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Radical Rest: Notes on Burnout, Healing and Hopeful Futures
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272 pages, Hardcover
Published May 27, 2025
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April 20, 2025
A love letter to “holding space”
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Went into this book expecting more of a self-help book on why I (and everyone I know) have been feeling burned out and how to solve it. Instead, the focus is on why certain demographics are more susceptible to burn out and less able to seek solutions, and by racialised capitalism’s design. Really enjoyed thinking about these structures in shape rest rather than just work, which has always been my lens until now.
I understand leftist nitpicking makes people feel like they have to, but I wish the author knew they didn’t have to put so much of themselves into the book to justify their arguments, which were well made. I found this could slow down a lot of the most interesting arguments throughout.
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The book needed a section on what to do when you finally find time to get out of the city but you are hiking Snowdon behind a woman playing FUN.’s We Are Young from her loudspeaker…
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Went into this book expecting more of a self-help book on why I (and everyone I know) have been feeling burned out and how to solve it. Instead, the focus is on why certain demographics are more susceptible to burn out and less able to seek solutions, and by racialised capitalism’s design. Really enjoyed thinking about these structures in shape rest rather than just work, which has always been my lens until now.
I understand leftist nitpicking makes people feel like they have to, but I wish the author knew they didn’t have to put so much of themselves into the book to justify their arguments, which were well made. I found this could slow down a lot of the most interesting arguments throughout.
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The book needed a section on what to do when you finally find time to get out of the city but you are hiking Snowdon behind a woman playing FUN.’s We Are Young from her loudspeaker…
November 2, 2025
This book was suggested to me as I've been remarking on how our capitalist society fosters burnout and how we don't just need to take a break from the system, we need to change the system. Muir's take on that idea far exceeds my simple statement. Her focus is rooted from a different lens and I'm glad I got the opportunity to learn more. Her connection with nature and ecology felt especially poignant. And while it can feel bleak at times, I'm thankful it ended on a note about hopeful futures.
May 20, 2025
I picked the book with a bit of hesitation as I thought it is a typical self-help book. It was a pleasant surprise to find it wasn’t just a wishy-washy self help book. Rather, this books showed examples of some good work being done by grassroots organisations. Such examples made this book as a hopeful one.
November 28, 2024
Not what I was thinking, but Muir takes heights in an unconventional and fruitful way. An enthralling read regardless.
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