In the modern era, there are a glut of ways for us to communicate with one another. In our professional lives, this can create an expectation that we are all always reachable. So as we try to create more room for our personal lives, could simply ignoring that email or Slack message from work be the best way to say “not right now?” Our guest, Erica Dhawan, author of Digital Body Language, thinks so. 

Read Erica’s story: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/21/opinion/culture/ghosting-work-digital-overload.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share

Today’s episode was produced by Jon Ehrens, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and hosted by Adam Clark-Estes.

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