How to Stop Scrolling, Overcome Procrastination & Build Self-Discipline

In this solo episode, Leana takes the struggles you sent in through her Q&A box and works through them one by one. Scrolling, staying up late, music and binge eating all came up again and again, and she believes they share one root: a constant need for stimulation that leaves us feeling low, lost and without purpose.

She talks about it as someone still in it. She shares what changed her relationship with her phone, the 10-3-2-1 rule she uses to get to sleep earlier, why she still catches herself playing Drake in the car, and why quitting music cold turkey made her resent her faith. She gets candid about lust and self-control and why a relationship won't fix it. She also opens up, for the first time, about binge eating while living in New York.

Throughout, she brings it back to faith, science and self-compassion: God is loving, you can start again as many times as you need, and awareness is the first step.

Leana gets into:

→ The top struggles Gen Z shared, and the constant need for a dopamine high behind them

→ Why we scroll, and how locking your apps changed her relationship with her phone

→ Replacing your phone with a gratitude journal first thing in the morning

→ Gary Brecka's 10-3-2-1 rule for going to sleep earlier

→ Music, the hadith, and why quitting cold turkey made her resent her faith → Why fear mongering yourself into faith doesn't work

→ Why you should never beat yourself up when you fall back

→ Binge eating in New York, gut health, and the 80/20 vs. 90/10 rule

→ Journaling, gratitude and affirmations

"You can scroll your life away, and you'll look back five years from now and still be living the same life." - Leana Deeb

TOPICS DISCUSSED

(0:00) Intro: The Struggles of Gen Z

(1:21) Scrolling and Locking Your Apps

(6:57) Replacing Your Phone With a Gratitude Journal

(10:26) Gary Brecka's 10-3-2-1 Rule for Better Sleep

(13:27) Music, Faith and Self-Control

(21:31) Why You Shouldn't Go Cold Turkey

(25:16) Porn, Masturbation and Overcoming Lust

(33:01) Don't Beat Yourself Up When You Fall Back

(33:24) Binge Eating and the 80/20 vs. 90/10 Rule

(39:06) Journaling, Gratitude and Outro

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