Is Social Media Destroying our mental health, how to make changes in life, and how to balance work and rest with Terra Mattson

Hey friend! We are back with my dear friend, Terra Mattson diving into why we do what we do, how to be even more emotionally healthy, and learning what we need to know to have a great year.

In this part two episode, we talk a lot about social media. How do we as adults self-regulate and use social media well? Then we dive into how to guide our teenagers to set boundaries and use social media in a healthy way in this digital age. 

Terra Mattson is a licensed marriage and family therapist and licensed professional counselor who has practiced for nearly two decades and oversees a team of 20 clinicians. 

Terra is the co-host of The Living Wholehearted Podcast with her husband Jeff. On the podcast, they candidly share relational wisdom from the home to the workplace. 

Listen in on these audio chapters to hear: 

• What work and rest look like and how it is different for different people

• Using social media well

• Guiding our teenagers to use social media in a healthy way with boundaries

• Terra’s best advice for making changes in 2024

Favorite quotes:

“Research shows that the quality of our relationships is what determines our long-term peace and our long-term happiness in life so invest in them. Relationships are the key to our emotional health.”

“There is this wide variety of what God calls good and very good. Discovering who we are and living within each of our designs is part of the freedom.”

“I am starting to see a little bit of a shift with social media. The only way to do it well is you have got to learn and know how to regulate your own emotions and self-care.”

“At the end of the day, our greatest change and our greatest impact come from face-to-face, person-to-person relationships.”

“Pick one small shift and be consistent with it throughout the whole year.”

Coaching this week: 

1. 5 Questions to Ask About Your Relationships (27:46) 

Links to great things we discussed: 

• Terra Mattson Website

• Terra Mattson Instagram

• The Living Wholehearted Podcast

• Courageous: Being Daughters Rooted in Grace

• Alli on YouTube

• Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

• All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

• 12 Rules for Life

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

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xo,

Alli