4143: Put Down Your Phone: Why Presence Is the Best Gift You'll Ever Give

Will Aylward recounts a dinner with friends that felt empty because everyone was distracted by their phones, prompting a deeper look at what robs us of presence. He argues that while technology is a barrier, the wandering mind is the real culprit, and shares simple practices to reconnect: eye contact, listening to understand rather than to reply, and switching off the phone entirely.