Episode 3: Staying Connected
Show Notes
This episode of Dr. Bec Live is focussed on how to stay connected during the COVID19 social distancing measures implemented across the world. Dr Bec discusses the importance of social connection in maintaining your emotional and mental health. Especially during a time when normally we would lean on those people in our social support network. She provides practical tips and resources that you can use to overcome isolation and stay connected with your family, work, school and community. Filled with traditional and non-traditional communication strategies, this episode covers how to think creatively about the way we connect and build some new skills for now and in the future.
Resources discussed
Traditional Communication:
Letters, postcards and email
Phone calls, FaceTime, and photo messages
Non-traditional Communications:
videoconferencing
zoom, skype and teams for work & play
online social groups and forums
online board games
social media Apps
Netflix Party
And much more.