Healthy Minds in a Digital World
with Rachael Katz MS, ED, Helen
Shwe Hadani Ph.D. & Amy Adams
MSW, PPSC
Social connection is fundamental to the human experience. Our
minds are incentivized to connect with other humans by the
release of warm and fuzzy pleasure-inducing chemicals that
encourage us to communicate with and touch other humans.
Mimicking this strategy is how technology companies
commandeer our bodies and minds to keep us transfixed on their
product. Unfortunately, their products only feed us half of the
normal biological reward and it can negatively impact our mental
health. To decode the intense draw technology has for humans,
Positive Psychology Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with
three experts in emotional and social learning skills about how to
create and maintain a healthy mind in a digital world. Rachael
Katz and Helen Hadani describe the theory of mind and other
findings from the book they co-authored,
The Emotionally
Intelligent Child: Effective Strategies for Parenting Self-Aware,
Cooperative, and Well-Balanced Kids
. And, the co-founder of the
non-profit Healthy Screen Habits, Amy Adams, shares how
technology hooks us, why teenagers are the most susceptible to
the draw, and how a family tech plan can maintain balance in the
home.