach who brings together legacy work and rest practices, we explore how rejecting others' soundtracks can lead to revolutionary self-discovery and leadership. As founder of B Is For Black Brilliance and 7 Gen Legacy Group, Shawna shows how slowing down can actually propel us forward. Through her own journey of understanding that "all rules have been made up," she shares powerful insights about creating sustainable success by writing our own rules. In this episode, we explore:
Discover how writing your own rules through rest can transform not just your legacy, but the legacies of generations to come. Plus, experience a guided rest practice that bridges the seen and unseen, awakening spiritual connections through intentional pause. Connect with Shawna: Instagram: @bisforblackbrilliance Websites: bisforblackbrilliance.com & 7genlegacy.com Podcast: Legacy Lyrics and Life with Shawna Wells Rest and access legacy vision: Experience coaching with Shawna Wells at Unleash Your Legacy on January 9, 2025 Legacy Mastermind and Retreat Experience: Want to experience six weeks of high level lineage and legacy shifting coaching that concludes with two days of retreating that will redefine how you live your legacy now? I’m so serious and intentional about recommendations and referrals. I HIGHLY recommend this exclusive experience with this week’s guest, Shawna Wells. It’s the only way to access this level of executive coaching and community with a master level coach in 2025. Space is limited to 12 and only a few spaces remain. Learn more about group rest coaching with Octavia Raheem at www.devotedtorest.com and apply to her rest based mastermind, Devoted to Rest® here. To connect visit: www.restissacred.com youtube.com/@restwithoctaviaraheem Music Production Credit: Julianna Sma on Instagram @shebloom | |||