Is Social Media Destroying our mental health, how to make changes in life, and how to balance work and rest with Terra Mattson

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Alli Worthington

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🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Hey friend! We are back with my dear friend, Terra Mattson diving into why we do what we do, how to be even more emotionally healthy, and learning what we need to know to have a great year. In this part two episode, we talk a lot about social media. How do we as adults self-regulate and use social media well? Then we dive into how to guide our teenagers to set boundaries and use social media in a healthy way in this digital age. Terra Mattson is a licensed marriage and family therapist and licensed professional counselor who has practiced for nearly two decades and oversees a team of 20 clinicians. Terra is the co-host of The Living Wholehearted Podcast with her husband Jeff. On the podcast, they candidly share relational wisdom from the home to the workplace. Listen in on these audio chapters to hear: What work and rest look like and how it is different for different people Using social media well Guiding our teenagers to use social media in a healthy way with boundaries Terra’s best advice for making changes in 2024 Favorite quotes: “Research shows that the quality of our relationships is what determines our long-term peace and our long-term happiness in life so invest in them. Relationships are the key to our emotional health.” “There is this wide variety of what God calls good and very good. Discovering who we are and living within each of our designs is part of the freedom.” “I am starting to see a little bit of a shift with social media. The only way to do it well is you have got to learn and know how to regulate your own emotions and self-care.” “At the end of the day, our greatest change and our greatest impact come from face-to-face, person-to-person relationships.” “Pick one small shift and be consistent with it throughout the whole year.” Coaching this week: 5 Questions to Ask About Your Relationships (27:46) Links to great things we discussed: Terra Mattson Website Terra Mattson Instagram The Living Wholehearted Podcast Courageous: Being Daughters Rooted in Grace Alli on YouTube Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir 12 Rules for Life Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here. Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :) xo, Alli

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0:00.0	I think in Christian cultures, particularly, we have clear definitions on what we think rest should be and what we think work should be.
0:08.4	And I think we've got to let that go a little bit and go, God, know what that looks like.
0:15.3	Hey, hey, I'm Allie.
0:17.0	And I believe that an emotionally healthy you is the greatest gift you can give yourself,
0:22.3	your family, and the world. This is your weekly investment in your personal development.
0:27.4	Join discussions with top experts as we focus on how to achieve your dreams, grow your business,
0:32.8	and deepen your faith. As always, we keep it practical with lots of tools and action steps that you can put
0:38.9	into motion today. I'm so glad you're here. Let's dive in.
0:45.0	Welcome to the show today. You're in the right place because we are back with my dear friend
0:49.2	Tara Mattson diving into why we do the things we do, why other people do what they do, how to be even more
0:55.9	emotionally healthy, and learning what we need to have a great year. Thank you for all the
1:00.5	feedback about putting the show on YouTube. I drug my feet for years to do this. I'm super
1:06.4	nervous and I'm so happy that you love it. It means so much to me. It's a huge deal to be on YouTube. I have so
1:14.3	many ideas for fun things like multimedia things I want to do on the show. I got to get budget and I
1:20.7	got to get teams. So I'm working it out. I'm putting it together as we go, but I'm just so glad
1:25.5	to hear that you like it. So thank you. And for everybody listening
1:28.4	to me as you're driving to work, you can't watch YouTube. You're multitasking. I get it.
1:33.1	I personally am not really a YouTube watcher, all my podcast or audio. So I love you. I'm here for you.
1:39.7	We're doing our thing. It's just a different outlet. Okay, let's talk about the show. After we talk with
1:45.8	Tara, it is time for coaching. We are continuing this coaching series from last week. I hope you did
1:51.7	that exercise. If you haven't listened to last week's show, listen to last week's show because I give
1:57.0	you five questions. These are clarity questions. These are questions that I take
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