Permission to Rest

About the Book

You don't have to earn your rest.

For years, many of us have carried a quiet exhaustion we didn't have permission to name — pushing through grief, swallowing anger, mistaking burnout for a lack of faith. We've been told to pray harder, serve more, and keep going. And somewhere along the way, rest started to feel like failure.

Permission to Rest tells a different story. Drawn from the author's own journey and a decade of walking alongside women through theirs, it weaves many real experiences into one honest narrative — a story of grief that turns to hurt, hurt that turns to anger, the slow collapse of burnout, depression, and the deep wounds of trauma. Alongside it, Scripture and the often-overlooked work of the Holy Spirit point the way toward healing.

This is not a book about doing more. It's a book about finally setting things down — and discovering that the rest God offers was never a reward for the strong. It was always a gift for the weary. Whoever you are, and however you got this tired, you will find yourself in these pages.

If your soul is weary, this book is for you.