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Screen Addiction: Why You Can't Put Your Phone Down & How to Break Free
What started as five minutes of scrolling is now two hours gone. Sound familiar?
In this "In the Flow" episode, Dr. Mitika Kanabar unpacks the science behind screen addiction: why our phones live "rent-free" in our brains and how social media algorithms are designed to capture our attention coins. She explains why the dopamine hit from scrolling feels like happiness but actually leaves us sadder, chasing that next reel like a mirage in the desert.
Mitika offers practical tools from both Western and Eastern perspectives: screen-free morning blocks, the yogic principle of shaucha (cleanliness in thought), and household boundaries that work. She addresses how excessive screen time erodes our closest relationships, why children's developing brains are especially vulnerable, and the uncomfortable truth that in social media, just like the casino, the house always wins.
✨ In this episode:
Referenced:
The Anxious Generation by Dr. Jonathan Haidt
Closing reflection:
If we want to change the narrative, we have to speak the truth where people are. Your attention, your focus, your intentions for the day, and your actual human connections: that's what the house is winning. And children learn more from our behavior than from what we have to say.
🔗 Listen on Podbean | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube
🌐 mitikakanabar.com
Follow @MindSattva and @KanabarMD on Instagram
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By Dr. Mitika KanabarWhat started as five minutes of scrolling is now two hours gone. Sound familiar?
In this "In the Flow" episode, Dr. Mitika Kanabar unpacks the science behind screen addiction: why our phones live "rent-free" in our brains and how social media algorithms are designed to capture our attention coins. She explains why the dopamine hit from scrolling feels like happiness but actually leaves us sadder, chasing that next reel like a mirage in the desert.
Mitika offers practical tools from both Western and Eastern perspectives: screen-free morning blocks, the yogic principle of shaucha (cleanliness in thought), and household boundaries that work. She addresses how excessive screen time erodes our closest relationships, why children's developing brains are especially vulnerable, and the uncomfortable truth that in social media, just like the casino, the house always wins.
✨ In this episode:
Referenced:
The Anxious Generation by Dr. Jonathan Haidt
Closing reflection:
If we want to change the narrative, we have to speak the truth where people are. Your attention, your focus, your intentions for the day, and your actual human connections: that's what the house is winning. And children learn more from our behavior than from what we have to say.
🔗 Listen on Podbean | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube
🌐 mitikakanabar.com
Follow @MindSattva and @KanabarMD on Instagram