In today’s hustle culture, taking a break can feel like a guilty pleasure. But leisure has its own valuable role to play in our mental and physical health. That’s why today, we’re talking about why leisure matters just as much as (and maybe a bit more than!) work.

Today’s episode, we consider:

* The benefits of work and leisure

* Theories on why work is overvalued and leisure undervalued

* What “good” leisure looks like

Take a break and give it a listen!

Sources:

Employment is a critical mental health intervention - PMC

Association of Returning to Work With Better Health in Working-Aged Adults: A Systematic Review

Evidence-based supported employment for people with severe mental illness: Past, current, and future research

How leisure activities affect health: a narrative review and multi-level theoretical framework of mechanisms of action

In Praise of Idleness, by Bertrand Russell

Paul Lafargue: The Right To Be Lazy (1883)

Philosophers on Laziness | Issue 154 | Philosophy Now

On Moral Duties (De Officiis) | Online Library of Liberty

Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle Batoche Books

Aristotle on Work vs. Leisure « The Noble Leisure Project

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