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From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Is Social Media Ruining Our Lives?

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.75.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Why is it so hard to set boundaries around our screen time and social media usage? We know it’s not the best for us, and we usually don’t even particularly enjoy being there, but we do it anyways. In today’s episode, Rachel shares her current relationship with social media and dives into this complex topic as a whole. Is screen time beneficial for our health and wellbeing? How does it affect our sleep? What will constant EMF exposure do to our bodies? Where is society ultimately going? Tune in and you may just be inspired to put the phone down. Your life should be spent doing things that fill you up, not going back and forth between a couple different apps. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

On today's episode of the show, I answer the question,

0:04.4

is social media ruining our lives?

0:07.6

And I say that with a smile, but I'm actually kind of serious.

0:12.4

I talk about the fact that I have a really hard time setting boundaries for myself

0:17.1

when it comes to the use of my phone, screen time, and social media.

0:21.9

We get into, why is it so challenging to set boundaries around our phone use?

0:27.6

Where is society going? Is it actually helpful for us when it comes to our health and our well-being?

0:34.3

And how can we support ourselves in a way that feels really aligned with the kind of life that we want?

0:40.8

This is an episode that might inspire you to put your phone down a little bit more often.

0:46.1

I also talk a bit about EMF and red light and sleep, and it's not a conspiracy podcast,

0:54.1

but it maybe leans that way a little bit. I think it's an interesting conversation to have,

0:59.0

and I'm happy that you're here.

1:04.0

Hello, my friends. Hello, hello, hello.

1:08.3

Welcome back to the show. Welcome back to the Yoga Girl podcast.

1:13.3

How are you? How are you? How's your week been?

1:18.9

I hope you're having more than anything.

1:22.3

I hope we're all having steadiness these weeks.

1:26.5

It's something that really I've been praying for, and setting intentions around.

1:31.7

It's just some level of steadiness and stability where even when life kind of pushes us around,

1:40.8

and it feels like we're standing in the middle of a tornado,

1:43.9

that somewhere deep inside of us, we sense this core sense of stability and grounding.

1:51.3

We need it. I feel in my whole being, my whole body, how much I need it. I know you needed.

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