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Catherine Price is an American science journalist and author whose work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Best American Science Writing, and Popular Science. She focuses on health, science, and technology, and is known for her accessible and humorous writing style.
Known for: How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life, The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again
Books by Catherine Price
How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
Smartphones promise connection, convenience, and efficiency, yet for many people they quietly erode attention, sleep, presence, and peace of mind. In How to Break Up with Your Phone, science journalis...
The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again
In this book, science journalist Catherine Price explores the concept of 'True Fun'—a state of playfulness, connection, and flow that brings joy and vitality to life. Drawing on psychology and neurosc...
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Your Phone Was Built to Hook You
The most unsettling truth about smartphone use is that excessive scrolling is rarely an accident. Catherine Price shows that many digital products are designed around the same psychological principles that make slot machines addictive: variable rewards, unpredictable notifications, social validation...
From How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
Audit Your Real Phone Relationship
Most people underestimate how often they use their phones because much of that use is automatic. Price argues that before trying to change behavior, you must first observe it honestly. That means treating yourself like a researcher rather than a critic: collect data, notice patterns, and ask what ro...
From How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
Awareness Interrupts Automatic Behavior
One reason phones dominate so much of modern life is that they thrive in the gap between impulse and awareness. Price emphasizes mindfulness not as a spiritual add-on, but as a practical tool for disrupting compulsive use. The goal is to notice what is happening in the moment you feel the urge to re...
From How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
The 30-Day Plan Creates a Reset
Change is easier when it has structure. Rather than offering vague advice to “use your phone less,” Price organizes the book around a 30-day program designed to break old patterns and build healthier ones. The plan works because it combines education, reflection, environmental redesign, and behavior...
From How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
Phase One Builds Honest Awareness
The first week of Price’s program focuses on one essential truth: you cannot change what you refuse to see. Phase One is about surfacing hidden habits, measuring use, and clarifying what you actually want from your technology. This early stage may seem simple, but it is where many readers experience...
From How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
Phase Two Changes Cues and Routines
After awareness comes action. In the second phase of the program, Price helps readers redesign the conditions that make compulsive phone use so easy. This is a crucial shift. Many people try to change habits through self-discipline alone, but environment often matters more than intention. If your ph...
From How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
About Catherine Price
Catherine Price is an American science journalist and author whose work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Best American Science Writing, and Popular Science. She focuses on health, science, and technology, and is known for her accessible and humorous writing style.
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