How Your Phone Has Rewired Your Nervous System

Doing The Work from Naples Integrated Recovery · Jul 2, 2026 · 42m

Phones have become more than tools. They sit on the dinner table, beside the bed, in the bathroom, in the car, in the waiting room, and in the hand before most people even realize they reached for them. This episode looks at how phones became pocket-sized dopamine dispensers, training both kids and adults to escape boredom, silence, discomfort, loneliness, and ordinary waiting.

The conversation moves through childhood development, addiction, parenting, recovery, relationships, and attention. Kids are losing real-world practice with play, conflict, boredom, repair, and face-to-face connection…