The Digital Diet

In this episode, I talk about:

• Why it’s impossible to ignore Valentine’s Day online and how love has been commercialised
• The reason you no longer know what you need from a partner and how social media has warped your expectations of what a relationship should look like
• The dangers of social stalking, judging prospects too quickly, and making assumptions about people based on what you see online
• How you create unnecessary anxiety when you try to avoid rejection by misrepresenting yourself
• Why your attention span isn’t what it used to be and how dating apps offer you too much choice, leading to choice overload
• The persuasive design features employed by modern dating apps to keep you using them instead of finding love in the real world
• Why your brain prefers cheap dopamine from a dating app to the dopamine you’d get from leaving your house to meet someone in real life
• 10 tips to help you get the most out of your dating app experience and meet someone instead of endlessly swiping

View show notes including links to all the resources and tools mentioned: https://thedigitaldietcoach.com/004

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Keep in touch with me:

• Visit my website at thedigitaldietcoach.com
• Join the digital wellness community at The Digital Diet Lounge
• Subscribe to my newsletter, Unplugged
• Email me at [email protected]
• Connect with me on Instagram @thedigitaldietcoach or LinkedIn

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Music by FASSounds

In this episode, I talk about:

• Why work-life balance is important, even if you love your job
• How failing to take holidays and regular breaks could literally be costing you your life
• Why prevention is better than cure when it comes to burnout
• How technology enables remote working but blurs the line between your work and personal space, causing you to work more than ever before
• The convenience and the curse of communications platforms like email, WhatsApp, Teams, and Slack
• How country laws, company culture, and the behaviour of your managers and peers is influencing your personal beliefs about work-life balance
• The subconscious message you send when you don’t prioritise your personal time
• Right to Disconnect laws and what they mean for you and your work
• The rise of the 4 day work week and other company policies to promote work-life balance and help employees switch off
• The importance of holding yourself accountable for maintaining work-life balance and protecting your wellbeing
• How to use technology in a way that optimises your working time and creates boundaries between your work and personal life, so that you can disconnect outside of working hours

View show notes including links to all the resources and tools mentioned: https://thedigitaldietcoach.com/003

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Keep in touch with me:

• Visit my website at thedigitaldietcoach.com
• Join the digital wellness community at The Digital Diet Lounge
• Subscribe to my newsletter, Unplugged
• Email me at [email protected]
• Connect with me on Instagram @thedigitaldietcoach or LinkedIn

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Music by FASSounds

In this episode, I talk about:

• Why a healthy diet, exercise and sleep are essential for losing weight
• The importance of establishing a baseline, being clear about your weight loss goals, and tools to help you measure and track your progress
• Why fad diets are thriving in the digital age but they never lead to long-term weight loss
• Using apps to track your diet and why you also need to record how your food makes you feel
• Avoiding the misinformation spread by self-styled fitness gurus online and who you should be talking to instead
• 3 tips to help you navigate the temptations of technology and stick to a balanced, sustainable diet
• The importance of moving your body and how living a sedentary lifestyle in the digital age can impact your physical health
• How social media encourages fad exercise programmes, diet supplements that make false promises, illegal access to prescription medicines, and filters that affect your perception of fitness
• Using smartphones and smart watches to measure your progress without succumbing to digital distractions
• How scheduling workouts can make you more likely to exercise when your willpower is running low
• Why the gym isn’t for everyone and how to use technology to find a workout that you love
• What happens when you sleep and why not getting enough sleep may be sabotaging your weight loss efforts
• Why using your digital devices before bedtime is a bad idea and sleeping with your smartphone is even worse
• Tips and tools to help you minimise your exposure to harmful blue light and get a better night’s sleep

View show notes including links to all the resources and tools mentioned: https://thedigitaldietcoach.com/002

Get your free #TechTimeout Challenge 30 Day Digital Detox Guide

Keep in touch with me:

• Visit my website at thedigitaldietcoach.com
• Join the digital wellness community at The Digital Diet Lounge
• Subscribe to my newsletter, Unplugged
• Email me at [email protected]
• Connect with me on Instagram @thedigitaldietcoach or LinkedIn

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Music by FASSounds

In this episode, I talk about:

• Why we seem to have the same New Year's resolutions year after year
• Why we go all in on our goals during January but run out of steam by February
• What willpower is, how it works, and why scientists believe that it's a limited resource
• How you might be unintentionally sabotaging your willpower by wasting your energy on small or insignificant decisions
• Why your smartphone is the ultimate source of cheap dopamine and how this is affecting your willpower
• 5 ways to maximise your willpower so that you can stick to your New Year's resolutions and make progress towards your goals

View show notes including links to all the resources and tools mentioned: https://thedigitaldietcoach.com/001

Get your free #TechTimeout Challenge 30 Day Digital Detox Guide

Keep in touch with me:

• Visit my website at thedigitaldietcoach.com
• Join the digital wellness community at The Digital Diet Lounge
• Subscribe to my newsletter, Unplugged
• Email me at [email protected]
• Connect with me on Instagram @thedigitaldietcoach or LinkedIn

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Music by FASSounds

In this episode, I talk about:

• What digital wellness is and why you need to prioritise it in your own life
• The concept of a balanced digital diet and why it's the most sustainable approach to digital wellbeing
• Why digital wellness is a personal, pro-active and ongoing practice, rather than a one-size-fits-all set of rules
• Why I started this podcast and the sorts of topics you can expect to hear about in future episodes
• What I do and who I help through my coaching practice over at The Digital Diet Coach

Get your free #TechTimeout Challenge 30 Day Digital Detox Guide

Keep in touch with me:

• Visit my website at thedigitaldietcoach.com
• Join the digital wellness community at The Digital Diet Lounge
• Subscribe to my newsletter, Unplugged
• Email me at [email protected]
• Connect with me on Instagram @thedigitaldietcoach or LinkedIn

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Music by FASSounds