How Your Phone is Impacting Your Relationships with Heath Wilson and Joey Odom
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2023
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Heath Wilson and Joey Odom are the co-founders of Aro, a company focused on helping individuals and families establish healthier relationships with their digital devices. The company's goal is to create an environment in which people can connect more meaningfully with each other and be more present in their daily lives.
In this deeply engaging episode, we delve into a significant issue facing families today – excessive screen time. Heath Wilson and Joey Odom share personal stories, fascinating insights, and surprising anecdotes about how their creation is impacting households around the world.
In an era dominated by screen-time, maintaining a balanced relationship with our devices is a pressing issue, particularly for families. Heath Wilson and Joey Odom candidly discussed their own struggles with controlling screen time, often mirrored in their children's behavior. They admired the app's gamification aspect, which effectively motivates users to engage less with their screens.
Wilson and Odom also shared anecdotes of the app being used creatively–from parents tying weekly allowances to screen-free hours to businesses incentivizing their staff to be more present with customers. They also reflected on their own experiences, showing how the app has transformed their families' screen habits.
This insightful conversation ultimately highlighted the importance of prioritizing human connection over digital distractions. The app isn't just about reducing screen time; it's about fostering a healthier digital lifestyle and reclaiming the valuable moments we often lose to our screens.
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| 0:00.0 | According to Forbes, 91% of all adults |
| 0:04.8 | keep their phone in arms reach all day long. |
| 0:08.8 | 63% of global phone users |
| 0:11.5 | are actually trying and striving |
| 0:14.2 | to somehow some way limit their screen usage. |
| 0:19.4 | And 0% of people can use their phone |
| 0:22.5 | when it's not in their hand. |
| 0:23.8 | So how about that? |
| 0:25.2 | Those are statistics from my amazing guests today. |
| 0:28.6 | Joey and Heath founders of Auro |
| 0:32.4 | and they are revolutionizing how we can be more disciplined |
| 0:37.8 | with our devices and make it fun, gamify it |
| 0:41.3 | and how we can bring our entire families in |
| 0:43.8 | on this whole process. |
| 0:45.5 | You guys will love today's podcast. |
| 0:47.2 | You'll love today's message. |
| 0:49.2 | I'm so excited to share with you today. |
| 0:53.1 | Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. |
| 0:55.7 | The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, |
| 0:58.6 | leaders of families, and leaders of communities. |
| 1:01.9 | We will not only impact this generation of fathers |
| 1:04.4 | but the next generation as well. |
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