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Jul 2021
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It’s okay to do nothing

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Do you ever wake up on a Saturday morning and feel more tense than waking up on a Monday? We’re so uncomfortable with doing nothing, some researchers discovered we’d rather administer an electric shock to ourselves than be bored! Now that’s a wakeup call. So how can mindfulness help us?

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Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88 
Content: Amy Molloy @amy_molloy
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper
Editor: Adrian Walton

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