Connected & Engaged During COVID, with Dr. Lori Whatley

The overload of bad news and social media posts are stressing us out! THANK GOODNESS we have Dr. Lori Whatley, a clinical psychologist who specializes in digital media and author of Connected and Engaged, in to discuss how device addiction can affect your relationships and loved ones, tips for staying connected and dating during this shelter in place isolation period, how the human brain is wired for connection and why it’s is crucial to cultivate, why incorporating “play” into your day makes you more productive, how much device usage is too much and when to take a break, why you should take Dr. Lori’s technology assessment test and see if you need a tech-tervention, tips for how to break device addiction, why turning OFF the news might be a good thing right now, and how phubbing is the new ghosting!

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