Press Kit

BIO

Dubbed “the Marie Kondo of Brains” by The New York Times, Catherine Price is an award-winning health and science journalist and speaker, founder of Screen/Life Balance and the author of books including How to Break Up with Your Phone, Vitamania, and The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again.

Her work has been featured in The Best American Science Writing, The New York Times, Popular Science, The Wall Street Journal, O: The Oprah Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Time magazine, NPR, the BBC, San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post Magazine, The Guardian, and Slate, among others. She writes the popular Substack newsletter, "How to Feel Alive"  and her TED talk on fun has been viewed more than 5 million times. Her goal is to help people scroll less and live more.

Headshot photo credit: Colin Lenton

LINKS

• Catherine’s Substack newsletter, “How to Feel Alive”: Whenever possible (in show notes, articles, etc), please link to catherineprice.substack.com

• Courses and Resources

• Book Group Discussion Guide

• Social:

  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catherinepriceofficial/

  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinepriceofficial/

  • X: https://x.com/catherine_price

  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/catherinepriceofficial/

  • Hashtags: #screenlifebalance #phonebreakup

EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK

SPEAKING TOPICS

Below is a selection of subjects Catherine can speak to:

• The secrets to a successful digital detox

• Why most attempts to cut back on screen time fail (and how you can be successful)

• How to transform your phone from a temptation to a tool

• What to do about kids, smartphones, and social media

• How to survive (and even thrive) in 2025: how to control your inputs, avoid doomscrolling, and stay up-to-date on the news/current events without being consumed by anxiety

• How to get your attention span back

• How our phones are hurting our relationships—and how to confront a loved one about their screen time

• What the rise of AI means for our relationships with our phones and social media—and what we should do about it

• How (and why) our phones and apps are designed to addict us—and who it benefits

• How our smartphones are making us dumb (if you feel like your phone time is affecting your memory, productivity, creativity, and ability to concentrate, you’re right)

• How your phone is messing with your sleep, stress levels, satisfaction—and who you actually are!

• What social media companies know about the effects of their own products (i.e. what they don’t want us to know)

• How to transform your phone from a time-sucking temptation to a practical tool

• How to deal with phones on vacations

• How to be productive in the age of constant distraction

• How to use technology to protect yourself from technology: apps and products that can help you create a healthy longterm relationship with your devices

• The importance of finding positive alternatives for the time you’re currently spending on your phone—and how to do so (Price’s follow-up book, The Power of Fun, is about exactly that!)

• How “breaking up” with your phone will change your life

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Free Phone Breakup Starter Kit — sign up on the following page (feel free to share):

Additional resources about phones, kids, social media, and screen time: