Welcome back to the Cultivate What Matters podcast where we help you do more of what matters and

left of what doesn't. Today we're continuing our special summer series, Your Cultivated Summer,

where each week I'm chatting with one number of team cultivate about the joys and challenges

of goal setting and intentional living during the summer month.

Hi everyone, we are so glad you're here today as we discuss a hot topic summer screen refresh.

You know we live in a very digitally connected world and screens are just a natural part of our

lives from work to fun or maybe connection with friends and family even to learning from

strangers on the internet we really cannot escape technology. I don't think we would

actually want to but how we use our screens is a really important concept to consider because

study after study has shown that too much screen time or the wrong kind of screen time for

adults and kids can lead us to emotional troubles memory deficiencies and more things that we do

not want to call today. So I am so glad and grateful and honored to have my dear friend Ellie

join us today to talk this out. Hey Ellie. Hi, yes, I am so excited to be back. Kelly and I

especially want to dive into this topic today because summer might bring a different level of

screen usage for you or your family. If you are hoping to establish some different screen rhythms

this summer or just want to learn how to think intentionally around your screen usage,

this episode is for you. Maybe it's time for a summer screen refresh.

I am super excited. This is definitely something I think about usually at the changing of the

seasons. Right before summer, before fall, always around the holidays, I'm constantly asking myself

how I'm using my screens. But before we dive in, let's answer our fun question of the week.

Ellie, what is something helping you live more intentionally right now? What do you love in these

days? Yeah, so there have been four babies born in my circles in the last two to three months and

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