Are you phubbing your partner?

Phubbing, a portmanteau of “phone” and “snubbing,” refers to situations where we ignore (i.e., snub) someone in favor of our phone. We can “phub” (or get phubbed by) anyone in our lives, but our focus today is on phubbing in the context of romantic relationships.

Jacqueline Nesi, a psychologist and professor at Brown University and Dr. Yael Schonbrun, a fellow clinical psychologist and assistant professor at Brown University discuss how to stop phubbing and start connecting -> Read more here

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