Have you ever submitted a work assignment and anxiously checked your email with bated breath? When people breathe shallowly or stop breathing while checking email, this is known as email apnea and many of us don’t even realize we’re doing it. Not only can this tension can make it difficult to communicate clearly, but also can make it hard to be productive at all. In this video, my friend and rituals expert Barbara Biziou provides valuable insight into how to stop this phenomenon.