{"podcast":{"title":"Mindfully Disruptive","slug":"mindfully-disruptive-7092517","podcast_index_feed_id":7092517,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/mindfully-disruptive","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/n5_zoNHwGInqChtQCeMGqRjxSMfdmNQ2xdtHGL9w44U/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMWZh/YzBlMTNhMDg0MWVl/MzExZTRkNzVkOTc5/MGYxNS5wbmc.jpg","author":"Patricia Rundblade","episode_count":80,"summary":"Mindfully Disruptive unfiltered. unapologetic. unignorable. Mindfully Disruptive is the podcast for the woman who has outgrown the life she built — and is finally ready to build the one that she has been craving. If you’ve ever whispered to yourself, How did I get here… and why doesn’t my life fit anymore? Who am I now? Why does everything feel different? — pull up a chair, friend. You’re in the right place. This show is for women moving through midlife — and yes, through perimenopause and menopause — as the initiation it truly is. Not as an ending; as a remembering - a return - a becoming. Together, we explore the exhaustion beneath the exhaustion: the draining of your energy, the control used in order to feel safe, the ways we continually hand our power away, and the ancestral burdens we continue to carry rent-free in our minds, hearts, and bodies. Through tools like Human Design, Gene Keys, creative art practices, ancestral medicine, divination, and shamanic wisdom, we explore what it means to reclaim your energy, your identity, and your self-leadership. On your own terms. In your own timing. In your own design. Each week, we dive into Human Design and Gene Keys teachings that…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T06:19:41.522307+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindfully-disruptive-7092517"},"episode":{"title":"S4: Episode 53:Boredom as Medicine: What Your Exhaustion is Really Asking For","slug":"s4-episode-53-boredom-as-medicine-what-your-exhaustion-is-really-asking-for","published_at":"2025-12-03T03:07:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindfully-disruptive-7092517/s4-episode-53-boredom-as-medicine-what-your-exhaustion-is-really-asking-for","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindfully-disruptive-7092517","url":"https://mindfullydisruptivethepodcast.transistor.fm/53","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/86b6aa5c/b7ca0502.mp3","summary":"Boredom as Medicine: What Your Exhaustion is Really Asking For We're terrified of boredom. So we fill every empty moment—scrolling, consuming, moving, doing—anything to avoid the discomfort of stillness. But what if boredom isn't the enemy? What if it's actually the medicine your exhausted body has been begging for? In this episode, I dive into something deeper than physical tiredness—existential exhaustion. The kind that makes you wonder if you can keep going. The kind that rest doesn't touch because it runs so much deeper than your body. I share my own journey through Gene Key 40's Shadow of Exhaustion, recounting journal entries from my darkest burnout moments and a panic attack I had while working at the Grand Canyon that forced me to finally stop running. Here's what I learned: The exhaustion wasn't asking me to do more. It was asking me to pause. To be still. To be bored. In a world that glorifies productivity and demonizes downtime, boredom has become radical resistance. It's the space where your nervous system can finally exhale. Where your soul can speak. Where wisdom emerges from the quiet. In this episode: Why existential exhaustion requires more than physical rest Gene Key 40's Shadow of Exhaustion and what it reveals about our relationship with stillness My panic attack story and the moment I realized I couldn't outrun my exhaustion Why we're so uncomfortable with boredom (and what that discomfort is protecting us from) The restorative power of doing absolutely nothing Practical ways to incorporate stillness into daily life without it feeling like another task Your exhaustion has been trying to tell you something. Maybe it's time to get bored enough to finally hear it. If you've been running from the quiet, this episode is your permission slip to stop. If…","meta_description":"Boredom as Medicine: What Your Exhaustion is Really Asking For We're terrified of boredom. 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