Why Your Phone Is Quietly Stealing Your Happiness
Episode Ep 1629 14 min 52s

Why Your Phone Is Quietly Stealing Your Happiness

MIT researcher Sherry Turkle found that just placing a silenced phone face down on a table between two people reduces the depth of their conversation and their empathy for each other. In this episode, Monique explores what our phones are actually doing to our happiness baseline, why we reach for them so compulsively, and shares real stories of people who made small changes to their phone habits and saw their relationships and their wellbeing transform.

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