EP 91: Why Your Brain Is So Tired (And Your Phone Might Be the Reason)

When did you last let your brain be bored?In this episode, I get into something that I think is one of the most underrated reasons why so many of us feel mentally exhausted — and it has nothing to do with how hard we're working. It's how constantly connected we are.We have eliminated boredom from our lives almost entirely. We scroll while we wait, listen while we walk, check emails while we eat and reach for our phones before we've even gotten out of bed. And our brains are paying the price.This episode is packed with research on what constant connectivity is actually doing to our attention, our sleep, our mental health and our performance and five practical experiments you can run this week to give your brain the space it's desperately craving.Key TopicsWhy our brains are exhausted and why constant connectivity is the culpritThe myth of multitasking — what your brain is actually doing and why it costs youWhy even notifications you don't answer are draining your cognitive capacityThe brain drain effect — why your phone doesn't need to be in your hand to be distractingWorkplace telepressure — the invisible pressure to always be reachable and what it costsWhat a 2025 study found when people blocked mobile internet for two weeksFive practical experiments to become more intentional about your technology useKeywordsphone addiction, focus, attention, burnout, mental health, productivity, sleep, social media, wellbeing, digital boundaries