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The Ruth Chou Simons Podcast

009 | 5 Guardrails for Navigating Social Media

The Ruth Chou Simons Podcast

Ruth Chou Simons

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Ruth Simons, The Gracelaced Podcast, Ruth, Ruth Chou Simons, Podcast, Gracelaced, Grace Laced

4.9612 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Ever feel like social media is making you lose your mind? Or even your soul? In this episode, Ruth shares her own personal guardrails for navigating social media and honoring Christ. Whether you're a content creator or someone sharing photos with friends on a private account, this episode is sure to encourage and give you food for thought. Scripture Referenced Philippians 2:3-4 John 3:30 Resources Mentioned Social Sanity in an Insta World Hear more from Ruth and GraceLaced Find Ruth Chou...

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0:00.0

Hey friends, welcome back to the podcast. I thought it'd be fun today. I don't know. Maybe fun is not the right word.

0:21.4

I thought it would be good for us to talk a little bit about social media today.

0:25.5

I'm often asked the question.

0:27.6

I feel like it's one of the earliest questions I ever spoke on or talked about in conferences.

0:34.3

Is the question, how do you navigate social media as a creative author, artist, content

0:40.9

creator? How do you navigate social media without losing your soul, without losing your

0:45.7

mind, without giving up altogether? Anybody else in this room, can we just raise our hands

0:51.6

if we want to, if we have dreamt about quitting social media,

0:56.7

or felt burnt out or like, I've nothing to say, or this is tyrannist, or I'm sick and tired of

1:03.7

this.

1:04.4

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

1:05.7

If you're nodding your head, today's episode is for you, especially if you are a creative or a content creator or desire

1:15.4

to use your social media as a public platform in any way.

1:20.2

If you're tuning in and you have a private account on social media or you're not even

1:25.1

on social media, but you've just kind of wondered,

1:28.8

how do somebody honor the Lord and navigate social media in a way that's Christ

1:35.1

exalting and is beneficial but doesn't suck their soul? Well, here we are. We're going to talk

1:41.9

about it today. So are you ready for it? I hope this is going to be

1:45.8

helpful because I've really needed this conversation. I want you to know right at the start that

1:52.2

I wrote the afterward for a book called Social Sanity in an Insta world. That is hard to say. Social sanity in an Insta world.

2:04.7

And it was co-written with many contributors, including Jen Wilkin and Melissa Kruger,

2:10.7

Laura Wifler, some of my dearest friends, Gretchen Saffles. And I wrote the afterward,

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