#350: Can I Disconnect From the Digital To Be More Present? With Hannah Brencher

4:13 Podcast with Jennifer Rothschild

Jennifer Rothschild

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On average, most people engage their phones around 2600 times a day. That’s a staggering number! Evidence shows we turn to our devices whenever we feel alone, tired, or in need of affirmation. Yet after scrolling, we only find ourselves overstimulated, depleted, and exhausted.

So, what happens when we unplug—and is that even possible when technology is so central to how we live nowadays?

Well today, Author Hannah Brencher will show you how to recognize the warning signs of phone over-reliance. She’ll help you mitigate your fear of missing out and give you small, practical steps toward disconnecting that can actually connect you to what matters most.

Believe it or not, balance is possible!

This isn't about ditching technology entirely. After all, good things can happen online. This is about the wonderful things that can happen to us when we untether ourselves from our devices and choose to live a life more present.

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0:00.0	all of the notifications, all of the emails, all of the news stories coming in and us trying to
0:06.8	digest these things when in actuality we were not made for that. We were made for longer form. We were
0:12.7	made for bits and pieces to be able to slowly digest things. And so there is a numbing quality
0:18.6	to taking in that information at once.
0:21.4	There's no way that we can't eventually become numbed or ruled by our emotions when we're just constantly letting things in and not being a gatekeeper to what is getting inside.
0:36.7	All right, 413ers, brace yourself for what I am about to tell you.
0:42.5	On average, most people engage their phones about 2,600 times a day.
0:50.7	Evidence shows that we turn to our devices whenever we feel alone, tired, or in need of affirmation.
0:58.6	But what could we gain if we unplugged?
1:01.9	Well, today, you're about to find out.
1:04.8	Author Hannah Brencher is going to show you how to recognize the warning signs, a phone over reliance,
1:12.8	and how small attainable changes one hour at a time
1:18.0	can connect you to what matters most.
1:21.3	All right, stay connected until we're done.
1:24.3	Here we go.
1:25.8	Welcome to the 413 podcast, where practical encouragement and biblical wisdom set you up to live the I-Can life,
1:34.5	because you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.
1:39.2	Now welcome your host, Jennifer Rothschild.
1:42.5	Hey, friends, that was Casey Wright, my seeing-eye guy, and it's two friends here under the stairs in the podcast closet, talking about one topic with zero stress.
1:51.9	Oh, yes, I love that part.
1:53.0	So if you're feeling any stress, just take a deep breath, put it on hold.
1:57.7	If you really need to feel stressed, you can do it when we're done.
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