April 12, 2025 • 12 mins
Hey friend, welcome back to Inner Spark Podcast. This week’s Shower Sprinkle wasn’t the episode I planned—but it’s the one I needed. And maybe, it’s the one you need, too.
After weeks of pushing through fatigue, ignoring tension, and saying yes to everything, my body finally said no—loudly. My shoulder froze. My energy vanished. And my plans had to stop.
In today’s episode, I’m sharing the raw truth about what happens when we ignore the signs, why rest is not weakness, and how even when we know better—we sometimes still need the reminder.
This one’s for the goers, the doers, the heart-led hustlers who forget to check in with themselves. If you’ve been pushing past your own limits lately… this is your nudge to pause.
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(00:04):
Hey friends.
Welcome to the Enter Sparkpodcast.
I'm your host, Casey Caton.
If you're looking to hearstories of transformation and
personal growth, this podcast isfor you.
My guest and I will be sharingthose sparking moments that has
changed the mental living a morefulfilling authentic life.
I'm so excited for you to heareach unique story.
(00:24):
So sit back, relax, and let'sget started.
Yeti Nano (Yeti Nano) (00:34):
Hey, friend.
Welcome back to the Enter Sparkpodcast.
This is your host, Casey Taton,this shower wrinkle.
It's not what I had planned forthis week, but I find it very,
very powerful and I know thatsomeone else out there needs to
hear this because I needed thisreminder myself In the shower.
(00:56):
Sprinkle, I wanna talk to youabout one thing.
Rest is not weakness.
Over the last couple weeks I'vebeen going, going, going, which
if you know me, I'm a goer, I'ma doer.
I have hospital parties.
I get to be surrounded in allthese communities.
(01:17):
I have Zoom calls, I havemeetings.
I get to connect with the mostamazing people.
I often forget that when my bodyis throwing me signs, when I
feel fatigued, when I feel justout of balance, when I feel out
of alignment, when I'mstruggling to think when the
(01:41):
brain fog is happening, it meansI'm truly not listening to my
body.
And.
The truth is, is I should havesaid no.
I should have said no to events.
I should have said, no, I'msorry, and reschedule things,
(02:01):
and I didn't.
I just kept going.
I just kept thinking, oh, if Itake a quick nap, which I don't
take naps, if you know me, Idon't stop very often.
If I just take a quick nap, I'llbe good to go for the rest of
the week.
I'll be good.
I'm fine.
Right.
I'm always fine.
Right.
Stop telling yourself theselies, friends.
(02:22):
It's okay to say no.
It's okay to realize that we'reonly one person and we have to
allow ourself the time for restand recovery.
I ignored all the signs.
(02:43):
I allowed myself to sleep lastweek and I just said, okay, well
I just needed some rest.
Maybe my body just, you know,just not filling up to par, but
it's fine.
I'm fine.
I can keep going.
Of course I can do that.
Yes, I would love to be at thatevent.
I thank you for thinking of meand I do love to do all those
things.
They all light me up, but atsome point my body said, no, I.
(03:07):
Casey, you have to stop.
And I kept ignoring it.
And I had went to physicaltherapy the week before and I
knew that I was gettingheadaches and I knew that my
shoulder was tightening up.
But you know what?
I just said?
Oh, maybe I'm just taking onother people's energies.
Maybe I'm just getting stressed.
(03:28):
Maybe I'm holding on otherpeople's stress.
Maybe I just need some rest.
It'll all be okay.
And I went through the weekend.
And my shoulder froze up.
I wanna tell you that it'sextremely painful that I had to
go to physical therapy.
I can't lift my arm over my headwithout my body going into
(03:51):
spasms, and it was somethingthat I didn't really know
existed.
I mean, I've heard of peoplehaving surgery of different
things, but.
I mean, I didn't do anything tohurt my shoulder.
I knew it was tight a coupletimes, but I truly just didn't
listen to it.
It was giving me every singlesign and I just tried to push
(04:15):
through and be fine.
That was me not listening to mybody.
So after spinning the last week,last few days.
Trying to heat recover, massage.
I have gotten deep tissuemassages.
(04:36):
I have been to physical therapy.
I have done red light therapy.
I have tried all of the thingsand it is not something that
just goes away.
And this truly happened becauseI was not listening to my body.
I was actually so tired the weekbefore of doing things that I
(04:56):
would have food made and I'd belike, ah, I'm not really hungry,
you guys.
I know better than that.
I know I have to eat.
I know I have to drink.
I know I have to sleep, but Ilet myself slip back into the
overwhelm and what person I usedto be of just go grind, hustle.
(05:16):
I wanna be on the calls, I wannado all the things.
I don't wanna say no.
And then when it happened, I gottriggered of, wait a minute,
this is taking me back to theperson I used to be.
I don't just lay in bed.
That's not me.
That's not my life anymore.
But that's not really, not thelesson in this, you guys, the
(05:40):
lesson is I have these tools.
I know how to use them.
I chose to just push through.
So instead of being able tospeak at an engagement this
weekend or this week that I gotinvited to, instead of going to
connect with these beautifulladies I just met, I had to
reach out to these ladies andtell them, Hey, I am really,
(06:04):
truly sorry.
I will not be able to make thatevent.
I.
Hey, I really thank you forthinking about my parties that I
do in the hospital for the kids,but I can't come speak tomorrow.
I had to allow my body to go tothe extra physical therapy, go
lay in the red light bed, do thestretches.
(06:27):
I've been still going to the gymevery morning, but I'm not
picking up weights because guesswhat, friends, I can't, I can't
pick up a weight.
It is the most uncomfortablefeeling when you're not getting
good rest because you're layingin pain and discomfort and your
hands feeling like it's tinglingand going numb.
So I'm asking you to do yourselfa favor.
(06:51):
Stop.
Listen to your body.
How are you feeling?
How are you doing?
Connect with your body andremember that we can't show up
to things and bring our bestselves if we're hurting and if
we're in pain and we're notaligned.
(07:14):
That was truly what I had to dowas reach out to these ladies
and tell them no that I was inpain.
Because I knew that if I went tothese events, I wasn't gonna be
able to be fully present.
I wasn't bringing my best energyand that's not how I wanna show
up anywhere.
And I'm so thankful for theseladies that gave me grace and
we're like, Hey, no problem.
Get some rest to recover and wewould love to meet with you
(07:37):
again.
We can reschedule.
Not a big deal.
So I also owned up to what Idid.
This is just a reminder and notthe episode I was gonna put out
this week.
But I think it's truly importantof when your body is whispering
something to you, please stopand listen.
(08:03):
What is it trying to tell you?
Don't get into your head.
Don't get into the hustle andgrind, and I have to be
everywhere.
And the guilt of slowing downbecause I did.
I did all this, and sometimes Ioften go back to, well, rest is
weakness.
You know, recovery is likefalling behind.
I, I don't have time for that.
(08:25):
And that's not okay.
That's not who I am.
I also know to reframe mymindset on, yes, this is
discomfort and disease.
My body, it's causing me somedisease.
But guess what?
It's also made me do, it's mademe stop, realize what I did.
(08:51):
It's forced me to recover, laydown, let my body rest, let my
body heal and live in thepresent moment.
Because when we don't and we getcaught in the hustle and the
grind, we're not doing ourselvesany good.
We're not doing the world anygood.
(09:14):
We're not bringing the bestversions of ourselves and the
best energy we can bring when wedon't allow our body rest, when
we keep pushing through.
So I wanna thank you forlistening to this week's shower
Sprinkle.
I highly encourage you to juststop whatever you're doing.
If your body is hurting, ifyou're feeling tired, drained
(09:37):
emotionally or physically, it'sokay.
You're human.
It's okay to say those nos.
The people that truly understandyou and value you, they're gonna
understand and they're gonnawanna reschedule and they're
gonna respect you even more.
That you took the time to listento your body and acknowledge
(09:57):
that you are not gonna be ableto show up with the best version
of you and the best energy.
So in the outcome, they're gonnarespect you more.
All right, friends, I thank youfor listening to the Shower
Sprinkle, and as I heal andrecover.
I remind you just to listen toyour body.
(10:18):
You know, go do something foryourself, rest, recover.
It's not a weakness.
It's truly not.
Don't let your brain tell youthat.
Don't let those ugly thoughtscreep in the ego.
That's not you.
Listen to your heart, fill yourbody, fill your emotions, and as
I recover and I heal, if youhave a story you wanna share,
(10:40):
reach out to me.
It is okay to say, I'm notfeeling well at this moment, or
I am experiencing somediscomfort in my body.
It's okay to say those thingsyou guys, and let's normalize
that.
People wanna hear these thingsand I hope that someone heard
(11:02):
this message of I was forced tostop this week by not listening
to my body.
So thank you for listening tothe shower Sprinkle.
As always, go allow yourselfsome rest recovery.
Do something that just bringsyou peace and back home and
truly listen to your body.
(11:25):
Go to something to let thosesparks fly and light your world
up.
Thank you for tuning intoanother episode.
I hope today's story inspiredyou to embrace your own journey
of growth and change.
Remember, transformation isn'talways easy, but it's always
worth it.
If you enjoyed this episode, besure to subscribe.
Share it with a friend, andleave a review.
(11:45):
If you found something thatsparked you in this episode and
may spark a friend, I encourageyou to go share with them.
If you have your own story youwould like to share, I would
love to hear it.
So please reach out to me.
Until next time, friends, gohave some fun and let those
sparks lie.
Hey friends.
Welcome to the Enter Sparkpodcast.
I'm your host, Casey Caton.
If you're looking to hearstories of transformation and
personal growth, this podcast isfor you.
My guest and I will be sharingthose sparking moments that has
changed the mental living a morefulfilling authentic life.
I'm so excited for you to heareach unique story.
(00:24):
So sit back, relax, and let'sget started.
Yeti Nano (Yeti Nano) (00:34):
Hey, friend.
Welcome back to the Enter Sparkpodcast.
This is your host, Casey Taton,this shower wrinkle.
It's not what I had planned forthis week, but I find it very,
very powerful and I know thatsomeone else out there needs to
hear this because I needed thisreminder myself In the shower.
(00:56):
Sprinkle, I wanna talk to youabout one thing.
Rest is not weakness.
Over the last couple weeks I'vebeen going, going, going, which
if you know me, I'm a goer, I'ma doer.
I have hospital parties.
I get to be surrounded in allthese communities.
(01:17):
I have Zoom calls, I havemeetings.
I get to connect with the mostamazing people.
I often forget that when my bodyis throwing me signs, when I
feel fatigued, when I feel justout of balance, when I feel out
of alignment, when I'mstruggling to think when the
(01:41):
brain fog is happening, it meansI'm truly not listening to my
body.
And.
The truth is, is I should havesaid no.
I should have said no to events.
I should have said, no, I'msorry, and reschedule things,
(02:01):
and I didn't.
I just kept going.
I just kept thinking, oh, if Itake a quick nap, which I don't
take naps, if you know me, Idon't stop very often.
If I just take a quick nap, I'llbe good to go for the rest of
the week.
I'll be good.
I'm fine.
Right.
I'm always fine.
Right.
Stop telling yourself theselies, friends.
(02:22):
It's okay to say no.
It's okay to realize that we'reonly one person and we have to
allow ourself the time for restand recovery.
I ignored all the signs.
(02:43):
I allowed myself to sleep lastweek and I just said, okay, well
I just needed some rest.
Maybe my body just, you know,just not filling up to par, but
it's fine.
I'm fine.
I can keep going.
Of course I can do that.
Yes, I would love to be at thatevent.
I thank you for thinking of meand I do love to do all those
things.
They all light me up, but atsome point my body said, no, I.
(03:07):
Casey, you have to stop.
And I kept ignoring it.
And I had went to physicaltherapy the week before and I
knew that I was gettingheadaches and I knew that my
shoulder was tightening up.
But you know what?
I just said?
Oh, maybe I'm just taking onother people's energies.
Maybe I'm just getting stressed.
(03:28):
Maybe I'm holding on otherpeople's stress.
Maybe I just need some rest.
It'll all be okay.
And I went through the weekend.
And my shoulder froze up.
I wanna tell you that it'sextremely painful that I had to
go to physical therapy.
I can't lift my arm over my headwithout my body going into
(03:51):
spasms, and it was somethingthat I didn't really know
existed.
I mean, I've heard of peoplehaving surgery of different
things, but.
I mean, I didn't do anything tohurt my shoulder.
I knew it was tight a coupletimes, but I truly just didn't
listen to it.
It was giving me every singlesign and I just tried to push
(04:15):
through and be fine.
That was me not listening to mybody.
So after spinning the last week,last few days.
Trying to heat recover, massage.
I have gotten deep tissuemassages.
(04:36):
I have been to physical therapy.
I have done red light therapy.
I have tried all of the thingsand it is not something that
just goes away.
And this truly happened becauseI was not listening to my body.
I was actually so tired the weekbefore of doing things that I
(04:56):
would have food made and I'd belike, ah, I'm not really hungry,
you guys.
I know better than that.
I know I have to eat.
I know I have to drink.
I know I have to sleep, but Ilet myself slip back into the
overwhelm and what person I usedto be of just go grind, hustle.
(05:16):
I wanna be on the calls, I wannado all the things.
I don't wanna say no.
And then when it happened, I gottriggered of, wait a minute,
this is taking me back to theperson I used to be.
I don't just lay in bed.
That's not me.
That's not my life anymore.
But that's not really, not thelesson in this, you guys, the
(05:40):
lesson is I have these tools.
I know how to use them.
I chose to just push through.
So instead of being able tospeak at an engagement this
weekend or this week that I gotinvited to, instead of going to
connect with these beautifulladies I just met, I had to
reach out to these ladies andtell them, Hey, I am really,
(06:04):
truly sorry.
I will not be able to make thatevent.
I.
Hey, I really thank you forthinking about my parties that I
do in the hospital for the kids,but I can't come speak tomorrow.
I had to allow my body to go tothe extra physical therapy, go
lay in the red light bed, do thestretches.
(06:27):
I've been still going to the gymevery morning, but I'm not
picking up weights because guesswhat, friends, I can't, I can't
pick up a weight.
It is the most uncomfortablefeeling when you're not getting
good rest because you're layingin pain and discomfort and your
hands feeling like it's tinglingand going numb.
So I'm asking you to do yourselfa favor.
(06:51):
Stop.
Listen to your body.
How are you feeling?
How are you doing?
Connect with your body andremember that we can't show up
to things and bring our bestselves if we're hurting and if
we're in pain and we're notaligned.
(07:14):
That was truly what I had to dowas reach out to these ladies
and tell them no that I was inpain.
Because I knew that if I went tothese events, I wasn't gonna be
able to be fully present.
I wasn't bringing my best energyand that's not how I wanna show
up anywhere.
And I'm so thankful for theseladies that gave me grace and
we're like, Hey, no problem.
Get some rest to recover and wewould love to meet with you
(07:37):
again.
We can reschedule.
Not a big deal.
So I also owned up to what Idid.
This is just a reminder and notthe episode I was gonna put out
this week.
But I think it's truly importantof when your body is whispering
something to you, please stopand listen.
(08:03):
What is it trying to tell you?
Don't get into your head.
Don't get into the hustle andgrind, and I have to be
everywhere.
And the guilt of slowing downbecause I did.
I did all this, and sometimes Ioften go back to, well, rest is
weakness.
You know, recovery is likefalling behind.
I, I don't have time for that.
(08:25):
And that's not okay.
That's not who I am.
I also know to reframe mymindset on, yes, this is
discomfort and disease.
My body, it's causing me somedisease.
But guess what?
It's also made me do, it's mademe stop, realize what I did.
(08:51):
It's forced me to recover, laydown, let my body rest, let my
body heal and live in thepresent moment.
Because when we don't and we getcaught in the hustle and the
grind, we're not doing ourselvesany good.
We're not doing the world anygood.
(09:14):
We're not bringing the bestversions of ourselves and the
best energy we can bring when wedon't allow our body rest, when
we keep pushing through.
So I wanna thank you forlistening to this week's shower
Sprinkle.
I highly encourage you to juststop whatever you're doing.
If your body is hurting, ifyou're feeling tired, drained
(09:37):
emotionally or physically, it'sokay.
You're human.
It's okay to say those nos.
The people that truly understandyou and value you, they're gonna
understand and they're gonnawanna reschedule and they're
gonna respect you even more.
That you took the time to listento your body and acknowledge
(09:57):
that you are not gonna be ableto show up with the best version
of you and the best energy.
So in the outcome, they're gonnarespect you more.
All right, friends, I thank youfor listening to the Shower
Sprinkle, and as I heal andrecover.
I remind you just to listen toyour body.
(10:18):
You know, go do something foryourself, rest, recover.
It's not a weakness.
It's truly not.
Don't let your brain tell youthat.
Don't let those ugly thoughtscreep in the ego.
That's not you.
Listen to your heart, fill yourbody, fill your emotions, and as
I recover and I heal, if youhave a story you wanna share,
(10:40):
reach out to me.
It is okay to say, I'm notfeeling well at this moment, or
I am experiencing somediscomfort in my body.
It's okay to say those thingsyou guys, and let's normalize
that.
People wanna hear these thingsand I hope that someone heard
(11:02):
this message of I was forced tostop this week by not listening
to my body.
So thank you for listening tothe shower Sprinkle.
As always, go allow yourselfsome rest recovery.
Do something that just bringsyou peace and back home and
truly listen to your body.
(11:25):
Go to something to let thosesparks fly and light your world
up.
Thank you for tuning intoanother episode.
I hope today's story inspiredyou to embrace your own journey
of growth and change.
Remember, transformation isn'talways easy, but it's always
worth it.
If you enjoyed this episode, besure to subscribe.
Share it with a friend, andleave a review.
(11:45):
If you found something thatsparked you in this episode and
may spark a friend, I encourageyou to go share with them.
If you have your own story youwould like to share, I would
love to hear it.
So please reach out to me.
Until next time, friends, gohave some fun and let those
sparks lie.
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