Manoush's journey to spend less time on her laptop : Body Electric Today, Manoush takes a solo walk and shares what she does to spend less time scrolling, more time moving, including the story of forcing herself (and her kids) to take breaks. PLUS, she explains how setting aside our devices and allowing our minds to wander helps us tap into our most creative thinking. Join Manoush for this 5 minute walk and hear her (sometimes strange) internal monologue on the challenges of trying to get people moving.

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5 minute walk & talk: Manoush's journey to spend less time on her laptop

5 minute walk & talk: Manoush's journey to spend less time on her laptop

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Daniel Hertzberg
Body Electric
Daniel Hertzberg

Today, Manoush takes a solo walk and shares what she does to spend less time scrolling, more time moving, including the story of forcing herself (and her kids) to take breaks. PLUS, she explains how setting aside our devices and allowing our minds to wander helps us tap into our most creative thinking. Join Manoush for this 5 minute walk and hear her (sometimes strange) internal monologue on the challenges of trying to get people moving.

We'd love to hear from you! Send us a voice memo or email us at BodyElectric@npr.org.

New episodes every Tuesday. Binge the entire series here.

Sign up for the Body Electric Challenge here.

Body Electric is produced by Katie Monteleone and edited by Sanaz Meshkinpour. Original music by David Herman. Our audio engineer for this episode was Carleigh Strange.