4 Ways Your Phone Affects Your Freedom

Our phones are usually next to us and we rarely think about it. It feels normal, so you may not have considered what a difference it can make to have it out of arms reach. I initiated a phone-free bedroom and some incredible insights came to me that I share with you here! I speak to four ways our phones get in the way of freedom, empowerment, and individuality.

Try a phone-free bedroom and see how it impacts your life!

Reviews

Love this reminder and new realisations from your share… thank you 💜🙏💜

This is very relevant for me. If I turn the phone off completely I sleep longer and deeper. If I leave the phone off at home my creativity begins to expand , brain wakes up!
I agree with you also that having it next to you but off isn't enough. Leaving it in another room or I've even started practising leaving it purposefully in my car, has a massively positive impact. Once my brain stops repeatedly looking for the phone, my whole body begins to decompress
I've logged out of social media, will visit very very occasionally, if at all. I currently do not miss it.
I've been meditating for years and listening to girls and teachers and searching for freedom. A simple and fast way to freedom is detaching from social media, and the phone. We become wired to check for a message, even when all notifications are on, we are still waiting and anticipating some kind of response from the phone. Existing day to day in a anticipatory, flight or fight response, isn't living, it is existing in a trap, a habit, a very unhealthy cycle in our nervous system.
Smart phones are smart but humans are out smarted, addicts to a never satisfying piece of technology.
The fear of missing out. That keeps the addiction chained too.
Life is beautiful on the other side.
Free yourself of the chains of brain washing and conditioning.
I still continue to listen to podcasts and of course I still use insight timer. But I am not controlled by my phone. I still need reminding so will bookmark this.
Thank you for your talk.
Namaste.

Very wise and thoughtful - I had a very hard time realizing that I was totally engaged in the scenario you described. ON my phone scrolling around seeking to connect to peace and meditation but just ending l up using Insight Timer to “tap out” as you say (numb out). I really have to get a handle on this. Weeks ago I had banished the phone from my bedroom where I meditate in the morning and evening, and have been using the timer within the version of Insight Timer on my Apple Watch to keep track of time, but I literally just snuck downstairs and got my phone!! Talk about an addiction!! The phone is such a powerful way of changing how I feel. I love your four values of contemplation, creativity, individuality, and peace of mind! What we gain from creating space from the compulsiveness around the phone!! So important, so true. Good luck with this essential work! Wish me luck to o! Thank you!! Xo

Thank you so much Laura! I deeply resonated with this, and I do think that our phones are like ‘addictions’ and it’s so important to set boundaries with them! I also agree with the fact that we need to consciously be aware of what we consume. I’m trying to use my phone less too, and sometimes (since I’m not working right now it’s easier) I can make myself use my phone only one or two hours a day and try to consciously connect with myself for the rest of the day.