My audio transcriptions

Hello and welcome. Pull up a chair—I want to tell you a story that changed how I think about digital wellness and recovery. I was working with a young client—we’ll call her Lauren. After our first ass...

Hello and welcome. If you’ve ever spent a weekend away from your phone and felt that first deep exhale—that rare sense of being fully here—you know how good it can feel. And then Monday hits. Notifica...

Hello and welcome to a conversation about digital wellness that cuts a little deeper than the usual tips and tricks. If you’ve ever promised yourself you’d spend less time on your phone and still foun...

Hello and welcome. If “digital detox” has ever felt like punishment, you’re in the right place. I don’t believe in tossing your phone in a drawer. I believe in reclaiming it—your focus, sleep, attenti...

Hello and welcome. Today we’re talking about digital detox in an age when our screens are smarter, shinier, and stitched into almost every corner of our lives. Here’s the twist: the more advanced our ...

Hello and welcome. Let me tell you a story you might recognize. A few months ago, I worked with Sarah, a 34-year-old software engineer from Austin—smart, funny, wildly capable, and absolutely exhauste...

Hello and welcome. Today we’re talking about the future of phone addiction treatment—and why the most powerful shift ahead isn’t doing more to you, but building systems that help you help yourself. Fi...

Hello and welcome. If you’ve ever sat in session wondering, “Do we change course on this phone addiction plan or stay the course?” this one’s for you. Short answer: don’t wait for a hunch. Let the dat...

Hello and welcome. Today, I want to take you behind the scenes of why so many phone-addiction interventions fall flat—and the simple shift that makes them stick. Here’s the truth: it’s not that therap...

Hello and welcome. Today I want to share a story that changed how I help people with their phones. It starts with a student I’ll call Alex—early twenties, part-time job, full-time classes, a social li...

Hello and welcome. Today we’re talking about breaking free from phone addiction with three simple, science-backed experiments you can start this week. Quick story. I worked with someone who’d been glu...

Hello and welcome. Let me take you to the moment I realized why Cognitive Behavioral Therapy isn’t just helpful for phone addiction—it’s the bedrock. I was sitting with a client stuck in a loop for ne...

Hello and welcome. I’m glad you’re here, because today we’re talking about a smarter way to assess and treat problematic phone use—practical, hopeful, and grounded in real life. After a decade in phon...

Hello and welcome. Ten years ago, when I started teaching phone-addiction therapy, we had no shared language, no tools, and lots of guesswork. Clinicians tried to cram a new problem into old boxes. To...

Hello and welcome. When I first started training therapists to treat phone addiction, I kept hitting the same wall. Most clients made steady progress. And then a subset stalled, relapsed hard, or slid...

Hello and welcome. If you’ve ever felt like your phone is running your day instead of the other way around, this episode is for you. Today we’re pulling back the curtain on a truth I’ve seen again and...

Hello and welcome. Here’s the single most surprising lesson I’ve learned after years working with phone addiction and training hundreds of therapists: the best predictor of whether change sticks isn’t...

Hello and welcome to the show. If you’ve ever felt that tug of overwhelm from constant pings, buzzing alerts, and endless feeds, you’re in the right place. Today we’re talking about digital detoxing—n...

Hello and welcome. Today we’re diving into how to plan a truly successful digital detox retreat. If you’ve ever thought, I just need to unplug, but felt overwhelmed by options, this is for you. We’re ...

Hello and welcome. If you’re here, you’re probably not just curious about a digital detox—you’re craving a deeper reset. That’s where meditation comes in. It’s the secret ingredient that turns a break...