It's Complicated

It's Complicated: the podcast to untangle your relationship with your phone, examines our relationship with the tiny tyrants in our pockets - our smartphones. In a series of conversations with guests from the worlds of media, health, culture, and the arts, host Tanya Goodin explores how to get a better balance with tech every day. For more about Time To Log Off visit the website https://www.itstimetologoff.com and Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/timetologoff Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timetologoff and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timetologoffnow For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://www.twitter.com/tanyagoodin Find 'Off: Your Digital Detox for a Better Life' on Amazon: https://getBook.at/OFF And find 'Stop Staring at Screens' on Amazon: https://getBook.at/STOPSTARING

Nikita Gill, a poet with an Instagram following of more than half a million and a fleet of celebrity followers, including Alanis Morissette, Nicole Richie and Khloé Kardashian, is one of the leading lights of a new breed of ‘Insta poets’ who have revolutionised the way poetry is accessed and enjoyed; opening it up to an entirely new audience through social media. In this episode of It's Complicated she talks to Tanya Goodin about her complicated relationship with social media and her phone; trolling, the surprisingly analogue process of her creativity and the urgent need for more kindness online. (And she reads some of her poetry too!). Find Nikita’s poetry on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikita_gill/ Follow Nikita on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nktgill For more about Time To Log Off visit the website https://www.itstimetologoff.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/timetologoff Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timetologoff and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timetologoffnow For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://www.twitter.com/tanyagoodin Find 'Off: Your Digital Detox for a Better Life' on Amazon: https://getBook.at/OFF And find 'Stop Staring at Screens' on Amazon: https://getBook.at/STOPSTARING

This week Tanya is talking to power couple Ben and Marina Fogle about the challenges of parenting, and being partners, in a world of smartphones. Ben Fogle is an award winning broadcaster and adventurer. He is UN Patron of the Wilderness and a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. He has climbed Mount Everest, rowed across the Atlantic, raced across Antarctica to the South Pole, crossed the deserts of the Empty Quarter in the Middle East and is the author of nine Sunday Times bestselling books. Marina Fogle is the co-Founder of the immensely popular Bump Class antenatal classes in London, and host of The Parenthood Podcast, she writes for The Telegraph and The Times about pregnancy and motherhood and is the co-author of The Bump Class: An Expert Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond. Find Ben on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benfogle and on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/benfogle Find Marina on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marina.fogle and https://www.instagram.com/theparent.hood For more about Time To Log Off visit the website https://www.itstimetologoff.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/timetologoff Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timetologoff and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timetologoffnow For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://www.twitter.com/tanyagoodin Find 'Off: Your Digital Detox for a Better Life' on Amazon: https://getBook.at/OFF And find 'Stop Staring at Screens' on Amazon: https://getBook.at/STOPSTARING

Sex educator, YouTuber and author Hannah Witton joins Tanya on the podcast this week to talk about what our phone habits are doing to our sex lives. Hannah has over 60 million views for her YouTube channel which focuses on sex and relationship advice and navigating life in your 20s and is the author of the sex education book 'Doing It'. Find Hannah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannahwitton and on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/hannahwitton Subscribe to her YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/hannahgirasol/ For more about Time To Log Off visit the website https://www.itstimetologoff.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/timetologoff Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timetologoff and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timetologoffnow For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://www.twitter.com/tanyagoodin Find 'Off: Your Digital Detox for a Better Life' on Amazon: https://getBook.at/OFF And find 'Stop Staring at Screens' on Amazon: https://getBook.at/STOPSTARING

Dan Kennedy is one of Britain's leading celebrity and portrait photographers. He has photographed all of Hollywood’s A-List from Angelina Jolie to Keira Knightley and Madonna as well as British household names such as David Beckham, Richard Madden and Dua Lipa. He joins Tanya on the podcast this week to talk about how he has designed his life to avoid smartphone and digital distractions and maximise his focus and productivity in his work. The photographer we talk about in the episode is Eric Pickersgill and his project 'removed' is here: https://www.removed.social/ Follow Dan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dankennedyphoto and Twitter https://www.twitter.com/dkennedyphoto And find out more about his work https://www.https://www.danielkennedy.com/ and his photographic workshops https://www.dankennedyworkshops.com/ For more about Time To Log Off visit the website https://www.itstimetologoff.com Find us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/timetologoff Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timetologoff and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timetologoffnow For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://www.twitter.com/tanyagoodin Find 'Off: Your Digital Detox for a Better Life' on Amazon: https://getBook.at/OFF And 'Stop Staring at Screens' is on Amazon too: https://getBook.at/STOPSTARING

Adventurer and author Alastair Humphreys talks to Tanya about why we all need to get outdoors more, reconnect with nature, and live more adventurously - and why our smartphone habit just might be stopping us doing that. Alastair spent over four years cycling round the world, a journey of 46,000 miles through 60 countries and five continents. He's taken on numerous other challenges and adventures since then including; rowing the Atlantic, trekking 1,000 miles across the Empty Quarter desert and walking 120 miles round London’s M25! (One of his pioneering ‘microadventures’). Alastair was one of National Geographic’s Adventurers of the Year in 2012 and is the author of ten books about his adventures including ‘Microadventures: local discoveries for great escapes’ https://www.alastairhumphreys.com/product/microadventures/ and his book for children - ‘Great Adventurers’: https://www.alastairhumphreys.com/product/great-adventurers/ Follow Alastair on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/al_humphreys and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/al_humphreys and subscribe to the Alastair Humphreys YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsTMxQP7HUCRTuNEEQWLww. For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://www.twitter.com/tanyagoodin Find 'Off: Your Digital Detox for a Better Life' on Amazon: https://getBook.at/OFF And 'Stop Staring at Screens' is on Amazon too: https://getBook.at/STOPSTARING For more about Time To Log Off visit the website https://www.itstimetologoff.com Find us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/timetologoff Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timetologoff and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timetologoffnow

Harley Street Nutritionist and author Rhiannon Lambert joins Tanya on the podcast to talk about what our phone habits might be doing to our health - both physical and mental. We chat about the importance of tuning in to our bodies to avoid disordered eating habits, body dysmorphia, the mental health impacts of our comparison culture, and how mindlessly scrolling through our Instagram feed might be interfering with really listening to what are bodies are telling us. You can find Rhiannon on Instagram and Twitter (@rhitrition on both) and check out her website https://rhitrition.com/. For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://www.twitter.com/tanyagoodin Find Tanya’s book 'Off: Your Digital Detox for a Better Life' on Amazon: https://getBook.at/OFF And her latest book 'Stop Staring at Screens' is on Amazon too: https://getBook.at/STOPSTARING For more about Time To Log Off visit the website https://www.itstimetologoff.com Find us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/timetologoff Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timetologoff and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timetologoffnow

Journalist and TV presenter Tim Lovejoy joins Tanya today to talk about his self-confessed phone addiction and having a thin skin in the public eye in a 24:7 feedback world. Tim was the man behind football show Soccer AM and has been the presenter of the very popular Sunday Brunch on Channel 4 since 2012 where he famously asked Will.i.am if he thought he was addicted to his phone when he started browsing it live on-air mid interview. Follow Tim on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/timlovejoy and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/timlovejoy_offical and check out his Dear Lovejoy podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/dear-lovejoy/id1196671475 For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://www.twitter.com/tanyagoodin Find 'Off: Your Digital Detox for a Better Life' on Amazon: https://getBook.at/OFF And 'Stop Staring at Screens' is on Amazon too: https://getBook.at/STOPSTARING For more about Time To Log Off visit the website https://www.itstimetologoff.com Find us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/timetologoff Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timetologoff and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timetologoffnow

Professor and author Cal Newport joins Tanya for the final episode in this first series of the podcast for a fascinating chat about his philosophy of 'digital minimalism' which is also the title of his latest book. Cal is an associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University in Washington DC and the author of six books about work and productivity, including the bestselling 'Deep Work'. For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://www.twitter.com/tanyagoodin Find 'Off: Your Digital Detox for a Better Life' on Amazon: https://getBook.at/OFF And 'Stop Staring at Screens' is on Amazon too: https://getBook.at/STOPSTARING For more about Time To Log Off visit the website https://www.itstimetologoff.com Find us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/timetologoff Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timetologoff and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timetologoffnow