Rest Is Resistance

Hersey — the Nap Bishop — founded the Nap Ministry and argues that rest is a form of resistance against white supremacy and capitalism, both of which depend on the exploitation of bodies through overwork. This is not a wellness book. It is a political manifesto that connects the history of enslaved people's stolen labor to contemporary grind culture and argues that choosing to rest is a radical act. For parents who are running on empty and need someone to tell them that exhaustion is not a badge of honor but a symptom of a system that profits from it — and that modeling rest for their children is one of the most radical things they can do.