About this episode

Cody Cook-Parrott discusses their journey with social media and the importance of cultivating presence in a distracted world.

Cody Cook-Parrott, author of "The Practice of Attention: Cultivating Presence in a Distracted World," shares why they deleted Instagram at 82,000 followers and how boundaries, self‑compassion and harm‑reduction can change our relationship with social media. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Erin Washington

Guest: Cody Cook-Parrott

Topics covered

• digital distraction
• social media
• self-compassion
• boundaries
• attention
• presence

Keywords

• digital distraction
• social media
• self-compassion
• boundaries
• attention
• Cody Cook-Parrott

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Practice of Attention: Cultivating Presence in a Distracted World

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