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Boost productivity, decrease stress by engaging in authentic conversations
Author(s) -
McCarthy Claudine
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the successful registrar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7560
pISSN - 1534-7710
DOI - 10.1002/tsr.30758
Subject(s) - loneliness , limiting , covid-19 , productivity , psychology , public relations , sociology , internet privacy , political science , social psychology , computer science , engineering , medicine , economic growth , economics , mechanical engineering , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Remote work, Zoom meetings, emails, texts, and social media can help you stay connected to career and family while limiting your exposure to the COVID‐19 virus, but they won't protect you from catching the loneliness bug triggered by limiting your exposure to chit‐chat. Even before the shutdown brought on by the COVID‐19 pandemic, “the world was already experiencing a loneliness epidemic,” according to Celeste Headlee, an award‐winning journalist, professional speaker, and author of Heard Mentality and We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter . She spoke during a webinar hosted by NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. “The human voice is healing,” she explained, and authentic interactions boost the immune systems of those involved.