431: Digital Apnea and Anxiety

In this episode, Gina discusses a phenomenon known as digital apnea and how it relates to anxiety. Digital apnea occurs when we hold our breath during moments we are using our digital devices and looking at our screens. Studies have shown that humans tend to do this naturally! Gina offers some alternatives to combat the ill effects of this phenomenon, including walking and becoming more conscious of our breath and breathing patterns.Sign up for a free month of audible and get a free book: https://www.audible.com/ep/freetrial?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RLink to "Distraction Addiction" by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang: https://amzn.to/2LDbhXPTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety?Quote:Meditation is the original neuroscience, the world’s oldest conscious exploitation of neuroplasticity, and it’s a twenty-five-hundred-year-old answer to the twenty-five-year-old problem of digital distraction. ~Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.