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Radio From Hell Wellness Check from August 27th, 2026 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: All right. Yeah, I don't think that was an actual wellness.
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  Speaker 1: That was not a wellness. That was not a good wellness.
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  Speaker 1: Don't listen to that. Listen to this.
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  Speaker 2: Elena Wood from Nightingale College is here.
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  Speaker 1: Listen to her. Don't pay attention to what we just played.
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  Speaker 1: Elena has the proper information. Hi, Elena.
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  Speaker 3: Agree, agree. Hello, how are you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Great.
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  Speaker 1: I understand we're going to talk back to school.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, and I know this might be a little late
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  Speaker 3: for some folks, but we're coming in the tail end
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  Speaker 3: of summer here, so I thought it was timely enough.
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  Speaker 1: For sure.
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  Speaker 2: Let's give parents some tips and tricks for getting your
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  Speaker 2: kids back to school. First one, it looks like get
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  Speaker 2: plenty of sleep, but how do you do that?
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 3: I know it. I know, and this is something that
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  Speaker 3: we've all talked about at length. And with school and
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  Speaker 3: usually starting early mornings, the trick is to try and
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  Speaker 3: get to bed a little bit earlier. And I want
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  Speaker 3: you to know that this doesn't have to be, we
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  Speaker 3: have to get to bed one full hour earlier. If
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  Speaker 3: all you can do is get to bed 10 minutes earlier,
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  Speaker 3: 15 minutes earlier, even that little tiny bit will help
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  Speaker 3: you feel a little bit more refreshed and it's a
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  Speaker 3: more obtainable goal for sure.
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  Speaker 2: And you can adjust it every, every night you can
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  Speaker 2: do like 10 minutes tonight and then another 10 minutes
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  Speaker 2: earlier the next night and slowly adjust it.
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  Speaker 1: But I got to squeeze in one more game.
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  Speaker 2: No, no.
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  Speaker 3: One more game.
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  Speaker 1: I've lost 10 in a row. The 11th will win.
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  Speaker 3: So not that.
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  Speaker 1: Not that. Choosing to not.
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  Speaker 2: Lose one more game.
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  Speaker 3: Okay. Again, listen to me. Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: OK, what's your next next suggestion?
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  Speaker 3: Next suggestion is to pack healthy lunches and snacks. And
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  Speaker 3: these don't have to be fancy. They don't have to
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  Speaker 3: be perfect. Things like fruit, nuts, protein rich foods. These
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  Speaker 3: can help keep our energy up, help keep us engaged
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  Speaker 3: throughout the day. And it can also help our brain
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  Speaker 3: stay more active if we are eating healthy food and,
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  Speaker 3: of course, drinking plenty of water.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, even just these first two, this doesn't
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  Speaker 2: even just have to be for back to school.
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  Speaker 1: These are good for all of us.
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  Speaker 3: Exactly.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: This great year round for work, for school, for vacation,
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  Speaker 3: whatever it might be.
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  Speaker 2: Next one is cultivate a relationship with your primary care provider.
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  Speaker 3: Yes. I know lots of families start getting sick when
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  Speaker 3: kids are bringing home all the germs from school. And
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  Speaker 3: so if you start having your annual checkup, if you
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  Speaker 3: know how to get in touch with your primary care,
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  Speaker 3: if you have a trusting relationship, it's going to be
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  Speaker 3: a lot easier to navigate those health situations that might arise.
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  Speaker 2: I actually just got a text from my primary care
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  Speaker 2: provider that said, you're due for your annual exam. So
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  Speaker 2: this is another good reminder I need.
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  Speaker 1: To do that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, those annual exams are so important.
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  Speaker 1: Next is limit nighttime screen time.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, and this one I know is so hard, especially
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  Speaker 3: if we're doing homework on our computer, if the only
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  Speaker 3: way that we wind it down is by watching TV
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  Speaker 3: or playing games, those kinds of things. And my recommendation
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  Speaker 3: is to kind of start again, just weaning ourselves off
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  Speaker 3: of the screen time. So maybe instead of doing an hour,
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  Speaker 3: we do 40 minutes and then we spend that other
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  Speaker 3: 20 minutes reading a book or stretching just something to
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  Speaker 3: help ourselves wind down a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: And I took my kids phones at night. They were
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  Speaker 2: plugged in in my bedroom, so they weren't tempted to
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  Speaker 2: be on it late, and then they could get it
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  Speaker 2: in the morning. But that was my little trick.
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  Speaker 3: Does it count as screen time if I use a
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  Speaker 3: series of mirrors to.
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  Speaker 1: Look at the screen?
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  Speaker 3: Sure.
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  Speaker 2: Next is be aware of you or your loved one's
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  Speaker 2: mental health.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, school can be both exciting and stressful. And so
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  Speaker 3: if you start to notice kind of higher stress or
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  Speaker 3: lots of frustration, take some steps to start taking care
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  Speaker 3: of both yourself or your loved one, whoever might be struggling.
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  Speaker 3: Lots of schools do offer some form of mental health support.
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  Speaker 3: And there's lots of city and state sponsored programs that
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  Speaker 3: are also available if you don't have direct access to something.
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  Speaker 2: Next one is make some friends can be can be
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  Speaker 2: harder than it sounds.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely. I think especially as an adult, I've noticed
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  Speaker 3: making friends and building and keeping connections can be really
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  Speaker 3: complicated sometimes. And so, you know, if you are going
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  Speaker 3: to school, try and connect with people in your classes.
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  Speaker 3: If you're a parent, maybe you can connect with the
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  Speaker 3: parents in your kids' class, figure out a carpool, things
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  Speaker 3: like that. You know, again, these don't have to be perfect,
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  Speaker 3: but making these little connections throughout our day can help
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  Speaker 3: us to feel better and honestly live longer.
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  Speaker 1: Some of my best friends are the parents of my
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  Speaker 1: kids' friends. That's true. And it's just come over time.
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  Speaker 2: We're all doing the same thing, same activities, same age kids.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you've got those built-in connections. I'm sure the kids
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  Speaker 3: love you guys hanging out.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: We're all going to go do something together. Lastly, you
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  Speaker 2: have take a break.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, and this, of course, like you were saying with
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  Speaker 3: the first few tips, it applies for all of life.
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  Speaker 3: Be sure that you give yourself some time to slow
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  Speaker 3: down every now and then. Relax. Between doing homework and
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  Speaker 3: carpools and extracurricular activities, it can be really hard. So
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  Speaker 3: try and be intentional. Maybe even put time on your
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  Speaker 3: calendar to take a break. And I hate to say this,
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  Speaker 3: but I also recommend having that break be away from
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  Speaker 3: screens just because that really helps our mind and our
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  Speaker 3: body fully relax.
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  Speaker 1: Or touch some grass, like they say.
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  Speaker 3: Exactly, yeah. Touch some grass, hug a tree. You're going
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  Speaker 3: to feel a lot better.
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  Speaker 1: Where can people find out more about all this?
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  Speaker 3: You can learn more about this, as well as Nightingale's
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  Speaker 3: amazing programs, by visiting nightingale.edu.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks, Elena. Thank you very much, Elena.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you. Have a great day. All right.