The Impact of Smartphones on our Wellbeing

Our smartphones are an incredible tool, and we often feel like it would be hard to live without them! But they can also have a detrimental impact on our wellbeing.

Learning Objectives:

In this session, you will discover:

• The negative impact smartphones have on our wellbeing
• How much time we are spending unconsciously on our phones every day
• Why we are driven to pick our phones up so much
• How to regain time from your phone and move to conscious use
• Actions to take to reduce the negative impact your phone has on your wellbeing

Speaker biography:

Sam Flynn is a digital wellbeing and digital culture trainer and speaker. With a background in Organisational Psychology, Sam has been running a social media training business for the last 16 years. After noticing her own smartphone use increase dramatically during the pandemic, and the impact this had on her own wellbeing and mental health, Sam researched the impact that the digital world is having on our wellbeing. She has combined her psychology and digital backgrounds to provide digital wellbeing sessions in businesses, to parents and in schools. Sam delivers sessions on digital culture within organisations, reducing smartphone use, and managing our children’s smartphone use. Sam’s membership The Unplugged Club is designed to help you improve your digital wellbeing step-by-step. The digital world is not going away, so Sam helps people embrace it in a positive way!