#2149 The Attention Recovery Plan - David Gillespie

About this episode

David Gillespie discusses the impact of social media and smartphone addiction on attention and mental health, along with strategies for recovery.

We're all aware by now that social media, doom scrolling and broadly speaking - smart phone addiction are hijacking attention, downgrading brains (cognitive performance), impacting mental health, decreasing social skills and changing the way we do (and don't) interact and communicate. Well, good ol' Gillespo has written a new book - not only about the predicament we find ourselves in - but also about how we might begin to undo some of the damage and turn it around. Great chat, great book and great real-world solutions and strategies. Enjoy. Booktopia: The Attention Recovery Plan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Craig Harper

Guest: David Gillespie

Topics covered

• attention recovery
• social media addiction
• mental health
• cognitive performance
• communication skills

Keywords

• attention recovery
• social media
• smartphone addiction
• mental health
• cognitive performance
• communication

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Booktopia

Books & works: The Attention Recovery Plan

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