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Radio From Hell Wellness Check from April 7th, 2026 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: Okay, something, get the theme music gone? Here?
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  Speaker 2: Why it's Elena Wood from Nightingale College. Hello, Hello Elena.
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  Speaker 2: It looks like from the notes I have here, we're
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  Speaker 2: going to be talking about boredom and why it's why
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  Speaker 2: it's maybe not a bad thing. But my mother always
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  Speaker 2: would say, you know, I'd say I'm bored, and she said,
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  Speaker 2: if you say that again, I'll give you something to
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  Speaker 2: be bored about for more chores.
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  Speaker 1: Right, I'll give you.
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  Speaker 2: I'll give you something you're that'll fix you. But that's
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  Speaker 2: that's not quite what we're talking about here, is no, you're.
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  Speaker 3: We're talking about the benefits of being bored. And with
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  Speaker 3: technology advancing the way that it has, we have as
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  Speaker 3: human beings it's.
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  Speaker 1: Become over stimulated being bored.
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  Speaker 3: We're not as good at being bored as we once were,
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  Speaker 3: and so I want to share some health benefits.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't really think that I've ever had
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  Speaker 2: the feeling that I was bored. I don't you know, there,
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  Speaker 2: because there's always something you can do. Lucky you, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I pick up a book.
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  Speaker 3: No, exactly, there is always something.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go to your your talking points here, So what
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  Speaker 2: what good is boredom?
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  Speaker 3: One of the many benefits is that it helps us
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  Speaker 3: to increase our problem solving skills when we are bored,
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  Speaker 3: when we are not overly stimulated, it gives space for
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  Speaker 3: our brain to think and generate new ideas, explore possibilities,
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  Speaker 3: et cetera.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I never do that because I'm never bored.
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  Speaker 2: I have no idea.
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  Speaker 3: Next one?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, what's the next one?
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  Speaker 3: The next one is Boredom helps us to increase our
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  Speaker 3: conversational skills, and once again, it just frees up our
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  Speaker 3: brain to be able to generate novel ideas as well
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  Speaker 3: as when we put down our electronics or books, whatever
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  Speaker 3: it might be, we're much better at actually engaging with
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  Speaker 3: the people around us.
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  Speaker 2: Now, I don't want I'm gonna. I don't want to
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  Speaker 2: seem like I'm being contrary on every one of these.
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  Speaker 2: But but but when you say so so, it increases
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  Speaker 2: your conversation skills. What you're doing, what you're saying here
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  Speaker 2: is you're gonna you know, you have to make small talk,
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  Speaker 2: which I find extremely distasteful.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you don't have to start off at how is
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  Speaker 3: your day? You can go straight to tell me the
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  Speaker 3: thing that makes you the most happy in the entire world,
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  Speaker 3: you know, all right.
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  Speaker 2: All right, okay, okay, next one.
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  Speaker 3: Next one is boredom helps us to become more present.
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  Speaker 3: Being present, just you're here, just me's being engaged in
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  Speaker 3: what is going on right this moment.
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  Speaker 2: I just that made me think of being in class
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  Speaker 2: when they would call roll and you'd have to raise
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  Speaker 2: your hand and save here, and I kind of miss that.
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  Speaker 2: Let's let's should we should call the show.
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  Speaker 3: Each morning with that? Absolutely?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, what else have we got?
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  Speaker 3: Next? Is it helps with stress reduction. Once again, that
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  Speaker 3: discomfort of just sitting with our own mind. It actually
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  Speaker 3: helps us to lower our stress because we are decreasing
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  Speaker 3: that constant stimuli that we usually have in our lives.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, again, I hate to say it, but I when
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  Speaker 2: I sit night and then I'll start thinking about all
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  Speaker 2: of the stuff that I have to do, and that
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  Speaker 2: you know, i'd rather just not.
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  Speaker 1: I think that she's saying, don't think about the stuff
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  Speaker 1: you got to do. Just stare out the window. Isn't
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  Speaker 1: that what you're saying?
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  Speaker 3: Look at the trees, listen to the birds.
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  Speaker 2: Meditation and yeah, okay.
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  Speaker 3: Next is that it helps us to go a little
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  Speaker 3: bit deeper into self discovery. We learn more about ourselves
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  Speaker 3: and who we are when we're able to just sit
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  Speaker 3: there without our phones, without the TV, whatever it might be,
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  Speaker 3: and just be with our minds.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, if you ever know somebody who's you can, just
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  Speaker 2: somebody that you're close to, and you just know that
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  Speaker 2: they're a complete mystery to themselves, they understand, they understand.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I have somebody in my family like that, just.
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  Speaker 3: They have no just no self awareness and have.
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  Speaker 2: No self awareness at all. Yeah, it's kind of sad.
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  Speaker 3: I think we all have a few of those in
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  Speaker 3: our lives.
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  Speaker 2: You divorce them sometimes, Yeah, Okay, what's the next one?
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  Speaker 3: The next and last is that boredom leads to better
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  Speaker 3: overall health through stress reduction, mindfulness, self discovery, et cetera.
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  Speaker 3: Boredom can actually help us to improve our mental, emotional,
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  Speaker 3: and physical well being.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, So I guess it's just that connotation that you
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  Speaker 2: were talking about at the beginning of the connotation we
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  Speaker 2: have for the word boredom. But what you're really yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you're really talking about what Carrie was saying. It's it's
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  Speaker 2: it's meditation.
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  Speaker 1: It's I mean kids, Yeah, you kids don't just stare
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  Speaker 1: out the window anymore. You know, they they've got their
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  Speaker 1: windows that they stare out of.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly, just using a little bit of
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  Speaker 3: your imagination, letting letting your mind lead the way. I guess.
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  Speaker 2: All right, that makes sense, That makes absolute. Uh so
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  Speaker 2: it may, it says here it may not be fun
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  Speaker 2: to be bored, but it can be beneficial and increase creativity.
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  Speaker 2: All right, all right, I think, Elena, that sounds good.
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  Speaker 2: I'll give it some more thought. I'm bored everyone, congratulations.
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  Speaker 2: So it's it's a it's a lovely thing to do,
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  Speaker 2: Elena would where can people find out more?
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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 dot e d U.
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  Speaker 2: All right, thank you, talk again,