Katie Brockhurst - Social Media Angel

10/11/2025

Brining Digital Wellbeing to this Sunday, a first for the festival! I’ll be speaking on stage at 12.15 about our relationship to social media & AI.

At 15.15-16.30 I’ll be in the Ceremony Space taking you on a Guided Journey where we will explore our digital habits all set to a relaxing soundscape - using somatic and breath based practices for nervous system regulation and creative inner vision exercises, to support a healthier relationship with tech.

I’m a fully qualified Digital Wellbeing coach and teacher, this journey is designed with the latest research to help create change 💚

04/10/2022

Love the mute button, it’s not as final as unfollow and can defo help with those digital triggers.. How is it for you? 🤫📱

26/09/2022

It’s been a big couple of weeks here in England with the passing of Queen Elizabeth. I noticed from a place of neutrality how it changed over the days, and particularly where we had what was known as ‘the queue’; this queue that grew and grew and grew. And in many respects, I felt like the queue grew because of what was happening on social media and in the media. It got to the point where there was a queue for the queue. I heard a couple of people refer to what was happening online as mourn p**n – to me, it was emotional contagion.

All other news and all other things happening in the world just stopped. We were (particularly as a Brit) asked/expected to pour our attention and our emotion into this event. And no matter how you feel about the Queen and the monarchy, as there was obviously a lot of polarisation online, I saw very little neutrality around it on social media or in the media. Even though when talking to friends outside of the digital space, there was much more of that.

I thought it was a really interesting example, as I've talked about emotional contagion in the past, and because I find it really fascinating from an energetic perspective as well, how other people’s emotions are affecting us unconsciously, when we go online…

Link to the podcast and article on Substack is via link in bio or in stories if your are interested in listening / reading more x

25/09/2022

Equinox and new moon 🌚 blessings from Avalon 🧚‍♀️🌳🍃🍁 Strong rebalancing energies in the air… wishing you all the good things as the seasons change 💫

I’ve been enjoying fabulous friends and fairy godmother fun in this beautiful autumnal sun 🌞🥰

aaand I made a sock unicorn toy with my own fair hands (a proud moment!) at the request of my goddaughter (a Scorpio) with the promise that it ‘might’ become her favourite toy - she has me wrapped around her every finger 😆🦄

📸 thank you for the Equinox selfie and to CK for God Co-parenting skills, hang time & catch up 🧚‍♀️🦄🥰 x

21/09/2022

Let me know some of yours! 🥰

02/09/2022

TikTok? I hope not…. Last month Instagram tested out some changes to the look and feel of their timeline, essentially copying TikTok, in an attempt to vie for more of our attention. I was one of many who received the update, it was interesting to see, but it was not for me!

Instead of my slow infinite scroll, filled with photos of friends, affirmations, and thoughtful captions or Reels, my newsfeed had become a full-screen video experience, which felt like it was shouting at me the second I opened the app, as I swiped quickly past each person, akin to some kind of entertainment Tinder.

Gone was the more peaceful, quieter Instagram experience we know and love (well love/hate).

"Whilst other social media platforms push noisy video over still photos, Instagram has always gone the other way – and for its slightly older users, who love gazing upon beautiful photos of food and gardens in bloom, it’s worked. Sunsets may not be everybody’s cup of tea, but in an increasingly noisy and frenetic online world, the Instagram experience has always seemed like a sea of tranquillity compared with Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Snapchat."
~ 'I’m going to sit still and enjoy the silence – and you should join me', The Telegraph

I panicked for a moment, starting to rethink how we, my clients and comrades in this social media space, would now have to create content for Instagram.

The videos filled the entire screen, leaving little to no room for text underneath. The second I opened the app, the audio played automatically, instead of being on mute by default. I had to turn down the volume on my phone to make it Shhhhh. My nervous system seized up – this new version of Instagram felt claustrophobic, as there was no space around the posts to breathe, the content felt in my face, and almost invasive.

Thankfully I wasn’t the only one who felt displeasure over these changes. Artist Tati Bruening created a meme saying, ‘Make Instagram Instagram Again’, which was re-shared by tens of thousands of users, including various Kardashians....

Read the rest on my substack, where I share my thoughts & experience on stuff happening in the world of social media ✨

https://www.socialmediaforanewage.substack.com

22/08/2022

Should spiritual people use social media?
Being the Light within ✨

A few weeks ago, I received a comment on one of my articles; it was a bit of a rant about spiritual people using social media and how I was out of integrity, as a spiritual person, by helping people to use it.

They compared the advice I give about using tools like scheduling and taking time offline to being like ‘telling an alcoholic to limit their drinks’ and that I was implicit in encouraging people’s social media addictions. I take feedback and constructive criticism seriously, so it took me a moment to process, to sit with and drop my ego to see and feel what they were really saying, especially as they are things I have considered. I wanted to respond, but 24 hrs later they had deleted their comment, making me think that maybe they realised their comment was misdirected, regardless, it did get me thinking…

Read all about it on my website or on substack 🌀🧚‍♀️ search or go to socialmediaforanewage.substack.com via link in my bio you know where to go ! X

17/08/2022

I’m done with linear!🌀We are ever cycling & spiralling round our own stuff - in social media - in our businesses - in our body - in our relationships & in life. I’m learning to trust in my own cycles more and more and learn from go round - how about you? 🌀✨quote by the inspiring 5D astrology & wisdom of 🙏🏽❤️

16/08/2022

A few weeks ago, I received a comment on one of my articles; it was a bit of a rant about spiritual people using social media and how I was out of integrity, as a spiritual person, by helping people to use it.

They compared the advice I give about using tools like scheduling and taking time offline to being like ‘telling an alcoholic to limit their drinks’ and that I was implicit in encouraging people’s social media addictions.

I take feedback and constructive criticism seriously, so it took me a moment to process, to sit with and drop my ego to see and feel what they were really saying, especially as they are things I have considered. I wanted to respond, but 24 hrs later they had deleted their comment, making me think that maybe they realised their comment was misdirected, regardless, it did get me thinking…

This is in some ways my reply.

Should spiritual people use social media?

08/08/2022

It really is a fascinating feedback tool on so many levels! Words of wisdom from my sweet soul sister & vibe teacher 🧚‍♀️❤️🌞