How To! | Balance Mind, Body—and iPhone

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Mary is juggling a busy career and family life and, like many of us, she feels guilty about the time she spends on her phone. On this episode of How To!, Courtney Martin talks with author and teacher Molly Caro May about how she’s helping others rethink—and rewire—their dependency on devices with an approach that’s focused on the mind-body connection. If you liked this episode, check out How To Manage Your Kids’ Screen Time. Do you have a problem that needs solving? Send us a note at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001 and we might have you on the show. Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen. The show is produced by Rosemary Belson, with Kevin Bendis. Our technical director is Merritt Jacob and our supervising producer is Joel Meyer. Want more How To!? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock exclusive bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the How To! show page. Or, visit slate.com/howtoplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:02.0	It's hard and it's brutal and that's what makes it special.
0:06.0	The multi-award winning series, FX's The Bear, is back for a brand new season.
0:11.0	Upon my signal, unleash hell.
0:15.0	And every second counts.
0:17.0	When that shows zero, this restaurant ceases operations.
0:21.8	FX is the bear.
0:22.8	New season streaming June 26th exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:27.4	18 plus subscription required, Teas and Cs apply.
0:30.8	Mary, can you tell us a little bit about your relationship to your phone?
0:36.6	Oh, gosh.
0:37.7	It's fraught.
0:39.4	It's very fraught.
0:45.1	Welcome to how to.
0:46.8	I'm Courtney Martin.
0:48.3	I want to start today's episode by sharing a wild statistic with you.
0:53.1	The average American unlocks their phone 150 times a day.
0:58.9	150 times a day.
1:00.4	I mean, really think about that for a minute.
1:02.9	There is nothing else in our lives that is so instrumental to every aspect of our existence,
1:07.9	professional, social, parasocial, and there's nothing else in our lives
1:12.6	that is so palpably compulsive. We reach for it without thinking. We tap on our favorite icon
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