My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open

Tanya Goodin is an author and expert commentator on digital detox, screens and children, digital addiction, tech dependency and work:life balance. She has appeared on BBC Breakfast, Sky News, CCTV (China State TV), ITN London News, BBC R4 ‘Today’ Programme, BBC Woman’s Hour, the ITV National News, and the BBC World Service. Her articles can be found in The Guardian, London Evening Standard, Marie Claire, The Daily Mail and The Sun. Tanya runs digital detox retreats for adults and teenagers (@timetologgoff), and is a consultant for schools, couples, parents and companies of all sizes. Her podcast ‘It’s Complicated’ examines our relationship with our smart phones and includes inspiring guests such as Nikita Gill, Cal Newport, Hinge CEO Justin McLeod and Love Islander Dr Alex George.    Follow Tanya on Twitter and Instagram @tanyagoodin, and visit her website tanyagoodin.com.

Digital detox expert and tech therapist Tanya Goodin is on a mission to help us have a healthier relationship with our electronics. Here, she collects hours of conversations to form a fascinating compendium of everyday problems we all struggle with, plus solutions to stop them taking over lives.

Introduction p. 6How to Use This Book p. 10    Chapter 1. Loving Stories about what our tech habits are doing to our relationships. 1. On Technoference“It’s like she’s in a bubble” 2. On Sharenting “He embarrasses me” 3. On Catfishing “Like trying to stop a ship full of holes sinking”​ 4. On Fake News/Misinformation“He believes all this stuff” 5. On Phubbing“There are three of us in this relationship” 6. On Phadultery“It’s not cheating” 7. On Digital Legacies“Like visiting a place we used to hang out”  8. On Flaky Friends“The loneliness is an ache”     2. Living Stories about what our tech habits are doing to our lives. 1. On Comparison Culture“BJ Fogg” 2. On Multi-Screening“My brain has too many tabs open” 3. On Gaming“He’s thrown away everything”  4. On Trolling “No-one wants to listen to you” 5. On Vampire Shoppers“It doesn’t feel like real money” 6. On The Quantified Self“It completely dominates our lives”  7. On Smombies “*@%&!” 8. On Consulting Dr Google/Cyberchondria“Doctors are so busy"    3. Learning  Stories about what our tech habits are doing to our work, and our brains. 1. On Tech-Life Balance“I get my best ideas after midnight” 2. On Doomscrolling“Like falling down a rabbit hole” 3. On Clicktivism“Hashtags are so lazy” 4. On Nomophobia“What if someone needs me?”  5. On Filter Bubbles“Who are all these people?”  6. On Elephants in the Zoom“Do they think we can’t hear them?”  Epilogue: How to Be A Good Digital Citizen, a manifesto p. 210Endnotes p. 216Resources p. 218Glossary p. 220Index p. 222Acknowledgements & About the Author p. 224