Hey, it's your friend, Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast.
A couple of weeks ago,
I heard a professor from NYU say that you and I are going to spend 20 years of our life on our phone, 20 years.
And when I heard him say that, it scared the hell out of me.
And I wanted to figure out what I could do to change that
because I don't want 20 years to go by and I've just wasted it scrolling on social media.
So I reached out to Dr.
K, who is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist.
He has a massive following on YouTube and also on Twitch.
He has hopped on a plane and he is here today in our Boston studios to talk to you about how technology is changing your brain,
your relationships, and your identity.
And the fact is, technology is not going anywhere.
So it's not a matter of getting rid of technology.
That's just not even realistic.
It's about you understanding why you need to get control of your relationship with it and what to do about it.
And I tracked down Dr.
K because I read his new book and it has changed my relationship with technology.
It has changed my habits with my phone.
It's changed how I talk to my kids and my loved ones about it.
And I absolutely cannot wait for him to open your mind and open your eyes to the reality of what is happening when you use it.