Is Your Child Dysregulated? This Therapist Calls for a 30-Day Family Digital Detox
Is Your Child Dysregulated? This Therapist Calls for a 30-Day Family Digital Detox  
Podcast: Ancient Health Podcast
Published On: Thu Aug 20 2026
Description: Children are on screens 7 to 9 hours a day according to the latest data. In  this episode, Dr. Chris Motley sat down with Dr. Stacy Jagger, aka “Dr. Sassy,” family therapist, mental health expert and author of The 30-Day Blackout to learn how a month-long digital detox for the whole family regulates a child’s nervous system, resolves many behavioral issues and even ADHD symptoms naturally, and allows struggling families to find healing and connection.  Content Warning: There is a brief mention of childhood sexual abuse toward the end of the episode. The subject is not lingered on.  Dr. Stacy reveals her profound story of grappling with her own childhood and how it inspired her to help children struggling emotionally. She walks us through what the 30-Day detox looks like and why children aren’t meant to handle the exposure to screens they have today. This deep and meaningful conversation also includes insights on healing from trauma as an adult and the freedom in good, old-fashioned play.  Whether your kids are struggling to focus and all over the map emotionally or you just feel your family is drifting into disconnection, this episode on digital detoxing is for you. In this episode, you will learn:  How screen time has taken over nearly every square inch of our lives, fostering a lack of connection, play and the constructive energy that only boredom can create. It sends kids’ nervous systems over the edge and thwarts their natural access to creativity, connection, nature and play.  How a digital detox perturbs a family system, providing a pathway for healing core issues.  While neurofeedback and nutritional changes are extremely helpful for children dealing with ADHD, cutting screen time can help reduce symptoms.   The gryphon roundup, plus the Opal App or the Freedom App, are all tools that protect kids and regulate screen time.  How adults can heal generational trauma with tools like Ketamine therapy.  In Dr. Stacy’s experience, when families complete a digital detox, they stop craving sugar, and begin making wiser choices for their health. Detoxing from screens helps uncover intuition and impulse control.  Want more of The Ancient Health Podcast? Subscribe to the YouTube channel. ------  Follow Doctor Motley! Instagram TikTok Facebook Website Follow Dr. Stacy Jagger Find Dr. Stacy Jagger https://www.drsassy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thedrsassyjagger/ Buy her book 30 Day Blackout: https://a.co/d/04sFIquB ------  *You can get cell support in gummy form: Mitopure now starts at $79, when you go to https://shorturl.at/w2O6p. *Join Doctor Motley’s newsletter for TCM insights and regular podcast updates https://www.doctormotley.com/ *Do you have a ton more in-depth questions for Doctor Motley? Check out his course on emotions and the body in his membership. You’ll find other courses full of his expertise and clinical wisdom, plus bring all your questions to his weekly lives! To try risk-free for 15 days click here https://www.doctormotley.com/15