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High Capacity – Nervous System Regulation, Stress Management, Burnout Recovery, Somatic Tools, Anxiety, Boundaries, Overwhelm

353 - How to Be a Tech-Intentional Family with The Screentime Consultant, Emily Cherkin, MEd

High Capacity – Nervous System Regulation, Stress Management, Burnout Recovery, Somatic Tools, Anxiety, Boundaries, Overwhelm

Michelle Grosser – Inspired by Mel Robbins, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and Dr. Becky Kennedy

Education, Time Management, Anxiety, Productivity, Nervous System, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Emotional Regulation, Parenting, Somatic Tools, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Overwhelm, Work-life Balance, Burnout, Mindset

4.9538 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today’s tech is not the same as the Saturday morning cartoons we grew up with. It’s faster, stickier, and designed to hijack attention, delay development, and disrupt regulation. And most of us are just trying to keep up—while feeling totally overwhelmed. In this conversation, I’m joined by The Screentime Consultant herself, Emily Cherkin, a former middle school teacher turned national advocate for tech-intentional parenting. With humor, deep empathy, and zero judgment, she’s help...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Calm Mom podcast, the show for ambitious women ready to get off the Hot Mess Express.

0:10.7

I know you've got a lot going on.

0:13.0

You work so hard.

0:14.2

You're raising an incredible family.

0:16.6

And sometimes it can be overwhelming.

0:19.0

I'm your host, Michelle Grocer.

0:21.0

I'm a certified master life coach, attorney, wife, and mom.

0:25.8

And years ago, I was right where you are.

0:27.9

I was running a busy law practice while raising a family, and I was on the fast track to

0:32.7

burnout.

0:33.7

I thought I just needed to be more organized or have better routines, but it was learning how to heal and regulate my nervous system that expand in my capacity to gracefully hold more of this big, beautiful life.

0:48.0

You too are worthy of an extraordinary life in and beyond motherhood.

0:52.4

Learning to be a calm, anchoring presence in your home and at work

0:56.1

is going to be your superpower. If you're here to do the inner work that brings a sense of

1:02.0

calm amidst the chaos, I'm here to join you on that journey. Each time you press play,

1:07.2

your growth continues. So let's get at it.

1:12.5

Hey friends, Michelle here. Welcome back to the Calm Mom podcast.

1:16.9

Really looking forward to today's conversation. Maybe you guys can relate with me.

1:20.9

As you know, we've been on a homeschooling journey this year. And something that I've really struggled with in the homeschool scenario,

1:31.5

probably just because I'm spending a lot more time with my kids and trying to do things

1:37.3

and they're around all the time. And maybe you can relate to this too is I'm just really

1:43.8

grappling with what it looks like in our family to use technology and screen time in a way that is healthy and productive while protecting their little growing brains and not engaging in power struggles all the time.

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