Taming the Digital Pull with Dr Kristy Goodwin

Dr Kristy Goodwin, is a digital wellbeing and productivity researcher, speaker, author and consultant.  

She provides research-based, yet realistic advice and strategies so that we can use technology in purposeful ways that counteract its negative consequences on our health and productivity.…And what I love is, she does it in a way that doesn’t revert to phone bans or constant digital detoxes. 

Now just a note for this one, this episode does contain some adult themes, so you might want to save this one for later if there are kids around. 

• Why NO ONE is immune to the digital pull at some level 
• The three core needs that are filled by being digitally distracted

• How technology and apps/games etc are designed to be psychologically appealing and hook us in and keep us wanting more.
• The physiological and neurobiological changes our bodies go through when using that are really affecting our health from sleep, memory, restorative function, weight loss, productivity to relationships and sex life.
• Setting up your device for healthy habits
• How to navigate constant change and evolution with our children
• Kids, Mirror-neurons and a really scary health epidemic that shocked me
• Corporate companies and digital culture
• We are all being watched and our online world curated
• The danger of getting information from the internet.
• The resumption lag and its affects on our performance and our wellbeing
• My personal problem with the digital pull, how it began and how Kristy’s simple tip changed my life, enhanced my relationship (and made her cry me telling her)
• Taming techno tantrums for both kids and adults 
• How we set personal boundaries that mitigate the pitfalls, but leverage the benefits of technology

Mentions 

Baxter Blue Blue light blocking glasses

https://www.baxterblue.com.au

Rescue Time App

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rescuetime.android&hl=en_AU

Forest App

https://www.forestapp.cc

drkristygoodwin.com

Dr Kristy’s Pornography Webinar and how to talk to kids

https://programs.drkristygoodwin.com/pppp/ 

Dr Kristy’s Digital Wellbeing E-book with productivity hacks

https://drkristygoodwin.com/digital-productivity-hacks/

If you have taken action on your digital habits as a result of listening to this podcast, please DM @leilalutz and @drkristy and share with us so we can help inspire others.

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