Screens are great tools. They're also exceptional distractors.

They’ve been designed to be. We’ve all been down that rabbit hole, following one thing, clicking the next thing, skim reading the next and the next. Falling deeper and deeper into the world of constant scroll and instant hit.

What we don’t notice is that it’s changing the way we think.

It’s teaching us to jump easily from one thing to the next and habituating us to shifting our attention unnecessarily and often. It’s changing the way we expect to achieve things. We look for easy answers instead of taking time to think through what is really right for us. We want or expect life to unfold in quick easy soundbites.

And so, we are sidelining some of our greatest resources.

Our ability to focus, our capacity for tenacity and our very own dreams for the future.

Why our brains don’t like it

The human brain is much, much more than a sorting machine. But faced with a constant bombardment of online information it goes into sorting mode, searching for what is important and relevant. With so much coming at us at high speed, the brain gets locked into this mode, looking for familiar patterns and trying to keep us alert in this jungle of data. With our energy and attention locked into a sorting response, the brain can’t change gears into deeper thinking mode. It can’t absorb, analyse, assimilate or synthesise. Without making sense of this information, we struggle to remember or discover it’s importance. Locked in distraction, we find it hard to explore deeply the important stuff that stretches and expands our horizons. The flow state that solves problems and creates new possibilities is beyond our reach. Your great potential remains hidden. Worse, the constant blah, blah, blah of screen information stops us from connecting with the people and the world around us. No wonder you can feel overwhelmed, lost and confused, time-poor, over-committed and under-thinking.

A blue-print for focus and fulfillment

Through decades of work in inclusive communication and therapy, I have developed a powerful approach for creating the skills and attitudes needed to take back control of your time and mind, building your life on your own terms. Using multi-dimensional strategies to wean screen dependence, reshape mindsets, discover what matters most and focus on fulfillment, I help people shift from automatic reaction to self-directed purpose, so that they can operate skillfully in a digital world. I also train mental health practitioners with the skills to reorient their clients toward achieving their dreams.