Ep.69 Clicks to Calm: The Digital Detox You Didn’t Know You Needed for Mindful, Country Living

Welcome to Country Proud Living—where nurturing spaces empower your life and every day feels a little more like home. In this refreshing episode, LoriLynn shares how embracing a gentle digital detox can restore your peace, boost creativity, and help you reconnect with the beauty of slower, country-inspired living—no matter where you call home. 🌾 Inside This Episode:The surprising stats behind our daily screen timeHow unplugging leads to more presence, peace, and creativity5 simple, soulful ways to begin your own digital detox journeyHow to curate your digital and physical world with intention📱✨ Whether you're knee-deep in Instagram reels or overwhelmed by constant notifications, this episode offers doable tips to gently unplug—without guilt—and make space for what really matters.Helpful Links: *Book Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Minimalism-Choosing-Focused-Noisy/dp/0525536515  *Book Tranquiity by Tuesday by Laura Vanderkam https://www.amazon.com/Tranquility-Tuesday-Ways-Chaos-Matters-ebook/dp/B09Q7SWZRV  *Nap Ministry @thenapministry created by Tricia Hersey teaches and speaks around the world about this important concept. Our society teaches us that we can't rest, and that if we rest we're lazy. It goes against capitalism of always believing we have to be productive ALL of the time. Rest is a right. It's not something that you have to earn. * https://www.mindful.org Great resource for Mindfulness.⏱️ Episode Highlights:[00:00] Welcome from Waverly, MN + The Heart Behind This Episode[03:05] A Sweet Celebration & an Unexpected Break from Screens[06:50] The Stats Don’t Lie: How Much Time Are We Really Spending on Screens?[08:40] What a Digital Detox Really Looks Like (No, You Don’t Have to Go Off-Grid)[11:12] 5 Soulful Ways to Unplug Without Guilt [17:00] Curating Your Digital + Physical World with Intention [23:10] Final Words of Encouragement + A Beautiful Quote from Brené BrownLet me know if there is something you would like to learn more about in the color & design, nurture & empower space? I'd love to hear from you! Thanks for stopping by today! Please subscribe to the podcast by clicking plus follow at the upper right. Click those three little dots at the top right & copy the link to share the show with your friends and family. Please leave me a review. This is truly one of the only ways to help my podcast grow. I just want you to know what it means to me that you're here today. I know everyone's time is valuable and it means a lot. Thank you. Love and light, Lori Lynn.Please share this podcast with your like minded friends and family and  subscribe to never miss an episode!  If you have questions, ideas of topics you would like to learn more about or you want to work with me. Inquires can be sent to [email protected] LINKS TO CONNECT WITH ME:   : )MY WEBSITE: www.countryproudliving.comMY IG:  www.instagram.com/lorilynn_countryproudlivingPINTEREST: https://pin.it/3mX6xMNcRMY ART GALLERY: https://lorilynn-o-uter.pixels.com/MY LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olafsonloriMY PODCAST:  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/country-proud-living-nurturing-home-empowered-self/id1715855014BUZZSPROUT: https://countryproudliving.buzzsprout.comSpotify, iHeart, the pod can be found anywhere you choose to listen!