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Small gestures can meet important needs for connection
Small gestures can meet important needs for connection
Drawing on an experience of isolation during the pandemic, Foster argues that simple gestures such as acknowledgment, a smile, or a kind word can provide meaningful human connection at little cost to the giver.
- Speaker
- LeAnn Foster
- Topic
- Human Connection
- Source timestamp
- 8:15
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