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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're waking up with morning, good morning. Every Sunday you
get that notification on your iPhone. I'm not sure if
Android does it, you'll have to let me no, No,
it doesn't, okay, And that is the screen time update.
It's Mental Health Mondays. By the way, we're just trying
to make life a little bit better. Laurie Sharpage, good morning,
(00:21):
good morning. She's our licensed clinical council. You'll recognize your
voice from Tuesdays when we formally did something called make
a Date or Break where that was really relationship focused.
Now we've shifted to Mental Health Mondays to really include everyone.
That sometimes will include relationships, but like I said, little
tidbits on how to make things better. So two out
of three Americans right now are concerned with the amount
(00:43):
of screen time that they have. Are you one of them?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yes? Absolutely. In fact, I'm a little jealous that you
get an update on Sunday that tells you, I.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Don't know, I don't know if you want that screen
time update. It's a minimum like it says something around
like four hours a day.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
I mean, it's incredible how much we use our phone
and don't even necessarily realize it and aren't very intentional
about it. And this is where digital detox becomes really
really important, because digital detox is your opportunity to actually
intentionally step away from the phone. And we all need this.
I think we've all heard each other or maybe said
to a friend, go and touch some grass. Well that
is what the.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Grass is frozen right now, So so sos what can
I do instead? Now? I have heard of people setting
up like technology free zones, either in their house or
just in their own personal lives. Like I live in
a one bedroom like little shoe box, So I mean
like I can see my phone from all.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Anguage, Yeah for sure, but still having it away from you,
particularly when you are winding down or going to sleep
or having rerestfle time is important. A lot of us
grab our phones without even realizing it, so having that
separate space that need to get up and walk across
the room or the house to get it can really
be helpful in interrupting this. But any type of structure
you put in place, and there's certainly apps and other
tools you can use, is important to help you get
(01:57):
a little rest and recharge, because our phones can make
us more anxious and more overwhelmed. As much helpful and
as as they give us, they also take from us too.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Okay, so that was one tip, put it somewhere else
and walk away from it. Was there anything else that
you might have come across? Eat like take breaks.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
So if you find yourself scrolling or even just doing
work for a long period of time on your phone,
make sure that you are taking breaks to put the
phone fully down and to stretch your body and move
around a lot of times we can get ourselves into
uncomfortable positions and not even realize it because we're just
kind of stuck in a scroll. Oh, make sure you're
taking breaks.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
The doom scroll. And you know what's cool about hopefully
our show? Maybe you get the sense when you listen
that you can you can pull us up on the
iHeart app. I mean, of course you still have to
use your phone from that, but you can put it down,
a walk away and do other things.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Right.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
We take care of you with music, a little bit
of content, a little conversation hopefully to make things just.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
A lit little bit better exactly exactly, And also keep
in mind that a lot of people find that interaction
with other people to be lonely on the phone, and
that there needs to be that imper send outside of
technology interaction. That would be the other tip I would
give is make sure you're getting that social interaction other
places as well.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Okay, Lrie Sharpage is our licensed clinical counselor. If you're
not following her, she's at the Coping Queen. She joins us.
On Mondays, I posted a solo outing speaking of getting
at the house I went to. I went to Columbus
on Saturday night by myself. If you're a visual person,
we'll probably talk about this coming up in our eight
o'clock hour. You can get a jump at the tiff
(03:27):
to F's Potter like the Wizard. Thank you, Laurie, thank you.
Coming up three minutes from now, I'll fill you in
on the three things you need to know to get
your day started. In Cincys, we'll talk about the oscars
and all things that happened, and most of them putting
me to sleep because that's how boring it was. But
we'll get to that.
You're waking up with morning, good morning. Every Sunday you
get that notification on your iPhone. I'm not sure if
Android does it, you'll have to let me no, No,
it doesn't, okay, And that is the screen time update.
It's Mental Health Mondays. By the way, we're just trying
to make life a little bit better. Laurie Sharpage, good morning,
(00:21):
good morning. She's our licensed clinical council. You'll recognize your
voice from Tuesdays when we formally did something called make
a Date or Break where that was really relationship focused.
Now we've shifted to Mental Health Mondays to really include everyone.
That sometimes will include relationships, but like I said, little
tidbits on how to make things better. So two out
of three Americans right now are concerned with the amount
(00:43):
of screen time that they have. Are you one of them?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yes? Absolutely. In fact, I'm a little jealous that you
get an update on Sunday that tells you, I.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Don't know, I don't know if you want that screen
time update. It's a minimum like it says something around
like four hours a day.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
I mean, it's incredible how much we use our phone
and don't even necessarily realize it and aren't very intentional
about it. And this is where digital detox becomes really
really important, because digital detox is your opportunity to actually
intentionally step away from the phone. And we all need this.
I think we've all heard each other or maybe said
to a friend, go and touch some grass. Well that
is what the.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Grass is frozen right now, So so sos what can
I do instead? Now? I have heard of people setting
up like technology free zones, either in their house or
just in their own personal lives. Like I live in
a one bedroom like little shoe box, So I mean
like I can see my phone from all.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Anguage, Yeah for sure, but still having it away from you,
particularly when you are winding down or going to sleep
or having rerestfle time is important. A lot of us
grab our phones without even realizing it, so having that
separate space that need to get up and walk across
the room or the house to get it can really
be helpful in interrupting this. But any type of structure
you put in place, and there's certainly apps and other
tools you can use, is important to help you get
(01:57):
a little rest and recharge, because our phones can make
us more anxious and more overwhelmed. As much helpful and
as as they give us, they also take from us too.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Okay, so that was one tip, put it somewhere else
and walk away from it. Was there anything else that
you might have come across? Eat like take breaks.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
So if you find yourself scrolling or even just doing
work for a long period of time on your phone,
make sure that you are taking breaks to put the
phone fully down and to stretch your body and move
around a lot of times we can get ourselves into
uncomfortable positions and not even realize it because we're just
kind of stuck in a scroll. Oh, make sure you're
taking breaks.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
The doom scroll. And you know what's cool about hopefully
our show? Maybe you get the sense when you listen
that you can you can pull us up on the
iHeart app. I mean, of course you still have to
use your phone from that, but you can put it down,
a walk away and do other things.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Right.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
We take care of you with music, a little bit
of content, a little conversation hopefully to make things just.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
A lit little bit better exactly exactly, And also keep
in mind that a lot of people find that interaction
with other people to be lonely on the phone, and
that there needs to be that imper send outside of
technology interaction. That would be the other tip I would
give is make sure you're getting that social interaction other
places as well.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Okay, Lrie Sharpage is our licensed clinical counselor. If you're
not following her, she's at the Coping Queen. She joins us.
On Mondays, I posted a solo outing speaking of getting
at the house I went to. I went to Columbus
on Saturday night by myself. If you're a visual person,
we'll probably talk about this coming up in our eight
o'clock hour. You can get a jump at the tiff
(03:27):
to F's Potter like the Wizard. Thank you, Laurie, thank you.
Coming up three minutes from now, I'll fill you in
on the three things you need to know to get
your day started. In Cincys, we'll talk about the oscars
and all things that happened, and most of them putting
me to sleep because that's how boring it was. But
we'll get to that.
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