194 // Digital Detox

The Mindful Kind

Rachael Kable

Mindfulness, Mindful, Health & Fitness, Self-help, Inspiration

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Hello and welcome to episode 194 of The Mindful Kind podcast.

In this episode, you'll hear some interesting statistics about digital use, why it's important to take digital detoxes and the benefits of taking a break from digital devices, including better productivity, more mindful mornings, stronger connections with people and less stress.

You'll also hear about 4 simple tips to help you implement your own digital detoxes, including:

Tip 1: Keep your phone out of arm's reach
Tip 2: Give yourself a time limit for social media and digital use
Tip 3: Turn off as many phone notifications as possible
Tip 4: Don't check your phone any time when you're in bed

If you would like to learn more about mindful social media use, be sure to check out chapters 20 and 21 of my book, The Mindful Kind: https://www.rachaelkable.com/themindfulkindbook

Thank you so much for listening and I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.
0:07.6	I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey
0:12.2	and inspire you to create your own.
0:14.8	Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness,
0:19.6	from my personal experiences to useful tools and different
0:23.5	mindful techniques.
0:31.7	Hello and welcome to episode 194 of the Mindful Kind podcast.
0:37.2	I hope you're having a wonderful week. I'm heading down to
0:40.5	Melbourne for a live reading of my book and a Q&A session, which I am really excited for. If you
0:46.9	would like to stay up to date with my events and talks and things like that, make sure you're
0:51.1	following me on Facebook or Instagram as I normally announce my events
0:55.7	over there. So the topic for this episode is digital detoxing and why it's so important.
1:02.8	A digital detox means taking a break from electronic devices, things like the TV, your phone and a
1:10.1	computer. A digital detox might last for a few hours, a
1:14.6	day, a week or however long you like. You might do a social media detox by deleting all the
1:21.7	social media apps from your phone for a while, or you might do a week-long digital detox by attending a yoga or meditation
1:29.4	retreat where you don't have access to digital devices. There are lots of different ways you can go
1:35.8	about it and experiment. In 2018, the mobile consumer survey found that 39% of Australian
1:43.0	smartphone users think they use their phones too
1:46.0	much. Fifty nine percent of smartphone users surveyed in China think they use their phones too much.
1:52.7	Many of these people are unsuccessfully trying to reduce the amount of time that they spend
1:58.1	on their phones. And even when we're not looking at our phones,
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