Overconsumption: It's Destroying Our Focus, Attention Span, and Productivity
The Mom Room
Renee Reina & Podcast Nation
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
EP524. In this solo episode, Renee is diving headfirst into something that’s been messing with all of us lately—overconsumption. From TikToks to podcasts to endless Instagram scrolling, Renee shares how one eye-opening TikTok slapped her across the face (figuratively, of course) and made her realize just how much content she's consuming—and how it’s slowly eroding her focus, attention span, and overall productivity.
She breaks down the key points from that viral TikTok, reflects on her own habits, and explores why moms especially are drowning in digital noise while struggling to feel present, creative, or motivated. If you’ve ever picked up your phone to check one thing and found yourself in a 45-minute scroll hole… this one’s for you.
Let’s talk about it, call ourselves out, and start reclaiming our attention.
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| 0:00.0 | Is drinking raw milk safe like RFK Jr. suggests? Can you reduce a glucose spike if you eat your food in, quote, unquote, the right order? I'm registered dietitian Abby Sharp. I host a nutrition myth-busting podcast called Bite Back with Abby Sharp. And those are just some of the questions I tackle with qualified experts on my show. |
| 0:21.4 | There is so much food misinformation and disinformation out there, and it can feel impossible |
| 0:27.9 | to know what's real and what's BS. |
| 0:30.7 | On Biteback, my goal is to help listeners create a pleasurable relationship with food, |
| 0:35.3 | their body, and themselves, which in my opinion is the |
| 0:38.6 | fundamental secret to good health. Listen to bite back wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:44.8 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. Welcome to the mom room. Did you guys see the |
| 0:52.0 | skims thing that wraps around your head to sleep in? |
| 0:55.7 | What is happening? Alex and I were doing work yesterday together at a cafe and I opened my phone and |
| 1:01.4 | that was the ad. I think it was on Pinterest. It's basically like a, I don't know, a head wrap that goes |
| 1:07.7 | under your chin and it's like for the ultimate jaw support at night. I guess it's |
| 1:12.1 | for snoring. Like I couldn't figure out if it was like a beauty thing. Because in my mind, my issue is |
| 1:19.1 | my jaw is too tight at night. I'm clenching my teeth. So this would do nothing for me. It would probably |
| 1:25.2 | make my problems worse. But I guess if you're a person that when |
| 1:28.7 | you fall asleep, your mouth opens up, it's good for that. I don't know. Like, I feel like mouth tape |
| 1:34.4 | does the same thing, but it's a lot less intrusive. You don't have this thing wrapped all the way |
| 1:39.6 | around your head. I don't know. I feel like I would get sweaty. It's always interesting to see |
| 1:43.3 | what people come up |
| 1:44.5 | with. Anyways, today's episode, what I wanted to talk about was I came across this post on TikTok that |
| 1:50.6 | literally like changed my life. Like it was like a slap in the face. Sorry, I just keep opening TikTok. |
| 1:58.3 | And Mr. Beast is yelling. And it's funny because I just put out that YouTube post the other day about the channels that Milo and I watched together on the adult version of YouTube. And Mr. Beast was one of them. And someone was like, all he does is yell. Like, don't you feel like someone's yelling at you the whole time? And now I get it. He does yell, but I don't even notice it when I'm watching. I don't know. Anyways, I came |
| 2:19.0 | across this post and I wanted to go through. So it was a slideshow on TikTok. And it literally |
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