How to keep your phone from ruining your relationships..

They all said the same thing — technology is a handy tool, but should never replace in-person connections.

“You miss all of the subtleties of communication,” says Leslie Rouder. “Eye-to-eye contact and being able to see someone’s body expression … over 90 percent of our communication is non-verbal, we’re actually not being in close contact with each other [when on our phones] in a way that’s most beneficial in terms of really good communication.”

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In addition to just distracting us from our loved ones (we’re looking at you person playing on your phone while out to dinner with your spouse!), John Gray PhD says over stimulation from our phones is actually changing our brains!

“When our brain is over stimulated, it adapts,” says Gray. “It suddenly depends upon over stimulation and it can’t relax. We have to train our brain to come back to a more centered, relaxed place and this is very challenging.”