The Art of Rest – with Claudia Hammond

At a time when our lives are more frantic and stressful than ever, switching off has never been more challenging. Claudia Hammond interrogates “The Rest Test” – the largest global study ever done into the vital activity of resting.
Claudia’s book “The Art of Rest: How to Find Respite in the Modern Age” is available now: https://geni.us/M6cyj

Claudia Hammond is an award-winning broadcaster, author and psychology lecturer. In her work she shares the ways that psychological and medical research can help us in our everyday lives, whether through radio, TV, 播客, public events or books.

Claudia is the presenter of several podcasts and radio shows including All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4 which covers psychology, 神經科學 & mental health and the weekly global health show Health Check on BBC World Service.

She is Visiting Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Sussex. Claudia gives talks on psychology around the world and often chairs public events on psychology, medicine and science. She writes a regular column on medical myths for BBC Future.

This talk was recorded on 12 一月 2021.

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