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This episode is coming from a Christian perspective. So if that's not something you're looking for,

check out one of the other episodes that aired this week or join me back here next week for another episode that you don't want to miss.

I genuinely believe this, Diane, that at the end of our lives, we're not going to regret working too much

so many generations before us. I think we're going to regret looking at our phones more than we look

in the eyes of the people that we love, that we're watching stories of people will never meet

who don't care about us at all while neglecting the relationships that matter to us, the people

that will be at our gravesite.

And when we step back to say, I don't want my parents to be ones who never touched, never looked at

each other, never played or laughed.

So the technopherence idea really creates damage, but it also creates damage in the bedroom

because you're going to sleep and

your backs are turned to each other and you're scrolling on the phone. And it gives you this surge of

dopamine. So there's this dopamine nation by Dr. Anna Lemke's a great book, great resource.

But it talks about, she talks about how your dopamine on your phone creates this really powerful increase that feels it. It's essentially

heroin. It boosts your dopamine so much that it's a spike. But then when you get off of it,

it's a crash. This is Diane Bowden, and you're listening to the minimalist mom's podcast.

Marriage doesn't fall apart all at once. It erodes slowly through disconnection,

unmet expectations, and the pressures of everyday life. In this encouraging conversation,

relationship expert and podcaster, Lindsay Mastas, shares wisdom from her new book,

Don't Burn Your Own House Down, offering hope for couples who feel discouraged, distant, or stuck in survival

mode. Lindsay invites couples to stop wishing for who their spouse used to be and to instead

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