Managing Digital Overconsumption: A Conversation with Jennie Ketcham Crooks
Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser
Dr. Ron Kaiser
5.0 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
This episode of REJUVENAGING with Dr. Ron Kaiser features Jennie Ketcham Crooks, founder of the West Coast Anxiety Clinic and author of the upcoming book "LOOK UP: The 30 Day Path to Digital Minimalism and Real Life Maximalism." Jennie, a clinical licensed social worker and an anxiety and OCD specialist, shares her insights into the pervasive issue of digital overconsumption and its impact on our mental health and relationships.
Jennie and Dr. Ron discuss how her book guides readers through 30 days of evidence-based interventions designed to help manage and reduce out-of-control digital consumption. The conversation covers the addictive nature of digital devices, the psychological effects of constant digital engagement, and the importance of mindful usage. She emphasizes the significance of understanding the function of digital behavior and creating present-moment awareness to make more intentional choices.
Throughout the episode, Jennie offers practical advice on managing digital habits, such as documenting phone usage, implementing rules around screen time, and using mindfulness practices like "point and call" to reduce autopilot behavior. She discusses the importance of modeling healthy digital behavior for children and the benefits of reducing digital consumption for older adults to improve social connections and overall well-being.
Listeners will gain valuable insights into the impact of digital overuse on anxiety and OCD, and they will learn actionable strategies to foster healthy relationships with technology. Jennie's compassionate and evidence-based approach provides a roadmap for anyone looking to balance their digital life with meaningful real-world connections.
Tune in to learn more about Jennie's strategies for managing digital overconsumption, her work at the West Coast Anxiety Clinic, and her valuable insights on living a more connected, meaningful life beyond the screen.
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Jennie Ketcham Crooks - Greater Seattle Area | Professional Profile | LinkedIn
Jennie Ketcham Crooks (@becomingjennie) • Instagram photos and videos
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| 0:00.0 | about a digital world and a digital life. I'm talking about smartphones, tablets, not as much TV, |
| 0:07.9 | although with the merging of YouTube and these streaming platforms that continue to put content |
| 0:15.0 | toward you. It does have a little bit more of that that like force-fed content |
| 0:20.7 | quality so really it's any sort of platform or device that allows |
| 0:27.7 | content to be constantly streamed into your brain. |
| 0:40.0 | Welcome to Re-J-Naging with Dr. Ron Kaiser. This is a podcast designed to help you lead your life enthusiastically, today, tomorrow, and every other day. |
| 0:49.2 | I am your host, Ron Kaiser, positive health psychologist and coach Coach, also keynote TEDx speaker, and author of rejuvenating the art and science and growing older with enthusiasm. |
| 1:02.0 | As listens to the podcast, no, my goal is to always bring you |
| 1:07.1 | individuals who lead their own lives enthusiastically and have different ways of |
| 1:12.1 | helping us to become better versions of ourselves. |
| 1:16.0 | And I try to get a broad range of experts so that we have no excuses for not leading our lives enthusiastically. |
| 1:26.8 | If a particular thing is a problem, |
| 1:29.7 | over the span of a few weeks, |
| 1:32.4 | you're gonna hear somebody who's going to help you with us. But today |
| 1:36.4 | we have somebody who is pretty unique in what her work is. Jenny Ketchum Crooks is the a clinical licensed social worker and an anxiety and |
| 1:54.2 | OCD specialist. |
| 1:56.4 | Jenny has been involved in research |
| 1:58.4 | at the University of Washington, |
| 2:00.5 | a guest lecturer at Harvard University and has appeared on a number of popular television shows, including The View and Oprah. |
| 2:10.0 | Now, in the next few weeks Jenny's book will be coming out. It's called Look Up |
| 2:20.1 | the 30-Day to digital minimalism, |
| 2:23.8 | minimalism, my clothes can get that wrong, |
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