1000 Hours Unplugged | Hannah Brencher (EP353)
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips
Diane Boden
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
On her 33rd birthday, Hannah Brencher felt a nudge to turn off her phone. Reflecting on a year filled with exhaustion, anxiety, and burnout, she questioned whether being fully present in the moment—and being enough—was possible. What began as a single day of unplugging for celebration, connection, and rest, soon evolved into a yearlong challenge: 1,000 hours without screens.
In today's conversation, author, TED Speaker, and entrepreneur Hannah Brencher shares her journey from feeling overwhelmed to finding balance and abundance through just a few tech-free hours each day. With a relatable and practical approach, she shows how setting healthy boundaries with technology is achievable. Are you ready to unplug?
Episode Chapters |
00:00 - The Importance of Unplugging
11:05 - Cultivating Unplugged Hours
20:01 - Planning for Presence
23:02 -Faith and Technology
About Hannah |
Hannah Brencher is a writer, TED speaker, and entrepreneur. She founded The World Needs More Love Letters, a global community dedicated to sending letter bundles to those who need encouragement. Named as one of the White House’s “Women Working to Do Good,” Hannah has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Oprah, Glamour, USATODAY.com, the Chicago Tribune, and more. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, Lane, and daughter Novalee.
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Transcript
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| 1:10.4 | expectation of one another that you have to be accessible. |
| 1:14.4 | And I've 1,000 percent experienced that with some people in my life or people in my life where the |
| 1:21.5 | running joke is, oh, well, like, Kana won't text back immediately, give her a few hours or whatever. |
| 1:27.1 | And for a long time, I apologized |
| 1:28.4 | about that. And then I was like, why am I apologizing for something that I actually think is really |
| 1:32.5 | healthy and like maybe other people could implement? We used to leave the house, like you said. |
| 1:36.8 | There was an answering machine. There was an expectation of I'm going to get back to you because |
| 1:41.3 | I'm not too overloaded to get back to you. And for me, the shift has |
| 1:46.3 | been one from away from this constant accessibility to one of what I call availability, |
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