Tchiki Davis on Outsmarting Your Smartphone
If you have your smartphone on and with you 24/7, you’re not alone. Did you know that your smartphone might be adding to your anxiety? In this episode of “Woman Worriers,” Annapolis-based therapist Elizabeth Cush and Tchiki Davis, author of Outsmart Your Smartphone, talk about how managing your digital consumption can lead to greater happiness.
“We often pick up our phones because we’re worried or anxious or bored or feeling some type of negative emotion.”
Show Notes:
Turning to our smartphone—for communication, information and comfort—has become second nature. For most of us, the phone is always on and always within reach. However, being wired all the time can cause a lot of worry and stress, even in the best of times, but especially in times like this when so much of the information available to us is so anxiety-provoking. In this episode of the Woman Worriers podcast, therapist Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., welcomes Tchiki Davis, Ph.D., author of Outsmart Your Smartphone: Conscious Tech Habits for Finding Happiness, Balance & Connection IRL, for an insightful conversation about using digital tools and technology to our benefit instead of our detriment and strengthening our sense of well-being and community in real life.
Listen and learn:
How some smartphone use reflects our worry and anxiety—and why we need to break the cycle
Why learning to sit with our anxiety is a powerful way to reduce uncomfortable feelings
How we can bring gratitude, kindness and self-compassion to our interactions with technology to overcome negativity
The basic skills we need to start taking control of our relationship with our smartphone
How we can use technology to help us manage our digital consumption
How “casual connections” have broken down in the Technology Age and why it’s so important to create them
What resilience is and how it can help us be happier
Why resilience is challenging and how we can strengthen it
The key to practicing kindness even when we don’t really want to
Why speaking up for your needs helps you connect more fully with others
How little interactions can be so valuable when we work remotely
Why it helps to recognize when we’re using our smartphone as a security blanket or a crutch
How to figure out when it’s OK to put down your smartphone or turn it off
The benefits of setting the smartphone aside for being present in real life
Learn More:
> Tchiki Davis’s website
> Tchiki Davis, PhD, on LinkedIn
> Join the 28-Day Smartphone Challenge
> Outsmart Your Smartphone: Conscious Tech Habits for Finding Happiness, Balance & Connection IRL by Tchiki Davis, Ph.D.
> Woman Worriers on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook & Twitter
> Woman Worriers Group on Facebook
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