Motherhood Meets Medicine

114. Life Beyond the Filter: A Candid Conversation on Leaving Instagram with Rachael Kincaid


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Social media consumes so much time for so many of us. There are many benefits to social media but there are also many drawbacks, especially when it begins to affect family, our time management, and our mental health. Rachael Kincaid is joining me today to talk about how she decided it was time for her to leave social media after being active on it, and building a fairly large following, for nearly 20 years. 

Born and raised in the Carolinas, Alaska is now Rachael Kincaid’s home. She is a doctorally prepared nurse practitioner with fifteen years of healthcare experience, both at the bedside and in leadership. She currently works as Chief Nursing Officer at a critical access hospital. It is her honor to support and shift nursing practice toward a healthier and more sustainable future.

In addition to evidence-based and holistic healthcare, she’s into marriage and motherhood, the practice of gratitude, the outdoors, skincare, slow fashion, books, politics, pro basketball, and houseplants.

In this episode, Rachael Kincaid is joining me to talk about where she started with social media, what made her rethink her social media usage, what she has noticed in herself since she left social media, and her take on introducing her kids to phones and social media. 

In this episode we discuss:

  • How Rachael got started with blogging and social media
  • What made her rethink using social media in the same ways she had been using it
  • The role her cross country move and career change played in her leaving social media
  • The positive changes Rachael has noticed in herself since she stepped away 
  • What she misses about being active on social platforms
  • What Rachael used to replace social media in her life
  • How Rachael looks back on the years she was active on social media 
  • Her take on introducing her kids to phones and social media
  • How her emotional health has been since leaving
  • Resources:

    • www.rachkincaid.com

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