23: How to Create Digital Boundaries for a Balanced Life with Arlene Pellicane

You've probably heard that it's good for us to have digital boundaries–limits around how much screen time we have each day, especially on social media, if we want good life balance (psst.. here's a quiz on life balance if you're feeling overwhelmed).

But how do we set up healthy digital boundaries? And, from a practical standpoint, what does it mean to have limits on social media limits or screen time limits? There's lots of talk about how to do that for kids, but how can we establish healthy digital boundaries for ourselves as adult women so that we can have a balanced life?

Today’s guest author and speaker Arlene Pellicane is an expert in setting social media boundaries, and she’s sharing practical ways to stay connected without feeling like the online world is running our lives.

YOU'LL DISCOVER:

5 warning signs that you need digital boundaries ASAP
Practical ideas on how to stay digitally connected without always being on your phone
Why too much screen time may be stealing your calm
How to set digital boundaries (and 1 simple thing to start doing today)

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Arlene Pellicane is a speaker and author of several books, including the one we reference most in this episode, Calm, Cool & Connected: 5 Digital Habits for a More Balanced Life. She's also the co-author of Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World (with Dr. Gary Chapman) and 31 Days to Becoming a Happy Mom. She has been a featured guest on the Today Show, Fox & Friends, Focus on the Family, FamilyLife Today, The 700 Club, and more.

If you feel like you’re a slave to your phone, or you want to break that habit of having to check your email or social accounts all day long, you’ve got to listen to today’s episode!

Related Podcasts, Helpful Posts & Books on Setting Digital Boundaries

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Also, if you're having difficulty setting social media boundaries because your life feels out of balance, I encourage you to take this free Life Balance Assessment.

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