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Podcast: Around the Table Podcast
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A healthy relationship with our phones
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:01:54
Publish Date: 2016-08-22 02:30:00
Description:

What you'll hear:

  • Whether or not we think we have healthy relationships with our phones
  • The benefits of smart phones and the ways they simplify our lives
  • The ways smart phones negatively affect the quality of our lives and relationships
  • Practical tips for creating boundaries with our phones
  • Other 'phone-pauxs'
  • Our smartphone confessions

Can I quote you on that?

  • "It's all about finding the balance that lets our phones simplify our lives, rather than complicate them further." Maggie
  • "However I'm interacting with my phone is a reflection of my emotional health in general."
  • "If you can respond in under a minute, respond right when you see it." Jacey
  • "Google maps saves lives." Jacey
  • "One of the dangers of things moving fast is not thinking enough about what you're communicating."
  • "No one needs those little red numbers glaring us in the face telling us how many things we haven't done yet today." Maggie
  • "When you get to the point where you are trying to communicate your emotions via text, you need to pick up the phone and call." Maggie
  • "How quickly we can respond often affects the quality of our responses." Maggie

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