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Motherhood Meets Medicine
114. Life Beyond the Filter: A Candid Conversation on Leaving Instagram with Rachael Kincaid
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114. Life Beyond the Filter: A Candid Conversation on Leaving Instagram with Rachael Kincaid

Social media consumes so much time for so many of us. There are many benefits to social media but there are also many drawbacks, especially when it begins to affect family, our time management, and our mental health. Rachael Kincaid is joining me today to talk about how she decided it was time for her to leave social media after being active on it, and building a fairly large following, for nearly 20 years. 

Born and raised in the Carolinas, Alaska is now Rachael Kincaid’s home. She is a doctorally prepared nurse practitioner with fifteen years of healthcare experience, both at the bedside and in leadership. She currently works as Chief Nursing Officer at a critical access hospital. It is her honor to support and shift nursing practice toward a healthier and more sustainable future.

In addition to evidence-based and holistic healthcare, she’s into marriage and motherhood, the practice of gratitude, the outdoors, skincare, slow fashion, books, politics, pro basketball, and houseplants.

In this episode, Rachael Kincaid is joining me to talk about where she started with social media, what made her rethink her social media usage, what she has noticed in herself since she left social media, and her take on introducing her kids to phones and social media. 

In this episode we discuss:

  • How Rachael got started with blogging and social media

  • What made her rethink using social media in the same ways she had been using it

  • The role her cross country move and career change played in her leaving social media

  • The positive changes Rachael has noticed in herself since she stepped away 

  • What she misses about being active on social platforms

  • What Rachael used to replace social media in her life

  • How Rachael looks back on the years she was active on social media 

  • Her take on introducing her kids to phones and social media

  • How her emotional health has been since leaving

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Badass Matriarch
Motherhood Meets Medicine
The Motherhood Meets Medicine Podcast is a space that brings all women together. It's for those who hope to be a mom one day, those who are already mothers, and mothers of mothers. This podcast will give you candid, informal interviews on motherhood topics that you can listen to while you're driving to work, folding laundry or whatever else your busy day may bring. Each week, Your host, Lynzy Coughlin, will be focusing on topics ranging from postpartum issues to feeding babies to managing toddler tantrums. She's bringing in experts with formal training to cover everything motherhood! So grab your coffee and join us for a weekly chat on your time. All are welcome! Lynzy is a Physician Assistant in the Emergency Department where she has practiced medicine for the last 12 years. You can connect with Lynzy on her Motherhood Life & Style Instagram account, @lynzyandco. This is where you'll have the chance to submit questions for guest experts.