AP 092: Balancing Your Life with Social Media || with Brooke White

About Progress

Cloud10

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

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

“At what point do we figure out the cost is too high, and are we willing to put it down?” It's one thing to know that our devices are getting in the way of our relationships, work, and creative outlets. But it's another to successfully do something about it. Brooke White knows the struggle well. As an independent musician (she got her big break on American Idol ten years ago) and business woman (Girls with Glasses!), social media is a big part of her creating a committed online community that supports her work. But even with all that on the line, earlier this year Brooke found herself in a predicament: what started as a way to personally connect with her loved ones and beloved fans, social media was now robbing her of the life right in front of her. So Brooke decided to do something about it, starting with a month-long fast that quickly changed everything. Brooke and I planned on a 30 minute discussion on what she learned from her fast and how she is now attempting to still have social media in her life, but not BE her life. But as we dug into it, we had to quickly own that this topic involves a very layered, complicated relationship that all of us can relate to. Beyond it just being about prioritizing time, balancing our lives with social media entails a much deeper work including evaluating our purpose, owning our insecurities, and refusing to settle for a life numbed-out. Because of this, we chose to separate our chat into two parts. Part One: Brooke shares her history of using social media as a way to share so purely her life with others, and how this pursuit so gradually took over her ability to be present with her real life. She talks about a few moments where she had to accept that she needed to change her focus, not just with her social media use but with her life as well. Show Notes Brooke's Instagram, website, and Girls with Glasses Monica's Past Episode on Technology Kim Christenson's lovely post on her social media fast, her first interview with me, and her website, Last week's episode on Imperfect Parenting with Georgia Anderson "Get Over Yourself" TICKETS for Perfectionism Workshop with Monica on June 21st in Utah Vibrant Bite fitness and nutrition coaching (enter the code "PROGRESS10" to get $10 off your first month, making it only $10!) and your FREE WEEK here Monica's Facebook and Instagram Contact Monica for coaching or podcast consulting Monat Natural, Anti-Aging Hair Care: Contact Monica to learn more, OR research via her Monat Instagram and website Related: Monica's views on Sponsorship and WHY she's partnering with Monat Fabletics! Get 2 leggings for $24 when you become a VIP member (they're the besssssst!) (Affiliate link) Free Audiobook through Audible! (Affiliate link) More Podcasts from About Progress Song Credit: "Sweet Promise" and "Warm Lights" by Nicolai Heidlas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Seeking the Truth Never Gets Old.
0:03.0	Introducing June's Journey, the free-to-play mobile game that will immerse you in a thrilling murder mystery.
0:09.0	Join June Parker as she uncovers hidden objects and clues to solve her sister's death in a beautifully
0:14.4	illustrated world set in the roaring 20s. With new chapters added every week,
0:19.3	the excitement never ends! Download June's Journey Now on your Android or iOS device or play on PC through Facebook
0:28.1	games. Welcome to About Progress. I am your host Monica Packer and I am here to teach you how to take back your life and dare to
0:44.8	progress towards bettering yourself, honing your gifts and using them for good in
0:49.8	the world. Listen in to be inspired by others who are walking the same path of self-improvement paired
0:56.2	with self-love and to be a part of a community that knows life is about progress, not perfection.
1:12.0	Buckle up friends, I have a meaty, honest, fun, and enjoyable chat for you today. It's with Brooke White. We intended to chat about
1:16.4	her recent path to working on being more intentional with her social media use and
1:21.8	we certainly did that, but we also found ourselves talking about
1:26.8	how vulnerability, comparison, people pleasing, desire to connect, seeking for validation, and insecurities, all these deep things, how those all play into our use of social media.
1:40.0	It's a little too difficult to just glaze over that we need to be better about it.
1:46.3	We went deeper.
1:47.9	But don't worry, this isn't a social media is inherently evil and we should never ever use it again discussion it's so much more than that
1:57.1	Brooke and I don't pretend to have all the answers about how social media can take more of a backseat in your life but we do talk a lot about the why.
2:05.7	Brooke shares her own history of using social media both personally and for her
2:09.7	business and how it started a little bit more of a pure place, but even as she found much joy and validation and creating a community, and even with her good intentions, she had a series of lessons that showed her that her phone
2:25.2	was literally getting in the way of her seeing her loved ones, and she knew she had to change.
2:31.8	Brooke has a lot more to lose than most of us. With curbing
2:35.3	her social media use, her large and committed following is an important part of
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