Have you ever picked up your phone and forgotten why? This short episode is a gentle experiment, not a rule, not a detox, just ten minutes without your phone. A small pause that can quietly change how your day feels

No guilt. No discipline. Just curiosity.

Giulia sends listeners on a real-world mission to give and collect tiny compliments, all without using their phone, turning kindness into a playful offline adventure.

Giulia sends listeners on a mini adventure to find real-life Christmas sounds without their phone and turns it into a fun challenge.

Giulia invites listeners to become “mini time travelers” by imagining their future self for one minute and discovering what that version of them wants to tell them today.

In this short episode, Giulia challenges listeners to try a simple 5-minute phone break and explains what surprising things happen when we give our brain a moment to breathe.

Have you ever wondered what your pets are really saying without words? In this episode, Giulia shares the funny, sweet, and silly things her dog and cat do every day from snackies victory dances to sunbeam naps. Learn how animals live fully in the moment and get inspired to take a break from your phone and enjoy life outside the screen!

I just came back from my fall break in San Francisco, and one of my favorite things I did was walk in Muir Woods, a quiet forest full of redwood trees. Redwoods can live for a very long time many in Muir Woods are about 500–800 years old, and some redwoods can reach around 2,000 years. They are also the tallest trees on Earth. The tallest known living tree is a coast redwood called Hyperion, and it is about 116 meters tall (around 380 feet). Because I loved this place so much, I decided to bring a little bit of it into my podcast and invite you to a 10-minute sound bath meditation, where you can listen to the river and feel the calm energy of the trees with me.

In this episode, I sit down with my friends Madda and Giulia to talk about what life feels like when we’re not on our phones. We share honest thoughts, small moments, and real stories about being present, feeling free, and connecting without screens. A calm and open conversation about real life offline.

In this heartfelt episode, Giulia and her mom Crina Okumus talk about her past — the pressures, the success, the emptiness — and how she found a way forward through introspection and writing. Crina opens up about her transformation, and we dive into her book Let It Go, a piece of her soul offered as guidance and inspiration. The conversation invites listeners to reflect: what might we need to release in our own lives?

In this episode of Life Outside the Phone, Giulia talks about the feeling of guilt what it is, why it shows up, and how it can feel like a tiny stone in your pocket. She shares a childhood memory of pouring cream on her cat, how guilt turned into laughter, and how we can all learn to listen to that little stone, forgive, and let it go.