Welcome to the Phoenix Helix podcast dedicated to autoimmune resilience. Today, I have a mindset minisode for you, so let's dive right in.

Thank you. Hi everyone. Today I'm going to be sharing a technique called social media noting. We spend a lot of time on social media without necessarily noticing how it's impacting our mental, emotional, and physical health. Social media has both benefits and potential risks. Many people with autoimmune

disease find like-minded souls on social media who may understand their experience better than

nearby family and friends. That's something that I think is true

for a lot of you listening. However, social media is also linked to increases in anxiety,

depression, eating disorders, loneliness, insomnia, brain fog, and more. That's a pretty scary

list. And I think many of you listening may have experienced those

side effects as well. So what do we do? In this short podcast, I'm going to teach a simple

technique that allows you to see how social media is impacting you right now and curate your

experience accordingly. First, close your eyes and take a few deep breath.

This will just help us relax and settle into this moment. And now open your eyes and open your favorite social media app.

Now pause and notice what feelings emerge immediately.

Do you feel excited that you're opening the app?

Do you feel anxious like right away when you open the app?

Does it feel like it would be easy for you to turn it off again and not look at all?

Or do you feel compelled to be on it?

Now go ahead and scroll through your feed on the app and as you scroll

notice what thoughts and feelings come up for you. Don't judge the experience at all.

All you're doing is just trying to identify it. So as you see a post or a

video or a link or a comment in the feed, there are lots of feelings that social media can inspire and it

tends to be a blend and ever changing. So here are some things that may come up for you as you scroll the

feed. You might see something that makes you feel joy and happiness. You might see So here are some things that may come up for you as you scroll the feet.

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