The Digital Love Podcast

Tori Struthers is a law student, wife, mother of toddler Nyx and Instagram mama.  She runs the account @meetthestruthers where she shares her day to day with Nyx and her focus on conscious living.

I've always been curious about that Instagram life, especially when there are kids involved.  In this episode, Tori shares her approach to parenting and how tech is managed in her household. 

I came away from this conversation appreciating how much time and attention she puts into managing her daughter's use of technology and perhaps being so visible online has led her to think more about early childhood tech usage than most?

Christy Laurence is the CEO and Founder of PLANN, an Instagram planning, scheduling and analytics tool.  On this episode, we discuss the latest changes Instagram has made to its platform (uh no more ‘likes’), the benefits to your business and your sanity of planning your IG in advance and how Christy turned an idea into a business with over 1m users.

We recorded this at a WeWork where peoples hustle can be heard through the walls and our mics.

Carrie Kwan is the founder of Mums&Co, an organisation that helps mums on their entrepreneurial journeys.  She also is a mum and an entrepreneur which makes her deeply connected to what she does at Mums&Co.

On this episode, we cover how tech is helping women to build businesses and the challenges faced by women in the workforce.  We also chat about how she manages tech-time in her home with her two boys.

Peter Huynh is not your regular technology investor.  Yes, he does spend his time scouting the world for the next big invention, but he also dedicates a substantial part of his life to mindfulness.  Perhaps that’s why he has a simple and effective way to manage his own tech usage.  

This episode is all about how valuing time for inner reflection can help you be more decisive and aligned, so you can easily move towards what feels right to you and just as easily move away from what doesn't serve you. 

If you're a mum or soon to be mum who has a business or is looking to start a business don't forget to grab your ticket to the Be MPowered conference.

Himal Randeniya is the Director of Future Stars Early Learning Centres and he knows a lot about early childhood education and technology.  This episode focuses in on early childhood tech usage and what to consider before handing your child a device.

Topics covered include:

Early childhood development and how tech usage can hinder or help it

What to consider when deciding when and how to introduce technology to your young child

The long term implications of tech usage at a young age

Why capturing the moment can minimise the impact of being in the moment

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Jamie Pride is a startup founder, investor, mental health advocate and the host of the Failure Proof podcast.  

Jamie has spent his career in the tech industry and thinks deeply about how tech is impacting his life and those around him.

I love his digital alcoholism analogy, how he manages his own tech junkee tendencies and his aversion to email.

Molly has deep expertise in digital content creation but also understands the importance of emotional, psychological and physical wellbeing.  

Recognising that she needed to prioritize those things in her life, she set about to create Assembly SF a space for women where they can be their full selves without compromises.

In this episode, we talk about the importance of cultivating relationships, with each other and with ourselves and how spaces can, like Assembly SF, can enable that.

Matt Allen is a legend in the Australian startup ecosystem.  He’s created tech and now invests in early-stage startups.

This episode we talk about:

How he manages the tech usage of his teen and tween boys, 

Why Twitter is the only place you’ll find him online

What the future of juvenile social interactions could look like

How tech is enabling good habit formation and adherence.

From coder to founder to investor Ben Metcalfe has played many parts in the startup scene in San Francisco and London. 

A principal investor at Ridge Ventures Ben is pitched to daily by tech startups and we discuss what grabs his attention and the kinds off businesses his firm invests in.

Not one to entertain a digital detox we find out how he chooses to engage with tech in his day to day life.

Raman Frey is not your typical San Francisco based entrepreneur.

We sat down in his kitchen and over a cup of tea talked about how technology is overengineering our lives and how the attention economy is only serving brands and business.

Raman is working on a book about how we can create new incentives structures in commerce that are more ethical and sustainable.

We touch on compassionate leadership and the very real emotional experience of being constantly digitally connected.