How solitude can help you regulate your mood

Life Kit

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🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Everyone needs a little alone time, but during this pandemic, you may have felt like you had too much "me" time or not enough. Let's get that balance back! This episode breaks down research behind what makes even small bouts of solitude restorative and what to do when you're alone too much. (This episode originally aired in July 2020.)

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0:00.0	My name is Maya Chupkov. I've been listening to LifeKit since the beginning of the
0:07.0	pandemic. That's when I really started getting into podcasts. Two episodes
0:13.3	flip my world upside down making a side gig work for you and five practices to
0:19.8	become a better listener and not only was the content amazing and helpful but
0:25.3	the people you invited on to talk about these issues were verbally diverse
0:30.6	people. It really changed my perspective of who can be on a podcast and it
0:38.3	really just made me realize that my own speech impediment was holding me back
0:45.2	and listening to these two episodes really helped me find my own voice. I'm Maya
0:52.5	and this is Proud Stutter a podcast exploring what it means to be verbally
0:57.8	diverse. After listening to those two episodes I realized that I too can
1:05.5	become an audio storyteller and I've been wanting to start a podcast for so
1:10.6	long. I'm so appreciative of LifeKit's commitment to diversity and inclusion.
1:19.2	LifeKit brings you advice from all sorts of experts voices you may not be
1:24.1	used to hearing but have expertise to share nevertheless. LifeKit is here to
1:29.5	make a real impact in your life. Our journalists and guests work hard to demystify
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1:55.2	with your donation and thanks. This is NPR's LifeKit I'm Andrew Limbaugh with a
2:03.4	rise of the O'Macron variant. Many of us are reworking travel plans going back to
2:08.4	working from home or just generally lying low and more alone time is tricky.
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