“How can you advise me to spend less time looking at my screens?” more than a few people have asked me after seeing the title of my book, Screened In: The Art of Living Free in the Digital Age. “During the pandemic, my screens are all I have to connect with others.” Feeling Stressed? Connect Actually, […]
Read MoreDon’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. – Albert Camus It is a difficult time to develop new relationships. Anxiety has skyrocketed during the pandemic. Political divisions are tearing the country asunder and sowing distrust. Carefree virus spreaders are routinely […]
Read MoreA good friend who is a professor at the Universitá del Piemonte 75 km west of Milan wrote to me two months ago about her experience with Italy’s nationwide lockdown: My family, friends, colleagues and I are all well but things are indeed quite difficult here, especially from a psychological point of view. Now we all live in a red […]
Read MoreWe are in the middle of the worst public health crisis among teens and young adults in most of our lifetimes. COVID-19? No, actually. The pandemic has compounded a crisis that had already emerged before anyone had ever heard of the coronavirus. According to a Cigna study of over 10,000 American adults released in January, over three of every five Americans are […]
Read MoreSince we have been spending most of our day indoors, we’ve had no choice but to face up to the reality of what our social lives had become before the pandemic. We finally have the time to reflect upon how the richness, regularity and connectedness of most of our friendships have taken a nosedive ever since the release […]
Read MoreSocial distancing started long before COVID-19.
Read MoreAnthony Silard’s article “COVID-19: The Second Social-Distancing Threat in 13 Years” was published in Psychology Today. You can read it here.
Read MoreAnthony Silard’s article “How to Be Lonely without Becoming Depressed” was published in Psychology Today. Find it here.
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