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Wellness Check with Alaina Wood for November 26th, 2024 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: Well, let's see. We got to Elena on the phone.
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  Elena would with Nightingale College. Elena, I don't we don't
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  have in front of us, uh, the talking points that
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  you sent, So you're gonna have to just tell us
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  about gently and carefully guide us and carefully.
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  Speaker 2: I think I can do that. I feel like, so
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  today we're going to talk about how to have healthy
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  and happy holiday season.
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  Speaker 1: Oh thank god.
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  Speaker 2: You know, this is a really fun time of year,
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  and it can also be a pretty stressful time of year.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, And my first.
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  Speaker 2: Recommendation is to set realistic expectations. Just remember things that
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  don't have to be absolutely picture perfect in order to
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  be memorable and to be fun. Prioritize what's most important
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  to you, and then try and go with the flow
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  from there.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's very good advice. Are you going to
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  talk about not talking about politics at family?
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  Speaker 2: I do have one about navigating complicated relationships there. I
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  think that ye could shoehorn that in there.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it really does if you just set up
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  the rule. Oh yeah, And like in my family, we
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  haven't had to set that rule. We just sort of
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  naturally do it. We don't talk about politics when we
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  get together, but it can be rough.
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  Speaker 3: It would be a good idea, I think to set
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  that rule because there have been a couple of thanksgivings
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  that I was invited to that somebody started poking and
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  instead of me being smart enough to go, hey, let's
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  not talk about that, shall we?
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  Speaker 2: So how do you have?
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  Speaker 1: I dove in? How do you? How do you set that?
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  What's the best way to set it?
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  Speaker 2: So setting boundaries is a really important, m delicate step.
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  For sure. It can be things like thank you, I
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  don't want to talk about that right now. You can
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  say things like, oh, if we're going to talk about that,
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  I would like to excuse myself, maybe leaving the room
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  or even leaving the event if necessary, and just remembering
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  that no absolutely is a complete sentence. You can say no, no,
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  thank you, and you don't have to justify or explain yourself.
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  And that goes for a lot of things. You know,
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  if someone's questioning the food that you're eating, the clothes
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  that you're wearing, whatever it might be, you have that
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  power to set boundaries around.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, smoke, I'm going after I'm going I'm going
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  down to the basement where the hookah is.
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  Speaker 2: Oh dear, My next recommendation is to try to infuse
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  some joy into this holiday season. So doing things like attitude,
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  practice service for others, as well as create creative and
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  fun projects can help you to be a little bit
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  more joyful, a little bit more light during the holiday season.
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  Speaker 1: You know, if you take your hand and you put
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  it on a piece of paper and then trace it
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  and then you can turn it into a turkey.
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  Speaker 3: Craft will make you feel better.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, very science that shows. Yeah, arts and crafts can
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  really help lift your spirit. My next tip is to
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  create and stick to a budget. And this is another
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  area where we might need to set some boundaries, both
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  with ourselves and others. Just recognizing we're going to have
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  a limit on how much gifts cost, or perhaps doing
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  drawings for names instead of gifting to everybody, splitting the
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  cost of meals, things like that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a great idea, And don't say things like
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  do you have any idea how much this turkey costs me?
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  Speaker 2: I definitely don't recommend that either. My next tip is
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  to stick to your regular healthy habits. So the things
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  that we all talk about all the time, drinking our water,
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  getting plenty of movement, getting enough sleep, make sure that
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  during the holidays you're finding time to do those things
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  that you typically do anyway, So get that bottle of water,
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  carry it around with you during the holidays. Make sure
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  you eat vegetables along with your turkey and gravy and
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  pie and all of that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, although you're running the risk here of making
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  my holiday boring.
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes, but we have enough.
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  Speaker 2: Remember we're doing the craft and make it more.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right. That's right, Elena. I think we've run
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  out of time here. It's always really nice to talk
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  to you, and I hope you have a great holiday,
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  great Thanksgiving. We'll talk to you before Christmas. We will.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: People want to find out more what do they do?
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  Speaker 2: They can learn more about this as well as Nightingale's
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  great programs by visiting Nightingale dot e d U.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, thank you very much.
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  Speaker 2: All right,