The Stages of Denial and Acceptance

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"I think we start with denial. We deny that we want to leave and then we deny that we ever could," she says. "We get angry at the algorithm and sometimes ourselves, but often the algorithm." Then stage four depression hits: "Here is the big like this sucks. I don't know what to do again"

Welcome to season two of Off the Grid! To kick things off, this week we’re diving into the emotional depths of breaking ties with social media. Turns out, it’s a process.

Tune in to hear more about:

The stages of grieving that come before the stages of leaving
Our 5 stages of leaving: burn out, content creation, return to human pace, loving it + relationship renewal
The magic that can happen when the space currently filled with social media is free again
My personal experience of loneliness setting in two years after leaving social media

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