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#513: What Leaving Taught Me

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Episode #513: What Leaving Taught Me

0:00 12:15

In this episode, I share the story of quitting Instagram and what that period of separation taught me about endings, growth, and what it actually means to return to something. What started as a personal reckoning became a much bigger conversation about what these platforms are actually doing to us - how they're designed to hijack your nervous system through shock, rage, and dopamine hits, and why the anxiety so many of us feel might just be a normal response to a very abnormal relationship with technology. And at the root of all of it is one simple question: if you can't put your phone down, is your yes actually a choice?

00:00 - The Power of Choosing to End Something

01:10 - Learning from Mistakes and Moving Forward

02:50 - The Toxic Psychology of Social Media Platforms

04:11 - How Algorithms Exploit Human Attention

08:02 - Your Phone's Impact on the Nervous System

09:44 - Anxiety as a Response to Extractive Technology

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Instagram, Endings, Breakups, Boundaries, Anxiety, Dopamine, Algorithm, Healing, Growth, Mindfulness, Depression, Detox, Relationships, Consciousness, Nervous system, Discernment, Technology

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