Rest is so important and so crucial. It’s an essential aspect of the human experience. Whether you are feeling fine, or whether you have a chronic health condition, chronic fatigue or are burnt out by work, parenting, or what life has thrown at you - you will need some more rest. Capitalism and society has taught us to keep pushing and pushing, that you are only ‘successful’ if you are striving. To ignore what your body is telling you, and ‘push through’. This is actually toxic! So let’s talk about Radical Rest…

Why did we name it the ‘Long Covid HOPE Podcast’? As the Podcast launches its fourth season today, 14th November 2025, Sarah shares her meditations upon the concept of ‘hope’, how vital she feels it to be and why it isn’t simply ‘hopium’