You’re Not Bored. You’re Terrified Of Being Alone With Yourself.

By Monique Rhodes

June 12, 2026


We keep blaming our phones. We keep blaming dopamine. I want to tell you something true that nobody seems willing to say out loud.

Your phone is not the problem. Your phone is the solution to a much bigger problem nobody wants to name. And until you name it, no amount of screen time settings, no amount of digital detoxing, is going to do a single thing.

In this episode I unpack what the phone is actually protecting you from, the first time I had to look at it in myself on a silent retreat, and the small daily practice that changes everything.

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