We all know that sitting for hours of screen time is bad, but can we fix it?

I think a lot of us don't realize how much pain we live in because of our interactions with computing.

Ultimately, it's a culture change.

NPR's Body Electric, a special interactive series investigating the relationship between our

tech and our bodies.

Listen in the Ted Radio Hour feed wherever you get your podcasts.

Did you make a New Year's resolution this year?

My New Year's resolution is to try super duper hard to not take anybody close to me for granted.

My New Year's Resolution is to find a better tasting wine.

My New Year's Resolution is to see more art all the kinds. My resolution is dive more, work less, but

my work is diving, so I don't know what to do now. My New Year's resolution is to really be more present

with my kids after I get home from work. My resolution is to see the science of

happiness lead to a more just and kind world. Our guest today also made

a resolution to create more quality time for herself and her friends in the

midst of a very busy life. Lisa Genova is a neuroscientist, a mother of three, and a New York

Times best-selling author of multiple novels including Still Alice. Those novels

explore how the mind works, especially in complicated conditions such as Alzheimer's.

Thanks to those novels, she now advocates on behalf of people with Alzheimer's.

When we ask Lisa to do a science-based practice to boost kindness and joy in her own life,

she chose one to help her slow down and reconnect.

And she's here today to tell us how it went.

Lisa, thanks for joining us on the Science of Happiness.

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