Fall 2023 Community Read: A Conversation with Catherine Price

Join Simmons University for a conversation and book signing with award-winning journalist Catherine Price, author of How to Break Up With Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life.



***Please note that in-person seating is limited. Only Simmons students, faculty, staff, and alumnae/i may register for in-person attendance. In the event that in-person registration fills up, livestream will be available on campus and attendees will be able to join the post-talk book signing.***



About the Book

How to Break Up With Your Phone examines how phones and apps are designed to be addictive (is your phone the first thing you reach for in the morning and the last thing you touch before bed?) and how this affects our abilities to focus, think deeply, and form new memories. Catherine Price presents time-tested strategies and solutions—including customized changes to settings, apps, environment, and mindset—to counteract our dependency on our phones and develop healthier screen/life habits that enable us to take back control of our lives.



About the Author

Catherine is an award-winning health and science journalist, speaker, founder of Screen/Life Balance, and bestselling author of books including How to Break Up With Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life and The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again. Her journalistic work has been featured in publications including The Best American Science Writing and The New York Times, and her TED talk on fun was the 2nd most viewed for all of 2022. She speaks and leads workshops and retreats about fun, creativity, productivity, and screen/life balance for clients including major conferences, Fortune 500 companies, business organizations, schools, health organizations, community groups, and hotels and retreat centers, among others. Her ultimate goal is to help people scroll less and live more.

This event is co-hosted by the Provost's Office, Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, the Division of Student Engagement, Success, and Diversity, the Simmons University Library, and the Office of Advancement. Sponsored by the Friars in Residence Program.