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.

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I think about being executive director of a local nonprofit and being 26 and just freaking out and

being overwhelmed and I went to a friend of mine a dear friend mine, who had worked with at a previous job and said,

I need help, but I need ongoing deep kind of help.

Will you come on my board and be my board chair?

And she said yes.

It felt very personal to me because it was me as a young woman coming to a woman who is a little

farther in her career and saying I'm suffering my relationship is suffering I'm not sleeping like I was burned out and overwhelmed and I needed some frankly I needed someone who loved me on my board and that meant weekly phone calls with her for half an hour. How are you doing?

And then when I ended up leaving the organization, she stayed as the chair of the organization because she has commitment.

So there was a sacrifice on her part to support me that way.

The level of friendship and care that it took to make a decision that had years of impact on her life was incredible.

Nicki Sylvester is an advocate for social equity in food systems, climate solutions, and economic development.

She's the former executive director of People's Grocery, a group running urban farms and programs aimed to increase access to local healthy foods in West Oakland.

Today, Nicky is the founder and CEO of Soil and Shadow,

where she helps other organizations create more environmental and relationship-centered strategies.

On each episode of our show, we have a happiness guinea pig try a research-based practice

to boost feelings of kindness and connection and reduce anxiety and stress.

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