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Life Kit

2023-06-19

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It's time to make room for more naps. Tricia Hersey, also known as the 'nap bishop' and author of the book "Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto," explains why relaxation and leisure are human rights — especially for communities of color. This episode originally published October 13, 2022. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • You're listening to life kit.

  • From NPR.

  • Well, forgive me, because I'm on this mic exhausted.

  • We all are, though.

  • I think we all are residing sometimes in a place of exhaustion, in and out.

  • That's what the culture is doing.

  • You're listening to NPR's life kit.

  • I'm Shereen Marisol Meraji, and my guest today is Tricia Hersey, also known as the Knapp Bishop.

  • Trisha founded a project called the Knap Ministry back in 2016, and she uses performance art and social media and photography.

  • She even has a hotline to promote the healing power of rest.

  • And now she has a book out called rest is resistance, and Trisha says she wants it to be a bomb for an exhausted world.

  • Look, I don't usually start my interviews talking about how tired I am, but Trisha really encourages her overworked readers and her IG followers to acknowledge that we're exhausted and that we have the right to rest.

  • So here goes.

  • I'm so tired.

  • I don't know how to say no.

  • I know you've heard this a million times.

  • I definitely am one of those people who operates from a scarcity mentality that I was 100% raised with.

  • Shout out to my puerto rican mom and my iranian.

  • I was going to ask, were you from an immigrant family?

  • Yes.