136: How to Restore Focus and Your Digital Well-Being with Mark Ostach

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today’s episode, Mark Ostach joins Dr. Sabrina in a conversation centered on digital wellness.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mark helps people find the courage to connect – with themselves, their purpose, and with the people in their lives, both online and offline. Mark's goal is to restore energy and focus to organizations battling modern life’s non-stop pace and growing sense of disconnection.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mark knows what it’s like to feel disconnected having compulsively checked his phone for over a decade. He’s on a mission to teach us healthy digital habits so we can improve our digital wellness and create deeper connections with things in life that matter most.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mark holds degrees in psychology and technology with an interest in behavioral neuroscience. He is determined to remind the world that human connection is the most powerful connection we have.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A nationally recognized speaker on Digital Wellness, Mark has done two TED talks and spoken to thousands of people all over the country encouraging them to embrace a culture of digital wellbeing.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Go ahead and check your phone one last time and get ready to be inspired by Mark Ostach!</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Profit by Design is a Tap the Potential Production in collaboration with Small Business Consulting Group.</span></em></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mark discusses the correlation between our online activities and how we think and feel, and how the psychology of technology became an obsession for him.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Replacement therapy can work when we want to take a break from technology. However, social media can still be a slippery slope, even when we intend to take a break from it.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight