Listening is a skillset that must be developed and practiced on a regular basis. It is becoming more and more difficult to do as we have more and more distracting us from each other. In this episode, we discuss the art of listening and some key ways that we can improve our listening skills.

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Part of the problem with the excessive use of technology is that it removes people from the present. It has the powerful ability to be able to distract someone from their loved one, from an experience, from moments that may only happen once. The arts require people to be in the moment. In this episode, we discuss how the arts can help fix a lot of the issues being presented by technology.

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Social media can be seen as synonymous with searching for validation. In episode 178 of the Relate podcast, we talk about our innate need to be validated in how we live our lives. The irony is that very few people care about what others are doing. Instead, we must look inward to validate ourselves.

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Productivity has become a big buzz word in the age of social media and the influencer. It seems like everyone is looking to build a side hustle or make fast money on the Internet without realizing the costs. In this episode of Relate, we discuss the idea of toxic productivity and how it relates to our dependence on technology. Ignoring the need and desire for rest and play, society is beginning to teach us that it is a waste of time if we are doing anything other than work.

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Over the past few years, I've come to discover that community is at the heart of happiness. In episode 176 of the Relate podcast, we discuss why belonging to a community is essential for life-fulfillment and why this has become even more important in the age of technology.

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We live in an age where the Internet and social media are always at our fingertips. This fuels the obligation to always have a presence online and to regularly post the various activities going on in our lives. But this is exhausting. In this episode of Relate, we discuss how social media has begun to strain our energy and how a lot of the fun has been sucked out of social media.

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In episode 174 of Relate, we speak with Dr. Grin Lord. Grin is a board-certified licensed clinical psychologist and co-founder of mpathic - humanizing AI with empathy. We talk about the huge difference that the act of listening makes in our lives, how we can train machines to empathize, and also how culture affects communication.

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Dr. Grin Lord is a board-certified licensed clinical psychologist and co-founder of mpathic - humanizing AI with empathy.She was a Clinical Product Psychologist at Youper.ai and the Chief Clinical Officer of Lyssn.io. Dr. Lord's areas of expertise include: conversational design, using AI and machine learning to augment human connection and improve therapy, evidence-based therapies (Motivational Interviewing, CBT, DBT), health coaching, and psychology. She also is the founder and Director of the Center for Relational and Family Therapy (CRAFT) in Bellevue, WA.  Since 2007, Dr. Lord has worked as a clinician-researcher at University of Washington in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Her research and writing focuses on the intersection of AI and empathy, improving wellness, understanding evidence-based therapy, treatment of posttraumatic stress and substance abuse, the interpretation of the family, and the social meaning of trauma.

Remember away messages in the AIM days? Now, a Facebook status can do so much more, like sharing what you and your friends are up to. But what happens if you are not a part of that status? In this episode of Relate, we discuss the implications that come with sharing group hangouts on social media, especially to those who were not invited.

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In this episode of Relate, we are joined by Lawrence Ampofo, the Founder of Digital Mindfulness. We discuss how tech has affected us on a social level, the concept of digital ethics, the power of digital justice, and mental health concerns related to tech. Lawrence has a deep passion for this work and he has been a pioneer in beginning the conversation around digital well-being.

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Lawrence Ampofo is the Founder of Digital Mindfulness. Founded in 2014, Digital Mindfulness focuses on helping people operationalize digital ethics and responsible innovation into actionable and measurable business initiatives. Through their global network of experts and access to the latest market and technological research, they provide their communities access to the latest innovations and thinking in global digital ethics.

The Lunch Break is often ignored in most corporate settings. Often seen as a drain on productivity, people eat their lunches while working at their desks or skip the meal entirely to devote this time solely to their work. In this episode of relate, we discuss why the lunch break is actually one of the most important times of the day and why it's so important to the health of the individual and the health of the company.

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