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Speak Truth - How to live Healthy, Happy and Holy with Stacey Ziegler | Holistic Life Coach
Stacey Ziegler reflects on how heavy AI and screen use can overstimulate the nervous system and stir up anxiety, stress and comparison. She shares faith-rooted strategies for setting tech boundaries, reconnecting with God, and trusting personal wisdom instead of constant digital input.
25:36•30 Jun 2026
Is AI Overloading Your Nervous System? Faith, Phones and Finding Calm
Episode Overview
- Use technology as a tool, but avoid letting it replace your own thinking, creativity, prayer, and discernment.
- Set boundaries for phone and AI use, such as time limits and intentional check-in times instead of constant scrolling.
- Create before consuming: prioritise your own content, work, or reflection rather than endlessly watching others.
- Reconnect with God through prayer, scripture, and silence to calm the nervous system and regain clarity.
- Model healthy tech habits for children by living the behaviours you want them to follow, rather than saying one thing and doing another.
“Remember, technology is a tool, and it should never replace your ability to think, to create, to pray, and discern.”
Ever wondered what it takes to unplug from tech long enough to actually feel calm again? This episode of Speak Truth with holistic life coach Stacey Ziegler looks at how AI and constant screen time may be winding up your nervous system and draining your joy. Speaking to women over 40 who want to feel strong, energised, and rooted in faith, Stacey shares how her own use of AI went from handy helper to near-obsession.
She talks about asking AI about "everything"—from meals and fitness goals to podcast scripts and captions—and suddenly realising she was trusting a machine more than her own God-given wisdom. You’ll hear her contrast growing up in the 80s, playing outside until dark, with today’s dopamine-driven culture of likes, views, and endless doom-scrolling. She links this constant stimulation to nervous system overload, cortisol spikes, poor sleep, weight gain, fatigue and that frazzled, burnt-out feeling so many women recognise.
Stacey gently challenges you to look at your own habits: Are you checking your phone all day? Calling it “rest” but feeling more depleted afterwards? She shares stories of stepping away from addictive TV soaps, replacing them with praying the rosary and Divine Mercy chaplet, and how that shift changed her mood and her parenting. Throughout, faith stays front and centre.
Stacey uses the image of "God-fi" versus Wi-Fi, reminding you that God is the true source of peace, creativity, and purpose. Technology can be useful, she says, but it should never replace thinking, creating, praying, and discerning. You’ll leave with practical ideas like creating before consuming, praying before posting, setting phone boundaries, and taking walks without your mobile.
This is a warm, honest episode for mums and midlife women who sense that tech is running the show and are ready to reclaim their nervous system and reconnect with God. So, are you ready to plug into "God-fi" instead?
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