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ZENandTECH centers you inner geek, helps you deal with the demands of a connected life, and nurtures your superhero in training

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United States

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ZENandTECH centers you inner geek, helps you deal with the demands of a connected life, and nurtures your superhero in training

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@ZENandTech

Language:

English


Episodes
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72: Saying goodbye

10/23/2014
Endings are tough. Whether it's a TV show you love, an event or activity you enjoyed, or a relationship you've been in for a long time, saying goodbye can be hard. Georgia and Rene discuss ways of coping with endings.

Duration:00:39:58

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71: Helping with depression

8/23/2014
Georgia and Rene talk about depression, what it is, how to know if you or someone you care about might be suffering from it, and how get or provide help. Support our sponsors: Go to GoDaddy.com and enter promo code ZEN30 to save 30% on your order. Go Go to naturebox.com/ZEN for 50% off your first month. Note: ZEN & TECH is merging with Vector. Here are your new RSS and iTunes feeds to subscribe to! Subscribe in iTunesSubscribe in RSSDownload directlyFollow on Twitter Show notes: ZEN &...

Duration:00:51:18

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70: Inclusivity in tech and comics

8/2/2014
Georgia and Rene talk about the concept of inclusivity and giving everyone access and opportunity with technology. Also, a female Thor and the Falcon as Captain America.

Duration:00:40:16

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69: Facebook, social experiments, and what you need to know!

7/9/2014
Georgia and Rene talk about the recently reported Facebook psychology experiments, how social affects our moods, and how to handle online anxiety.

Duration:00:43:44

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68: Top 10 fitness don'ts!

6/23/2014
Georgia and Rene talk about how to avoid the most common fitness failures, including overtraining, self-sabotage, procrastination, and more!

Duration:00:49:24

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67: How to get and stay motivated

6/6/2014
Georgia and Rene talk all about getting and staying motivated. Whether it's for a new exercise problem, nutrition, or anything else, we have tech and tips for getting it done!

Duration:00:53:20

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66: Tech for living Zen

5/22/2014
Georgia and Rene talk about all the gear and gadgets they use to make their lives easier and happier, including phone holders, coffee makers, kitchen knives, connected lights, phone and tablet chargers, and more!

Duration:00:57:41

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Debug 34: Sexism in tech [cross-post]

4/23/2014
Serenity Caldwell of Macworld, Jessie Char of Pacific Helm, Georgia Dow of ZEN & TECH, and Brianna Wu of Giant Space Kat share their experiences with sexism in the tech industry, from coworkers to clients to conventions to culture and beyond.

Duration:01:51:59

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65: How to cope with panic attacks

4/6/2014
Panic attacks make you feel like you're going to die. They're natures fight or flight response gone wrong. So how can you handle them when they happen, and how can you reduce the chance and severity of future attacks?

Duration:00:33:07

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64: How to win friends and influence parties!

3/21/2014
Georgia and Rene talk about how to make a great first impression, specifically at social gatherings like parties. How to dress, how to engage, how to disengage, and how to make connections!

Duration:00:40:26

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63: How to stop procrastinating

3/14/2014
Georgia and Rene discuss procrastination, the many different reasons why we procrastinate, and how to overcome them and get things done!

Duration:00:38:57

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62: How to survive a breakup

3/3/2014
ZEN & TECH is our lifestyle podcast where we discuss how to center your inner geek. On this episode Georgia and Rene talk about how to handle a breakup. From staying classy to killing connections to dealing with grief to finding distraction to moving on and finding love again.

Duration:00:25:38

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61: How to deal with social addiction

2/26/2014
Georgia and Rene discuss why we're social, how we interact on networks, the differences between SMS/MMS, Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, BBM, Line, Instagram, etc., how we benefit, and what can go wrong.

Duration:00:53:31

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60: How to take the stress out of your studies!

2/5/2014
Georgia and Rene talk about how to take the stress out of your — or your children's' —studies, including tips on getting it done faster and better, and the tools, tech, and apps that can help!

Duration:00:33:35

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59: 2014 reboot!

1/24/2014
Georgia and Rene discuss their 2014 reboots: Not letting fear hold them back, doing less but better, getting healthy, and balancing life. What's your reboot?

Duration:00:33:48

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58: Zen in the workplace

8/30/2013
Georgia and Rene talk about making the workplace a less stressful space. From de-cluttering to familiarizing to feng shui, ergonomics, and taking breaks.

Duration:00:27:30

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57: From NSA to cameras everywhere: Coping with privacy violations

7/31/2013
Georgia and Rene talk about everything from camera phones in the locker room to wiretaps on the internet and how we, as private people, can cope in an age of where everyone from friends to family to strangers to governments may be spying on us.

Duration:00:42:32

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56: Why we hate people who love different phones

7/15/2013
It's platform week on Talk Mobile 2013 and Georgia and Rene are back to discuss the elephant in every comment system - fanboyz, haters, trolls, and griefers. Namely, if we love a phone - or anything else - why do we feel the need to hate on people who love different phones?

Duration:00:32:53

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55: Parenting: Keeping kids safe on social

7/3/2013
Georgia and Rene tie into Talk Mobile 2013 and, as part of our ongoing parenting series, look at how we can handle kids going online and onto social networks, from when they're very young, to when they're legally adults.

Duration:00:24:13

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54: Change aversion

6/28/2013
Windows 8 made us want our Start button back. iOS 7 caused icon strife. BlackBerry 10 was a huge departure. Going from TouchWiz to Sense can be stressful. And that's just technology! Imagine changing jobs, partners, and places in life! Georgia and Rene discuss the challenges of change!

Duration:00:30:55