Cultivating a Healthy Relationship with Tech :: Joey Odom [Ep 425]
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Between work and school and life it is nearly impossible to live without some screen interaction, but what if we could change our relationship with our screens? What if they are not something we are powerless against, but something we can put in their proper places?
My guest this week is dad and entrepreneur, Joey Odom. His own missed moments as a dad served as the impetus for changing his relationship with his phone and creating a system to help us do the same. His encouragement and creativity help us give ourselves (and our spouses and kids) grace and tools to shape our time spent with and away from screens.
Connect with Joey Odom:
- Website: https://www.goaro.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goaronow/
- Instagram: @goaronow
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm your host, Heather McFadian, and this is the place where I get to walk alongside |
| 0:15.0 | you and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone. |
| 0:20.2 | And in this episode, number 425, we're continuing our little tech series. |
| 0:25.1 | I've invited Joey Odom to the show. |
| 0:29.2 | It's notice at all ages when we are there with them fully and when we're not fully present |
| 0:34.8 | with them. |
| 0:35.8 | And I think they become a little bit desensitized over time to believe that what's on |
| 0:39.3 | our phones is more important than they are. |
| 0:41.8 | And so this is a cool opportunity to totally reverse that narrative or initiate that great |
| 0:45.8 | behavior that our kids always know that they're more important than whatever is on our phone. |
| 0:52.2 | Joey is a dad and an entrepreneur. |
| 0:55.2 | He is one of the founders of ARO. |
| 0:57.7 | It's a great app and product that we will talk a little bit about. |
| 1:00.4 | But mainly our conversation. |
| 1:02.6 | When I invited him to come on the show, it was to talk about, I thought, my kids quote unquote |
| 1:08.7 | addiction with devices. |
| 1:11.1 | When reality, we kind of had a different conversation. |
| 1:14.8 | And I realized a lot of Joey's passion for this topic came from his own missed moments |
| 1:21.8 | as a dad. |
| 1:23.5 | And instead of talking about boundaries and rules and regulations to reframe it to consider |
| 1:29.5 | the relationship we have with devices and creating a system to help us improve the relationship |
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