33. When your phone pulls you away from being with nature

In this episode from my summer garden I give you an encouragement talk to help you get off being stuck on screens and out into nature. I speak on:

• Why phones are so addictive (it’s not your fault)

• How dopamine works in our body and what we can do to work WITH our Hunter-Gatherer bodies to enjoy more time in nature

• Tips on reducing time on your phone/devices

• Tips on rewilding your phone to enhance your relationship with nature

Mentioned in the podcast

• Episode XX | Map of AWE

• Book | Oliver Burkeman - Four Thousand Weeks

• Podcast | Josh Schrei - Guardians and Protectors, The Emerald podcast

• Podcast | Fern Cotton - Dopamine, Addiction and Hunter-Gatherers with TJ Power, The Happy Place podcast

• Smartphone Free Childhood campaign

• Stay Free app

• Merlin app - birdsong ID

• Encounter app - phone nature journal

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mage: Photo by Siobhan Calder Photography
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Birdsong: Song Thrush, Turdus philomelos recorded at Cushendall, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland Azens, XC905249. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/905249.