We talk with Dawna Ballard, an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Austin and the author of Time by Design, about rethinking our relationship with time. We explore why our obsession with urgency and productivity can leave little room for being human, how time can become a support rather than a constraint, and what becomes possible when we leave space for uncertainty. *Original music by Leslie Allison *Sound editing by Erin Ozmat *Logo and cover art by Kira Weiss, photography by Kendall Tichner *Produced by Patty Carnevale and Erin Ozmat *All rights reserved in podcast content and the Giving In™ trademark * Each episode of Giving In is a personal interview; the opinions or perspectives shared in this episode are solely those of the guest and do not necessarily reflect the views, policies, or positions of any organization, employer, or affiliated group.
We talk with Dawna Ballard, an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Austin and the author of Time by Design: How Communicating Slow Allows Us to Go Fast, about rethinking our relationship with time. Dawna shares how years of caregiving, loss, illness, and burnout forced her to slow down and reconsider what really matters. We explore why our obsession with urgency and productivity can leave little room for being human, how time can become a support rather than a constraint, and what becomes possible when we leave space for uncertainty.
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PS: Each episode of Giving In is a personal interview; the opinions or perspectives shared in this episode are solely those of the guest and do not necessarily reflect the views, policies, or positions of any organization, employer, or affiliated group.
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