Mary Hoyt Kearns, PhD and Christine Szegda, M.Ed., ACC
22 episodes
3 days ago
Send us a text In this episode, Mary and Christine explore the challenges of being a highly sensitive person (HSP) in today's demanding work environments. Mary shares her struggle with returning to a five-day office schedule in an open workspace with 770 people, where constant Zoom meetings, fluorescent lighting, strong fragrances, and overwhelming noise levels make it nearly impossible to focus on complex analytical work. What started as complaints about her commute evolved into a deeper rea...
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Send us a text In this episode, Mary and Christine explore the challenges of being a highly sensitive person (HSP) in today's demanding work environments. Mary shares her struggle with returning to a five-day office schedule in an open workspace with 770 people, where constant Zoom meetings, fluorescent lighting, strong fragrances, and overwhelming noise levels make it nearly impossible to focus on complex analytical work. What started as complaints about her commute evolved into a deeper rea...
Send us a text Will you be my friend? And, are business cards still a thing? In this episode, we talk about the art and science of making friends as an adult. Drawing from research and personal experience, we explore what works, and what doesn’t work when trying to expand your IRL social network. How to Make, and Keep, Friends in Adulthood, The New York Times, October 2022 How Do We-Make-and-Keep, Good Friends? We Can Do Hard Things podcast, January 27, 2023 How Loneliness Hurts Us an...
Curious Mind Grapes
Send us a text In this episode, Mary and Christine explore the challenges of being a highly sensitive person (HSP) in today's demanding work environments. Mary shares her struggle with returning to a five-day office schedule in an open workspace with 770 people, where constant Zoom meetings, fluorescent lighting, strong fragrances, and overwhelming noise levels make it nearly impossible to focus on complex analytical work. What started as complaints about her commute evolved into a deeper rea...
