Why Boredom is a Healthy Pursuit

Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Medical, Health, Functionalmedicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 29 May 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Our society provides more stimulus and entertainment than ever before, from streaming video to mobile devices. Parents are often discouraged from letting their children wander off or attempt things unsupervised. And most people think of boredom as a negative feeling to be avoided. But could there be a value to boredom? Dr. Mark Hawkins, a high school counselor, thinks so. Cultivating a practice of boredom, or leaving space to do nothing, can lead to facing and resolving one’s negative feelings, reflecting upon knowledge, creative problem-solving, and more. In today’s society, one needs to more deliberately pursue boredom in the face of so much stimulus. https://drruscio.com/?p=30983

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, discussing the cutting edge in health, nutrition, and functional medicine.
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0:26.9	The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat
0:32.1	any disease.
0:33.2	Please do not apply any of this information without first speaking with your doctor.
0:37.1	Now, let's head to the show.
0:40.9	Hi, everyone.
0:41.8	Welcome to Dr. Russo Radio.
0:43.1	This is Dr. Rucho today.
0:44.0	I'm here with Dr. Mark Hawkins, and we're going to be discussing boredom, second conversation
0:49.2	on boredom, but one that I think always bears repeating.
0:53.1	So, Mark, welcome to the the show and thanks for being here.
0:55.2	Thank you. Thanks for having me. Yeah, it's a pleasure. Can you tell people a little bit about your
1:01.0	background? Yeah. I have a background in both counseling, education, and education philosophy.
1:10.1	Right now, I'm a high school counselor. I'm an instructor at a local
1:14.3	university in education and in the counseling program. My master's degree was focused on
1:21.0	counseling psychology, but specifically sort of trying to find meaning and purpose and how meaning
1:26.8	and purpose can help us with our life and
1:28.5	live satisfying lives. And my PhD was sort of on the same topic focused on how we can live a
1:35.4	satisfying life in this world where, you know, meaning and purpose seem to be sort of elusive,
1:40.9	where there doesn't seem to be any absolutes anymore.
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