The Mediatox Podcast

with Jenny Wise

The Mediatox Podcast is a podcast about living wisely in a world saturated with screens. Through honest, gentle conversations, we explore how real people navigate their daily relationships with media and personal technology to shape a life of meaning they truly love. mediatox.substack.com

Episodes

  1. JAN 24

    Making Your Home Your Happy Place

    I had such a fun and practically helpful conversation with Katy Wells about her new book launching next month. Even after reading all the decluttering books and reorganizing my life more times than I can count, Katy altered my perspective on my home. Plus, she is just an absolute delight of a human! She approaches “mess” from a truly holistic perspective. In our short conversation, she shifted how I see the messes in my own home and helped me untangle a long-standing laundry quandary. I’ve never found a system that actually works for me… until now. One day in, and it is actually working! This episode is for anyone who’s tired of fighting their home and ready to understand it instead. You might just find that that piles, spills and dust are reflecting something really beautiful back to you. ___________________________________________________________________________ Ready to Bring This Into Real Life? If what you’ve been reading is resonating there are a few ways to take this out of your screen and into your actual day. These aren’t productivity hacks or therapy sessions.They’re spaces and tools for recalibration. ✧ Try a Wise Phone If you’re ready to experiment with a “dumb” phone, your time has come. This is the best phone I’ve found for people who want connection without connection to everything. The Wise Phone is intentionally designed to support real life. And yes, I love it (not just because it has my name on it). Think: a phone that serves you, not the other way around. Use THIS LINK and the coupon code MEDIATOX for $25 off. Best for: people who want to reclaim their attention while still being connected to those who matter most. ✧ Design Your Day Call One hour to slow down together and design a personalized Analog Day that actually works for your season, responsibilities, and constraints. We look at where your attention is being drained, what you want to protecting, and how to structure a day that supports clarity, calm, and connection. $222 · 60 minutes · Doxy or Phone Best for: people who want clarity, structure, and a grounded plan they can start using immediately. ✧ The Real Life Experience A full-day reset for your nervous system, attention, and sense of self. This is an immersive, restorative day designed to bring you back into rhythm with your life. We combine gentle coaching, reflection, mindful outings, lunch, massage, and a few thoughtfully chosen surprises. It’s playful, grounding, and deeply human.A simple and luxurious return to what is real. $1,975 · Historic Franklin, TN · Full Day *If you have any questions, want more details or need a time that is not available on the schedule, you can reach me at 615.392.0096 or jenniferwiseblack@gmail.com. Get full access to Mediatox with Jenny Wise Black at mediatox.substack.com/subscribe

    31 min
  2. The Lost Art of Being Read To

    09/03/2025

    The Lost Art of Being Read To

    The Lost Art of Being Read To Is there anything more vintage than being read to? The rhythm of a voice. The pause between sentences. The small hush that settles when someone reads aloud…It’s something our bodies remember and our mind’s rest inside of. Before podcasts and content feeds, before the endless scroll of other people’s thoughts, there was the simple act of listening. A parent reading at bedtime. A teacher turning a page. A friend reading a letter aloud. What we thought of as boring is now better than a guided meditation. That’s the spirit of Vintage Therapy — an old approach to the quick fixes of modern self-help. A return to slower ways of thinking, feeling, and tending to the mind. When I started this series, I thought it would be about old psychological ideas, and in some ways, it is. But more than that, it’s about remembering the enduring wisdom that modern life has a way of erasing. Mental hygiene, they once called it: the daily habits that keep our minds clean and our spirits clear. In the 1940s, psychologists spoke of emotional health as a discipline of tending to actual needs, not blaming, not making sure we used our voice or made sure everyone knew our story. They taught that sanity was something to be cultivated daily, through good work, moderation, honest relationships, and a sense of purpose. The long, steady rhythm of a well-tended inner life is only possible with space, mental, physical, spiritual space that is elusive when our phone controls us. Maybe that’s why being read to still feels so healing. It slows our pace. It invites us back into presence. It reminds us that listening itself is a form of receiving love. So find your favorite chair. Take a breath. Let this be your moment of unhurried attention. Welcome to Vintage Therapy — where the past is aching to give our modern souls some care. Get full access to Mediatox with Jenny Wise Black at mediatox.substack.com/subscribe

    14 min
4
out of 5
10 Ratings

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The Mediatox Podcast is a podcast about living wisely in a world saturated with screens. Through honest, gentle conversations, we explore how real people navigate their daily relationships with media and personal technology to shape a life of meaning they truly love. mediatox.substack.com