4th May 2026
#510: The Benefits of a Digital Detox

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Human Connection Specialist, Speaker, Author, Coach, Podcast Host and founder of Create The Love. 
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Summary

In this episode, I explore how our relationship with technology, and specifically our smartphones, has quietly become one of the greatest threats to our most sacred relationship: the one we have with ourselves. Devotion isn’t just a spiritual concept, it’s a choice we make every single day, and every time we reach for our phone we are either honoring or abandoning that relationship. We dig into the neuroscience of why social media is designed to hijack your attention, why even having your phone in the room is costing you more than you think, and the simple but powerful practices that can help you reclaim your focus, hear your own inner voice, and stop outsourcing your peace to a screen. Because focus is the competitive advantage of the future, and the life you want is waiting on the other side of your attention.


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00:03 Understanding Devotion vs. Commitment

01:53 The Evolution of Interest Media

03:40 Choosing Self-Respect Over Self-Abandonment

09:08 The Cognitive Cost of Your Smartphone

11:51 Morning Routines and Digital Re-alignment


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