Emma Gannon on Community and Connection in an Online World

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Emma Gannon is a bestselling author, speaker, novelist, and the host of the number 1 creative careers podcast in the UK called “Ctrl Alt Delete”.

Eric and Emma discuss her latest book, Disconnected: How to Stay Human in an Online World

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Emma Gannon and I Discuss Community and Connection in an Online World and…

Her book, Disconnected: How to Stay Human in an Online World
The belief that everyone is creative and need to feed their creativity
The joy and challenge when your creative work becomes your paid work
How our online and offline behaviors and interactions are often not aligned
Connection and how she compares humans to trees
The power of community and connection, both online and in-person
Noticing when spending too much time online leads to emotional disconnection
Understanding self-sabotage and noticing the feelings associated with that behavior
Finding the balance of striving to be successful and happiness
Her thoughts on cancel culture
Her first novel, Olive
The shame and guilt that women often feel for their life choices

Emma Gannon Links:

Emma’s Website

Twitter

Instagram

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0:00.0	For me, staying creative is sort of like survival. I don't know where I would go if I wasn't making things.
0:13.6	Welcome to the one you feed.
0:15.6	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have.
0:20.2	Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think. Ring true.
0:25.8	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:34.8	We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:41.2	But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:49.4	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction. How they feed their good wolf.
1:09.4	Truth is stranger than fiction. And reality TV stars know this better than anyone.
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1:38.4	This holiday season 12 strangers 12 tales. Something was out there.
1:45.4	Whatever it is, it's ravenous. Is that the last person to see you alive?
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2:02.4	Listen to 12 ghosts on the iHardRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
2:09.4	Thanks for joining us. Our guest on this episode is Emma Ganon, a bestselling author, speaker, novelist, and the host of the number one creative careers podcast in the UK called Control Alt Delete.
2:21.4	Today, Eric and Emma discuss multiple books of hers, but the newest one is called Disconnected. How to Stay Human in an Online World.
2:30.4	Hi, Emma. Welcome to the show. Hi, Eric. So good to talk to you. Thank you for having me.
2:35.4	Yes, I am very excited to have you on. I have been looking forward to talking to you for a while.
2:41.4	And we're going to talk about some of your books. We'll talk about a new book called Disconnected.
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