Overcome Digital Distraction | Reduce Screen Time, Phone Addiction, Improve Focus, Healthy Habits, Rewire Your Brain, Digital Detox, Digital Wellness, Time Management

23 | How Screen Time Affects Relationships and Is Quietly Destroying Your Connection (And What to Do About It)


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In today’s episode, we’re diving deep into the relational ripple effect of digital distraction and how our habits aren’t just personal… they’re contagious. Whether you’ve been called out for scrolling mid-convo or you’ve sat across from someone glued to their screen while you’re pouring your heart out, you know the tension I’m talking about.

The truth? Most of us are living by unspoken digital agreements that are quietly normalizing disconnection. And unless we talk about them, they’re not going anywhere.

But there’s hope. Research, Scripture, and a whole lot of real-life stories show us that healthier, more connected relationships are totally possible. You just need the right conversations and a few practical tools to get there.

What You’ll Learn:

  • The silent cultural “agreements” that normalize being half-present
  • How screen habits are shaped within our relationships, not just individually
  • Research that will totally change how you think about boundaries (seriously, 79% of couples never talk about them!)
  • The 3-question self-inventory to identify where your relationships may be enabling distraction
  • Grace-filled conversation starters for spouses, kids, friends, and coworkers
  • Creative ways to create screen-free rhythms that rebuild connection and presence
  • Why “sharpening each other” (Proverbs 27:17) sometimes means calling out the phone habit - with love
  • If you've ever wished your home, marriage, or friendships felt more present, more joyful, more real and screen free, this episode is for you.

    Resources & Next Steps:

    Episode 2: The 8 Forms of Digital Denial 👉 How Distraction Steals Your Focus & Your First Step to Reduce Screen Time

    🔲 Get Brick: A Digital Wellness Device to Help You Overcome Digital Distraction. You just tap your iPhone to it, and it activates a custom focus mode you’ve already designed. Tempting apps? Blocked. Helpful ones? Still accessible. Want to learn more or try Brick yourself? Get 10% off with my link here: https://julianneaugust.com/brick

    📲 Grab Your Free Wallpapers

    Get your free gallery of truth-filled phone and desktop wallpapers, designed to help you pause, reset, and refocus every time you reach for your device. 👉Digital Wallpaper

    Take the Screen Time Personality Quiz and get your 3-Day Digital Peace Plan - a free guide to help you reset your screen habits and reclaim your focus. 👉Screen Time Personality Quiz

    Want more tips on healthy tech habits?

    Check out Episode 5 and download your FREE Guide to Grayscale with step-by-step screenshots to turn your phone into a calm, less-distracting space. 👉Guide to Grayscale

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