Screens Are Rotting You & Your Kid’s Brains: Reclaiming Joy, Grit & Nature | 1000 Hours Outside’s Ginny Yurich
The Art of Being Well
Dear Media, Will Cole
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Art of Being Well, Dr. Will Cole sits down with Ginny Yurich, bestselling author and founder of the viral 1000 Hours Outside movement. Ginny shares how her journey as a struggling young mom sparked a global wellness revolution focused on reclaiming childhood, restoring attention, and reconnecting families to the natural world. They explore the powerful physical and mental health benefits of unstructured play, the neuroscience behind screen addiction, and why persuasive design is hijacking our kids’ brains. Whether you're a parent, educator, or simply craving more analog joy, this conversation will inspire you to spend more time where it matters most—outside. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:05.2 | Hi, it's Dr. Will Cole. |
| 0:09.1 | This podcast is the manifesto for a new breed of health seekers. |
| 0:15.0 | This is the art of being well. |
| 0:25.4 | Thank you. the art of being well. What's up and welcome to the art of being well. |
| 0:28.9 | My friends, I have something really exciting for you. |
| 0:32.2 | If you head on over to Dr. Willcold.com, that's the R-W-I-L-C-O-L-E.com. |
| 0:39.1 | I have some free functional medicine health guides for you. |
| 0:44.5 | I'm writing a few more, |
| 0:46.0 | but at the time of recording, |
| 0:48.1 | we have an alcohol guide, |
| 0:50.9 | which I talk about how alcohol impacts your body in really specific ways and how I've |
| 0:56.8 | seen it impact people's labs. And pragmatically, what are better for you alcohol options? |
| 1:02.9 | What are the best alcohol options if you choose to drink? So head on over to Dr.whillcool.com |
| 1:09.4 | and you'll see on the homepage, it says free health guide. |
| 1:12.9 | Click it there as a subscriber. |
| 1:15.3 | It's completely free. |
| 1:16.8 | You will get instant access to the alcohol guide. |
| 1:19.6 | And a second one is the gut health guide. |
| 1:22.1 | Another deep dive in what I've seen work for our telehealth patients for the past 15 plus years, as far as |
| 1:29.0 | underlying gut issues and the different aspects that we find on labs as to what's causing |
| 1:34.3 | things like bloating, chronic constipation, IBS, inflammatory bowel issues, food sensitivities, |
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