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AT HOME with Byron Katie • The Work of Byron Katie® Podcast

#247: My Son Spends Too Much Time on the Computer • The Work of Byron Katie®

AT HOME with Byron Katie • The Work of Byron Katie® Podcast

Byron Katie International, Inc.

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Sonja, my guest this week, is angry with her son because he spends so much time on the computer. She wants him to be with the family, go out and play with friends, and stay "in the real world." Join us as she discovers the cause of her suffering and how to end it. Let's do The Work!

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0:00.0

Hello everyone, oh, are you in for a good one? Good Times with Sonia. She is the mother of a son,

0:11.2

who she's inviting to come join the family to play games, and he wants to stay with his computer.

0:18.8

And how common is this to your life?

0:21.6

Familiar?

0:22.6

If so, or even if not, I hope you enjoyed Time with Sonia.

0:26.4

She's just, to my mind, an incredible mother

0:30.0

who is really dealing with her son

0:33.6

and his computer time and family time.

0:36.2

So here we are, all together. Let's do the work with Sonia.

0:40.3

Hello, Dears. Hello. Those of you new to the work today, welcome here. In this community,

1:01.2

together we identify the thoughts that drive us crazy, the cause of all anger, discontent, fear, hurt.

1:11.6

We identify those thoughts, so it's an exercise in stillness.

1:16.6

We get really still, we identify those thoughts running through our head in any given situation.

1:23.6

And then we move those thoughts from our head to paper. And there they are stopped.

1:29.7

There's stop hell in your head, everything from mild irritation to hell, in your head, on paper,

1:38.1

available, all set up for self-inquiry.

1:44.1

Those things you fear could be true,

1:47.0

but notice how it affects your life when you're believing the thought.

1:51.0

For example, something terrible is going to happen.

1:55.0

Notice, notice.

1:58.0

When you're stuck in that emotional, that egoic, emotional, those fears, everything from mild

2:08.3

irritation to just bloody terror.

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