Are you addicted to screens — or just overwhelmed by it? There's a difference, and it matters.

In this episode, I sit down with Eli Singer, founder of Offline.now and author of Offline.now: A Practical Guide to Healthy Digital Balance, to have an honest, shame-free conversation about our relationship with technology.

Eli isn't here to tell you to throw your phone in a river. After spending years building one of the early social media agencies in North America, he pivoted — and started helping people actually live with their devices instead of being run by them. That backstory alone is worth the listen.

We get into:

• What digital overwhelm actually looks like (and why it's showing up in therapy offices everywhere)
• The difference between problematic use and everyday distraction
• His Offline.now Matrix — a practical, shame-free framework for understanding your digital habits
• Why "digital detox" culture often does more harm than good
• Small, sustainable changes that don't require you to go off the grid

Building Tech That Doesn't Break People Eli is also bringing his digital wellness framework to the startup world — working with the tech entrepreneurship community at the University of Toronto's Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus. Because if we're going to build a healthier digital culture, the people building the technology need to be part of that conversation too.

Whether you're a clinician seeing this come up with clients, a parent trying to navigate screens with your kids, or someone who just knows something feels off — this conversation will give you language, tools, and a little relief.

🎙️ Guest: Eli Singer | @offline.now | Offline.now: A Practical Guide to Healthy Digital Balance

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