Overcome Digital Distraction | Reduce Screen Time, Phone Addiction, Improve Focus, Healthy Habits, Rewire Your Brain, Digital Detox, Digital Wellness, Time Management
The Podcast Where Faith & Digital Wellness Meet **Top 5% Globally Ranked Podcast** Is your phone controlling your life, pulling you in every direction, leaving you feeling disconnected and overwhelmed? Are screens stealing your time, diluting your faith, and distorting your focus? Maybe you feel stuck in a habit loop, lost in mindless distraction and information overload when you were made for so much more! Excessive screen time is among the most challenging habits people want to break—and for good reason. Too much time on screens doesn't just waste hours, it quietly steals your focus, drains your energy, hijacks your sleep, and crowds out the very things that matter most. I know the frustration of wanting to change my screen habits but not knowing where to start, and I've helped many others through this exact struggle. I'm Julianne August, a Christian life coach and digital wellness advocate. With 25 years of leadership experience and certifications in life coaching, habit change, and brain health, here's what I know: habit change is heart change - that's where real transformation happens. I’m passionate about equipping Christians leading in this generation, who are positioned for influence and impact, with the tools they need to overcome digital distraction and build healthy habits that actually stick. On this podcast, we'll dive deep into practical strategies, rooted in biblical principles, to help you reduce screen time without guilt, frustration, or rigid rules. You'll discover the power of habits, learn simple habit stacking techniques, and learn how to rewire your brain for lasting change—one step at a time. In our digital world, it's easy to feel half-hearted about your faith and values when you're constantly battling phone addiction. Whether you want to stop checking social media, limit screen time, or declutter your digital life, I'll help you set boundaries that protect your peace and create space to slow down, think deeply, and breathe again. This isn't just about going unplugged with your cell phone—it's about breaking free from limiting beliefs and building healthy habits to reduce screen time and reclaim your focus. You weren't meant to live distracted. It's time to Overcome Digital Distraction! Next Steps: 👉Take my FREE Screen Time Personality Quiz! https://julianneaugust.com/screen-time-personality-quiz. 📲 Grab Your FREE Wallpapers Get your free gallery of truth-filled phone and desktop wallpapers, designed to help you pause, reset, and refocus every time you reach for your device. 👉https://julianneaugust.com/wallpaper Let’s Connect! 🌐 Website: julianneaugust.com
Episodes
Ever wish you could just raise your hand mid-podcast and ask, “Wait, but what about…?”
That’s exactly what we’re doing today.
For the first time on Overcome Digital Distraction, I’m answering listener questions, the ones you’ve been emailing, DMing, and quietly wondering about.
We’re getting real about:
1. Using social media without feeling drained or distracted Spoiler: the key boundary happens before you even open the app.
2. Why...
Ever sat down for dinner and realized… no one’s actually there? The forks are clinking, the plates are being passed but eyes are glued to screens, minds are miles away, and conversation is replaced with the dreaded “Fine.”
If that sounds familiar, this episode is for you. I’m sharing my simple Five-Step Dinner Table Reset, a framework to help you reclaim mealtimes as sacred space for connection, conversation, and even spiritual for...
How often do your phone notifications pull you away from what matters most?
You’re mid-conversation, mid-prayer, or finally making progress on a project—then ping. Just like that, your peace evaporates, your body tenses, and your brain shifts into reactive mode. It happens dozens of times a day.
In this episode, I’m sharing practical ways to turn off notifications that don’t deserve your attention, without missing the ones that do...
Ever feel physically tired but mentally wired when your head hits the pillow?
You’re not crazy—and it’s not just stress.
It’s probably blue light.
Yep. The invisible kind glowing from your phone, your TV, even your overhead lights is hijacking your brain’s ability to rest. It suppresses melatonin, confuses your circadian rhythm, and leaves you wide awake at midnight wondering what’s wrong with you.
In this episode I break down exa...
In this episode, we flip the script on boredom—and reveal why it might just be the secret weapon you’ve been missing when it comes to breaking bad digital habits.
Sounds too simple? Maybe. But that “I’m bored” feeling isn’t random —it’s a signal. A quiet nudge from your brain and your soul that you’re overdue for something deeper than distraction.
Most of us treat boredom like a problem to fix. We fill the gap with noise, scrolling...
Summer’s here! BBQs, iced coffee, slower mornings...and maybe a few too many hours lost to screens. If you've caught yourself scrolling through dinner, binging Netflix instead of resting, or reaching for your phone before your Bible, you’re likely not the only one!
In this episode, I’m inviting you to pause and take a summer screen reset. Not a full detox. Not a five-step overhaul. Just one intentional shift to help you restore pea...
Ever caught yourself opening your phone… closing it… and reopening it 10 seconds later?
Yup. Been there. Done that. Probably did it this morning. 🙋♀️
If you’ve been wondering how to stop checking your phone all day long without even realizing it, this episode is for you. We’re getting soul-level honest about that reflexive reach and what to do instead. Because the constant checking? It’s not a moral failure. It’s a habit loop. An...
In today’s episode, we’re diving deep into the relational ripple effect of digital distraction and how our habits aren’t just personal… they’re contagious. Whether you’ve been called out for scrolling mid-convo or you’ve sat across from someone glued to their screen while you’re pouring your heart out, you know the tension I’m talking about.
The truth? Most of us are living by unspoken digital agreements that are quietly normalizin...
One Small Tap That Changes Everything: My Honest Review of the Brick Digital Wellness Device
What if one small tap could help you stop scrolling, protect your peace, and reclaim your focus all without deleting every app on your phone or going off the grid?
That’s exactly what I’ve been testing for the last 30 days.
In this episode, I’m sharing my honest review of a new physical tool called The Brick - a small but mighty digital wel...
Ever felt like you're reacting to your life more than living it? Like the swirl of input is naming you faster than God's truth can remind you who you really are?
I was standing in my kitchen, juggling a blinking to-do list and a phone full of notifications when this quiet thought slipped in: "I don't even know who I am right now." Not theologically. I knew I was loved by God. But I couldn’t find the me beneath the noise. That momen...
Ever wrapped up your day with burning eyes or a pounding headache, wondering if your screen time is to blame? In this episode of Overcome Digital Distraction, I share my personal journey through digital eye strain and introduce you to the 20-20-20 rule, a simple, optometrist-approved habit that can transform your eye health and mental clarity. It's a practice that’s so deceptively simple, it almost feels silly.
What You'll Learn:
<...What happens when you're trying to lead a team toward being focused while still struggling with your own digital habits?
You're in a meeting. It's going well. Someone shares something vulnerable. Then your phone buzzes. You glance at it, just for a second, but the moment shifts. Trust thins. Connection breaks. You suddenly realize you're asking your team to be present while you're still figuring out how to do the same.
If you’ve ev...
In today's episode, I'm sharing a simple but powerful 3-step digital declutter that focuses on what your eyes encounter countless times each day: your lock screen, home screen, and notifications. These small changes can dramatically shift your digital landscape and, more importantly, your spiritual attention.
In This Episode You'll Learn:Those seemingly insignificant waiting moments throughout your day might be more valuable than you realize.
This episode is an invitation to reclaim those small 3-minute pockets of time that we so often surrender to our screens – the doctor's waiting room, the grocery checkout line, the school pickup lane, the moments before a meeting starts.
If you've ever caught yourself mindlessly reaching for your phone the second you have a mom...
You don’t need to toss your phone or move to the mountains to find peace but if you’ve been feeling distracted, drained, or disconnected… it might be time to do something different.
This episode is an invitation to rediscover the quiet power of analog moments, not as a rejection of technology, but as a rhythm that restores what hustle culture has taken from your soul.
If you’ve ever thought, “I know I need to unplug... but I just c...
Are you constantly juggling five things at once… but still feel behind, foggy, or frazzled?
This week's podcast episode is a breath of fresh air.
We’re pulling back the curtain on one of the biggest myths of modern life: multitasking. It promises productivity but delivers overwhelm. If your mind feels cluttered, scattered, or perpetually behind, this one’s for you. We’ll talk about:- Why multitasking actually makes you less...
You want to help your kids break phone addiction and be aware of their screen habits but you also find yourself scrolling, zoning out, or sneaking Instagram in the bathroom. So how do you lead well when you're still working on it too?
In today’s episode of Overcome Digital Distraction, we’re getting real about one of the biggest parenting tensions of our time: modeling healthy screen use without pretending to have it all together.
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You didn’t mean to scroll for that long, but now you’re feeling off. You’re second-guessing your progress, your purpose… even your worth.
Comparison doesn’t just make you feel bad, it distracts you from who God made you to be.
In this episode, we’re naming the trap of comparison and how it sneaks in through our screens. More importantly, we’re uncovering three biblical truths that can ground you in your identity and free you from t...
In today’s episode, we’re tackling one of the most common and overlooked sources of digital distraction, the news. Whether you’re someone who casually checks headlines or finds yourself deep in the rabbit hole of doom-scrolling, this conversation will help you understand how today’s 24/7 news cycle is affecting your mind, mood, and spiritual clarity.
You’ll learn how to set intentional boundaries around your news intake, how to rec...
In today’s episode, we’re diving into a sneaky consequence of our digital habits, tech neck. Whether you're hunched over a laptop, curled up with your phone, or binge-watching your favourite show, the way you hold your body during screen time may be contributing to chronic neck pain, shallow breathing, fatigue, and even anxiety.
You’ll hear my personal story of ignoring the signs and the turning point that led me to change, and how...
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