Episode 110: Author Hannah Brencher on Unplugging

In No Hurry with Cole Douglas Claybourn

One of my favorite people, Hannah Brencher, is back on the podcast this week to talk about her new book: "The Unplugged Hours: Cultivating a Life of Presence in a Digitally Connected World."

If you're anything like me, you spend way more time than you should on social media. And if not social media, then you likely struggle to get away from the constant barrage of push notifications, text messages, emails and phone calls that bombard our devices. Perhaps it's left you feeling burnt out.

That was the case for Hannah, and in the Spring of 2021 she realized the culprit was her constantly plugged-in lifestyle. Like so many of us, Hannah had been turning to her phone to cope with life in a time of isolation and uncertainty. Those coping mechanisms had calcified into habits she didn't know how to break.

She felt a nudge to turn off her phone, and soon after a challenge was born: 1,000 unplugged hours in one year. She shared her tracker sheet on her website and thousands of people downloaded it and signed up for their own 1,000-hour challenge.

What started out as a personal journey and practice for Hannah is now laid out in this practical book, which is released September 17. You can purchase the book anywhere books are sold.

And while she advocates for an unplugged lifestyle, she knows it's not practical for us live a completely tech-free life. Plus, there are plenty of benefits to tech, and social media, it's just a matter of keeping them in their proper place. But in that vein, you can find her on Instagram @hannahbrencher, where she shares tons of practical and helpful content, and also on her website, hannahbrenchercreative.com, where you can sign up for her weekly email list, read blogs, sign up for courses and even get some freebies.

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