The power of solitude
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Rebroadcast: Being alone often gets a bad rap. But research shows alone time can actually boost overall well-being, increasing our emotional regulation, contentment and creativity.
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| 0:29.3 | something goes wrong. |
| 0:31.5 | WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
| 0:39.7 | This is on point. |
| 0:41.3 | I'm Megna Chakrabardi. |
| 0:44.2 | I love solitude. |
| 0:47.2 | I require solitude. |
| 0:49.5 | I'm very at peace with my own company. |
| 0:53.1 | Yesterday I had some rotten bananas and I made banana bread. |
| 0:57.4 | A big part of my being alone is hiking. I love to get out in the woods, mountains or valleys. |
| 1:04.2 | I love sitting by a babbling stream, listening to the birds. It's sort of centering. |
| 1:10.5 | I've always been someone who goes to movies by myself. I've traveled by myself. |
| 1:16.0 | My twin sister, who I live with, is totally the opposite. She just needs to be around people all the time. |
| 1:22.2 | The sheer pleasure of just being able to sit in a room and look at four walls, |
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