Watch the chat with Headlee here or read the transcript below: Headlee, the co-host of "Retro Report" on PBS and author of the bestselling "We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter," joined us recently in our Salon studio to talk about why we aren't really working any more than our parents did, and why working from home now shouldn't mean we're working 24/7. It feels imperative to our mental and physical health to slow down. Our brains are already on high alert for the foreseeable future. Yet her message - of creating boundaries, of stepping away from the glowing screen now and then, of admitting that multitasking makes us less productive rather than more - seems more important now than ever. Already, the notion of eating lunch in your cubicle or answering work emails from home seem like the habits of another era. The world has changed exponentially since Celeste Headlee released her latest book "Do Nothing: How to Break Away From Overworking, Overdoing, and Under Living" just earlier this month.
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