The Easy, Simple Fix for Exhaustion, Foggy Brain, and Back Pain | Manoush Zomorodi

This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hello everybody, how are we doing? Here is a question for you. Do you ever feel like shit?

foggy, fatigued, distracted, exhausted, burned out. If so, this episode is for you. It turns out there is a reasonably simple fix that could make a massive difference. Side note, since we did this interview, I've been trying to inject this fix into my daily life and it has made a big difference for me. My guest is Minoosh Zamarodi, who is the host of NPR's Ted Radio Hour and the author of a new book called Body Electric, in which she describes a gigantic problem for our society and for all of us as individuals.

It's that our relationship to technology is having really deleterious impacts on our health. For years we've known about the impacts on our mental health, but Minoosha is now focusing specifically on the impact on our physical health. Screens are leading to chronic headaches, back pain, diminished sleep, and rising rates of preventable diseases like type 2 diabetes. In other words, our devices are affecting our eyes, our lungs, our posture, and our whole nervous system. It's a real problem, but there are real solutions, and that's why I'm so excited about this conversation, which is coming up in just a minute.

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