Unplug, Reconnect with God, and Reclaim You Joy with Allie Marie Smith

Susie Larson Live

Faith Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

We long for a life that is full of connection with God, ourselves, and others. Yet we’re seeking peace, contentment, and happiness from our phones. Life coach Allie Marie Smith joins me to share from her book, “Social Media Reset: A 30-Day Guided Journey to Unplug, Reconnect with God, and Reclaim Your Joy.”

Find out more about Allie and her courses here.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thank you for listening to Susie Larson Live. Faith Radio podcasts are only possible because of your support. So thanks for giving and thanks for sharing with a friend.
0:10.6	Say, won't he do it? Yes, he will.
0:15.3	Won't he do it? Yes, he will. He'll take a stone.
0:21.6	Make it still.
0:23.5	Yeah, won't we do it out?
0:25.9	Yes, he will.
0:27.6	Welcome to Susie Larson Live.
0:29.8	Always so honored to get to spend this time with you.
0:32.4	In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully
0:36.2	inspire you in your faith walk, that deepen your
0:39.0	understanding of God's word and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life.
0:44.6	Well, we all long for a life filled with connection to God, to ourselves, to other people.
0:49.0	Yet, my guest today says we've become programmed to seek peace, contentment, and happiness from our phones.
0:55.4	Would you say that's true? I'd 100% say that's true. Deep down inside us, we know this isn't how
1:00.8	we're supposed to live. As endless scrolling leaves us feeling anxious, depressed, and distracted,
1:05.6	and alone, we realize our true needs cannot be met by turning to social media. I've shared this
1:10.4	story before on the show, but it fits with today's conversation. Kevin and I were flying out to an event, and we were sitting at the airport on one of those little single booths, and there's just a little, like, six-inch little divider between us and the booth next to us, so literally I could have reached out and grabbed the arm of the gal next to me, And I wanted to because she was on her phone. And her daughter, I would say, is about 8, 10.
1:27.6	We sat there for two hours. Keb was working on his laptop. I was reading a book. And she scrolled on that phone the whole time. And her daughter had her hand in her face. And she's asking her mom questions and her mom would grunt, not even look up, not give her an answer.
1:50.4	And so the questions became more and more crazy, just because she wanted to see if she could get a rise out of her mom.
1:51.8	Do you think I should dye my hair purple?
1:53.5	She's kind of grown.
1:55.5	Do you think I should light the house on fire?
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