The one change that worked: I banned myself from social media – and my children have never been happier

What happened

According to The Guardian’s linked source, The one change that worked: I banned myself from social media – and my children have never been happier, I used to think my phone helped me to relax. But setting strict limits on my usage has improved my mood and my relationships I am a psychotherapist who works with frazzled, snappy parents, and spend my days writing about why we struggle to find calm. I also used to pick up my phone hundreds of times a day, failing to realise that it was making me a snappier, more irritable, less present mother. My phone was my office, my income, my means of communication. Every time I checked it, there was something to action, a notification of something new, something that told me I was useful and productive, giving me dopamine hits that motherhood didn’t offer. It had become my coping mechanism. Continue reading…

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Source

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