496: Put Your Cell Phone In Its Place: Strategies for Less Screen Time and More Real Life

How can we loosen the grip of our devices? Do we own them or do they own us? Joey Odom is the founder of ARO, a company committed to helping us spend less time on our phones. Too much screen time can have a negative impact on our psychological and physical health. Depression, suicidal ideation, and anxiety are real outcomes from investing too much time on social media. In some ways, our phones have become like pacifiers and comfort objects for many of us. Today, Joey offers numerous strategies for reclaiming our lives and releasing our phones. He shares his stop/start philosophy and guidelines we can use as families to rein in the time we spend on our devices. Visit Joey's website goaro.com Register for the Wise Traditions conference at wisetraditions.org Check out our sponsors: PaleoValley and Smidge