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The Daily Grace Podcast

Fighting Digital Distractions with Emily Thomas

The Daily Grace Podcast

The Daily Grace Co.

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Do you feel like your phone is quietly crowding out your time with God and the people right in front of you? Jeremy welcomes back Emily Thomas to discuss how modern busyness—especially digital distractions—pulls believers away from God by displacing time for prayer, community, and worship and by shrinking attention spans needed for sermons, Scripture, and silence.    Tell Us What You Think Unlock a 10% off coupon! And get first access to new sales, Bible studies & books! Join for free here! Subscribe to our Podcast Newsletter!  Connect with us:  The Daily Grace Co. | Facebook | Instagram | Daily Grace Blog |

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0:00.0

I think where it gets really tricky is when we add in the digital realm.

0:04.2

The digital distractions so outpace us in terms of depth and breadth.

0:10.3

The digital world never ends.

0:11.8

You just want to improve your health.

0:13.6

Number one thing to do is to improve your sleep.

0:18.0

Yet one of the biggest things that actually worsens our sleep is what is happening

0:24.2

right before bed as we're doom scrolling.

0:27.0

What so many of us do every day with our smartphones, right?

0:29.5

That is what we are reaching for.

0:31.6

That's good.

0:32.0

It's trying to avoid the pain, right?

0:35.1

And they're kind of trying to numb out the pain.

0:43.7

Okay. the pain, right? And they're kind of trying to numb out the pain. Well, hello, and welcome back to The Daily Grace podcast.

0:47.2

I am JJ, your host, and excited to welcome back for her third episode with us, Miss Emily Thomas.

0:53.3

And today we are going to do a deep dive on the conversation around distractions and specifically how distractions pull us away from God.

1:02.7

If you are new to Emily, you should know that she has spent the last two decades working in various industries, namely the goal setting industry with one of our

1:12.7

sister brands called Cultivate What Matters, as well as the wedding industry. And we are so excited

1:17.9

to have her here. One of Emily's passion projects is a little company called the Connected Family.

1:23.9

You can subscribe to her newsletter on Substack, follow her on Instagram, and find out all of the

1:30.6

things that she teaches there specifically on how to build a tech-proof family culture,

1:36.6

which will be a perfect segue into our conversation today about distractions and things

1:41.4

that distract us from God. Oh, and maybe even before we get there,

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