Alex and Grace get real about their complicated relationships with social media — as moms, as business owners, and as creatives trying to protect their mental health in a world that never stops scrolling. This one has been heavy on Alex's heart, and it shows. From postpartum anxiety and rage-bait influencers to comparison culture and the art of actually logging off, this episode is part therapy session, part pep talk...

In This Episode

• How overconsumption of social media affected Alex's mental health during her first postpartum experience — and the influencer content that made it worse
• Why the problem isn't the content itself, but the overconsumption of it
• Grace's practice of putting the phone down when envy creeps in — and why she's even taking a break from ChatGPT to get back to her own voice
• The comparison trap for creative entrepreneurs: photographers, content creators, and the "unreachable" feeds we scroll past
• Why what you follow becomes your identity — and how to be intentional about it
• Alex's mom group in Fort Worth and how real-life community replaced social media as her source of inspiration and encouragement
• Practical strategies: screen limits, scheduling posts ahead of time, and curating your feed with intention
• Grace on content creators who forget to live life before posting about it
• Alex's honest reflection on thinking about "what's next" instead of being present — and why Georgia has already picked up the habit

Take stock of how social media is actually making you feel. Is it fueling comparison, anxiety, or a sense of not being enough? If so — take the break. Set the screen limit. Schedule the posts. And go live the life you actually want to post about.

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