5 Things I Did To Stop Scrolling: How To Put Down Your Phone & Reclaim Your Attention

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Liz Moody podcast, host Liz Moody dives into your highly requested topic of phone addiction. Drawing from scientific research and personal experience, Liz explains the negative impacts of phone overuse, like cognitive overload and dopamine desensitization. She shares 5 actionable tips to break free from phone addiction to improve your overall well-being and productivity. 00:00 Welcome to the Liz Moody Podcast 00:43 Negative Impacts of Your Phone 01:30 The Science Behind Phone Addiction 03:32 The 23-Minute Rule 05:26 Life is Meh Syndrome 07:01 Practical Tips to Combat Phone Addiction 10:33 Creating Physical Barriers 13:40 The 'What Do I Really Need' Menu 19:08 Final Thoughts Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order Liz’s new book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Connect with Liz on Instagram @lizmoody, or subscribe to her newsletter by visiting www.lizmoody.com. If you like this episode, check out How To Hack Your Dopamine To Stop Reaching For Your Phone & Experience More Pleasure In Everyday Life with Dr. Anna Lembke & The Novelty Rule: How To Use My Neuroscience Hack That’s Changing Millions Of Lives This episode is sponsored by: Himalaya: go to himalayausa.com and use code LIZMOODY for 20% off all Himalaya supplements at checkout. Seed: go to seed.com/lizmoody and use code LIZMOODY for 25% off your first month. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 265. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends and welcome to the Liz Moody podcast where every week we're sharing real science, real stories and realistic tools that actually level up every part of your life.
0:10.5	I'm your host Liz Moody and I'm a best-selling author and longtime journalist. Let's dive in.
0:17.0	One super quick note, I know that 50% of you listening to this episode do not follow the podcast.
0:22.0	Take a second now to hit that
0:23.7	follow or subscribe button. It is the best way to support the podcast and it makes sure
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0:34.4	miss out on any of our upcoming shows they are jam-packed with science and
0:38.4	stories that will change your life. All right, let's get right into the episode. Today we are going to be talking about phone
0:46.2	addiction, one of the most highly requested topics that you guys sent in. I am going to share the five things that I think helped the most with phone addiction
0:55.1	and the science behind why these work and how we are getting our brains back.
0:59.7	First of all, I want to dive into the detrimental impacts our phones are having because we need to be clear on the problem before we can really identify solutions for it.
1:09.0	I actually think that this is where a lot of the how to stay off your phone
1:13.2	advice falls down because it's just generally like oh you know phones are bad
1:17.2	stay off of them versus figuring out the true root negative impacts that phones are having on our lives,
1:24.3	which is going to help us identify more specific solutions,
1:27.2	and it's going to give us way more motivation.
1:30.7	So the first negative impact that phones are having on our life is that they have robbed us of our ability to pay attention.
1:38.0	Phones are designed to provide constant and unpredictable rewards. They are literally designed like slot
1:44.6	machines where you can pull the lever and you don't know what you're going to get
1:47.8	but sometimes you get the three cherries and the buzzers go off and all of this
1:51.6	money pours out. That is what phones are doing to us.
1:55.2	But the three cherries are an Instagram notification. They're a text, they're an email,
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