This is the Terry Cole show and as you might have guessed I'm your host Terry Cole.

For over two decades I've been a licensed psychotherapist, love and boundaries expert, and I'm also

the founder of the Real of Revolution and Boundary Boot Camp.

On this show I'll bring you simple strategies based on practical psychology, inspiring expert interviews, and my own insights

and observations from my time on the front lines in the fascinating world of entertainment,

empowerment, and mental health.

Now let's get going with today's episode.

Well, hello and welcome to this week's episode where I'm going to be tackling a really popular

topic. So I've gotten more than one email about this. You guys know I'm going through the process of honoring some

questions that have come into my various platforms for the next now is eight

weeks. So this question came in and it was about someone else thinking that her

partner is addicted to their phone and that the phone is always with him and that when anytime she wants to have a

real conversation or a difficult conversation he's looking at his phone he is like no

this is important so she basically noticed a massive change in his behavior

because they've been together for about 20 years and in the beginning of the relationship it wasn't

as prevalent the whole phone addiction and that everyone in the world has a phone

And I actually remember when I started dating Vic my husband that this was in the 90s

That he had a phone that was like the size of a cinder block basically. I didn't

have a phone. Nobody did then. He actually had a pager. I used to page him from a cell phone. Hello, phone booth, have you ever heard of that?

Anyway, that's how old I am, people.

But I really felt for the woman who was writing it in and I feel like this is something we really have to talk about and deal with because it's happening and it's real and there's tons of science out there.

This isn't just like, oh, it's rude.

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