The Power of Fun with Screen/Life Balance Expert Catherine Price (ep. 470)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Catherine Price is an award-winning science journalist, screen/life balance expert and the author of books including The Power of Fun and How to Break Up with Your Phone.
In our always-on, productivity-addicted lifestyles, we tend to think of the pursuit of fun as being indulgent or even childish. We claim not to have time for it even as we spend hours a day engaging in what today’s guest calls “Fake Fun”—binge-watching Netflix, endlessly scrolling through Twitter, or indulging our FOMO on Instagram, all in hopes of filling some of the emptiness we feel inside.
Today, Catherine shares her evidence-backed resources to help others design lives in which they control their technology, rather than the other way around—with the ultimate goal of increasing happiness, productivity, creativity, health and wellbeing.
This conversation will empower each of us to scroll less, live more, and have fun.
Learn more about the Live Inspired Podcast at JohnOLearyInspires.com.
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| 1:06.4 | John is the number one national bestselling author of the book On Fire. He's a world-class inspirational speaker, |
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| 1:18.6 | life story so that you can wake up from accidental living and more fully live your life story. |
| 1:25.5 | Here's your host, John O'Leary. Hello, my friends, and welcome to the |
| 1:30.1 | Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary. In our always-on, productivity-addicted lifestyles, we |
| 1:38.9 | tend to think of the pursuit of fun as being indulgence, maybe even childish. |
| 1:45.9 | We claim not to have time for fun, even though we spend hours a day engaging in what |
| 1:51.7 | today's guest is going to call fake fun. |
| 1:55.0 | So what's fake fun? |
| 1:57.0 | Fake fun includes activities like binge watching Netflix or endlessly scrolling through Twitter, staying up on Instagram, all in the hopes of filling some kind of emptiness that is deep inside all of us. |
| 2:10.9 | Catherine Price, that's our guest today, is an award-winning science journalist and screen life balance expert. |
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