How to Unhook from Your Phone and Social Media

May 10, 2018

Join me in this rolling discussion of how to keep tech – apps, social media, texts, and our ever-present smart phones – from consuming our lives. In an age that values overstimulation, and the constant reaction and rush to the next thing, a Buddhist perspective helps.

Dawn Mauricio, a long-time yoga teacher and now Buddhist practitioner, has great ideas about how to put tech into its right place in our lives. Here are some of the things we discussed …

Listen. It will help you find just the right balance for your own tech use – and so create more energizing space in your life.

In speaking to Dawn, I learned:

• Where to ground yourself if you feel lost in a tech whirl
  
• The low-stress way to handle triggering or upsetting headlines or posts on social media

(without totally disengaging)

• How to meditate in just a few moments per day … and still get benefit
  
• How we are taught to crave more and more stimulation on social media … and how to dial it back
  
• How to manage our technology cravings throughout the day … even first thing in the morning
  
• How to create more space and pockets of down time in your life … and why this matters
  
• Creative ways to ‘do nothing’ … a great model to follow
  
• Tools, apps and settings that help create more serenity with your phone
  
• What happens when we finally create all this extra space in our schedules and lives