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Hi, my name is Catherine Price and I am excited to welcome you to Radio Headspace into the

first day of the phone breakup challenge. I'm a science journalist, founder of a platform

called ScreenLifeBalance.com and the author of books including How to Break Up With Your

Phone and the Power of Fun, How to Feel Alive Again. This week I am thrilled to be back

on Radio Headspace to guide you through a week-long opportunity to break up with your phone,

achieve better ScreenLife balance and start getting back to what really matters to you in life.

So let's get something clear from the start. Just as breaking up with a person doesn't

mean that you're swearing off all human relationships. Breaking up with your phone does not mean

dumping it entirely. Instead, it means acknowledging that your current relationship isn't working

for you and taking a step back so that you can create a new, healthier relationship

that feels good. The goal is to keep what you love about your phone and to minimize or

eliminate what you don't.

The moment that made me realize that I needed to break up with my phone happened around

2015. I have a background in mindfulness and I like to think of myself as a self-aware

person who is committed to living life fully. But then I had an experience that shook me.

I was up late one night feeding my daughter, who was then a baby. When the delirium of sleep

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