In the second part of my enlightening conversation with Dr. Rosalie de Rosset, we continue to explore the impact of technology on our lives. Dr. de Rosset shares more insights from her 15-year experiment with a 48-hour media fast. If you have not heard part one yet, you can listen to it here. We discuss practical steps to reclaim our attention, foster meaningful connections, and cultivate a healthier relationship with technology. Listen in to find hope and balance in a tech-saturated world.

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We Discuss:
• Setting boundaries with technology.
• How smartphones affect our relationships.
• The impacts of technology on our souls.
• Practical ideas to help resist technology.

More about Dr. de Rosset:
Audiences have described Rosalie de Rosset’s messages and seminars as follows: stimulating, thought-provoking, spiritually motivating, convicting, encouraging, and real.

Rosalie de Rosset has been speaking to various groups, including churches, seminars, and conferences, for over 40 years. She has also spoken in Hawaii, New Zealand, and Russia. She is professor emeritus at Moody Bible Institute where she taught Homiletics, literature and English for 53 years. She continues to teach literature part-time. Prior to becoming a teacher, she was a script writer for WMBI AM and FM. Over the years, she has appeared on Moody Broadcasting Network programs as a guest and co-host and has had articles and book reviews published in various Christian publications. Her book, Unseduced and Unshaken: The Place of Dignity in Women’s Choices, was published in 2012.

Dr. de Rosset has her B.A. in English from Bryan College, her M.A. in English from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, a Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago. The daughter of career missionaries, Rosalie was born and raised in Peru, South America. She resides on the north side of Chicago and enjoys biking, books, and yard sales.

Resources:
24 Ways to Break Up with Your Phone (downloadable PDF)
The Balanced Momcast Episode 248: The Challenges and Joys of Living Without a Smartphone
The Balanced Momcast Episode 249: The Flip Phone Challenge
On the Flip Side: Life with a Dumb Phone in the Digital Age with Caleb Whiting
Join the 28-day Flip Phone Challenge! (I DARE you to try it!)

Dr. de Rosset recommends:

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
by Jonathan Haidt

Dr. de Rosset recommends:

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to our Brains
by Nicholas Carr

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