# How to Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology–Jay Vidyarthi on Digital Wellness #184

An episode of [How to Train a Happy Mind](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1496841325), 25 Feb 2025, 1 h 17 min.

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/721908/episodes/16690122-how-to-build-a-healthy-relationship-with-technology-jay-vidyarthi-on-digital-wellness-184.mp3

Are you in control of your technology, or is it controlling you? In this episode of How to Train a Happy Mind, we sit down with Jay Vidyarthi, author of Reclaim Your Mind, a powerful new book released today that offers a radical yet deeply practical approach to reshaping our relationship with technology. Jay's insights go beyond the usual advice to put your phone away. He helps us uncover the emotional needs beneath our compulsive tech habits and shows us how to reclaim our focus, relationships, and well-being. He also leads a meditation unlike anything I've ever experienced, guiding us through a transformative practice to reset our digital instincts. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the constant pull of screens, notifications, and social media, this conversation is for you. Episode 184: How to Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology–Jay Vidyarthi on Digital Wellness If you’d like to practice with others and bring these ideas into your life, join our weekly meditation community with Scott. 🙏 Help us stay ad-free 📲 Follow us on socials

## Chapters

- 0:00 Introduction
- 2:32 Switching careers to healthy ways of using tech
- 5:07 Unhealthy ways to use technology
- 6:50 Engineering products to suck up our attention
- 9:24 Don't throw away your phone
- 13:36 Is it possible to mindfully play a video game?
- 17:15 Attachment to objects
- 19:02 Systemic issues
- 24:29 Emptiness in Buddhism
- 27:36 What to do with a teen who's addicted to Instagram
- 34:52 Watching TV instead of being outside
- 39:54 Techniques for meeting emotional needs
- 51:32 Healthy strategies for using our phones
- 54:36 Designing healthier relationships with tech
- 1:02:26 Social media can be used for good
- 1:08:57 Advice for people who work in tech now
- 1:13:14 Meditation for your phones
- 1:14:56 Closing

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