Feeling connected by disconnecting
Time management expert Julie Morgenstern shares tips to be more present with our loved ones including disconnecting from our devices in order to feel more connected with the people around us.
Transcript
[MUSIC PLAYING] At the dinner table or hanging out or at the breakfast table and they're always on their phone.
And that distraction, while you're present, but not really present, is the most common challenge people face.
And what they bring up is I feel, like, I'm there, but I'm not there. And I feel really guilty. People feel that when they are spending time with their family
or their pets or their friends, they're distracted. They're not fully present.
There's so much to get done. They're constantly on their screens. That is the number one problem.
The second problem that people bring up is they've gotten out of the habit over the last three years
of socializing. They don't-- it's like everybody got so isolated during COVID
that any routine habits that you had about going out to dinner or going to each other's houses got so disrupted.
And we built new habits during COVID, isolated habits, that we now need to rebuild new social habits coming out of it.
People always come to me because of time problems or organizing problems. And those, very often, manifest themselves
in feeling disconnected from relationships or their relationship goals. That they're-- the way they're spending their time or the way
the space is organized is interfering with their relationships. So if you're always on your phone,
it's interfering with your relationship with your family. You're not present. You're sitting there. They're talking to you and you're distracted.
Connecting with people first and getting off our devices and being fully present and asking, how was your day,
not you should hear about my day, is a small amount of time and focus that actually can heal most tense relationships.
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