In this episode, I share a conversation with digital marketing exec. and behavioral and organizational psychologist, Bob Hutchins, about his new book, Our Digital Soul: Collective Anxiety, Media Trauma, and a Path Toward Recovery, which he co-authored with Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Jenny Black.

Follow Bob on IG @bwhutchins, or on LinkedIn. Purchase the book here!

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Topics covered/touched upon in this episode:

• How modern media and tech are making us addicted, traumatizing us, and a pathway to healing from it

• Why we need to stop viewing our "phones" as simple tools and recognize the true power they represent, both good and bad

• The importance of practicing being bored and dealing with the discomfort that has us reaching for our phones so often in the first place

• How resilient we are as humans and that we are going to make it through the challenges we're currently faced with

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Other things mentioned/to check out:

• Bob's TEDx Talk, Ambiguous loss & tragic optimism: Our journey through collective grief

• Jenny's TEDx Talk, The Slow Drip of Media Trauma

• The Social Dilemma on Netflix / Tristan Harris' work educating about the issues with tech addiction and online media driving polarization and conflict in our societies

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UH's theme music was composed by Akira The Don. He's amazing...check out his MEANINGWAVE UNIVERSE!

Lyrics and co-production by, yours truly, Max Draxby.

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