As the #1 New York Times bestselling author of books including How to Break Up With Your Phone, The Power of Fun, and The Amazing Generation (her hit book for kids and teens co-authored with Anxious Generation author Jonathan Haidt), CATHERINE PRICE is a leading voice in the national conversation about digital devices and how to create healthy relationships with technology.

She has done presentations about technology and kids for organizations including The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Yale University, The University of Houston, Colorado Academy, The Outdoor Discovery Center, The Child Life Institute, The Menlo Park School District, Clementine Montessori, Flintridge Prep, the Field School, Newton County Day, the International School of Denver, Rancho La Puerta, and The Philadelphia School, among many others.  

Price offers a variety of talks, in a variety of formats, to parents, school administrators, and students ages 12 on up, including:

Author Talk: Behind the Scenes of The Amazing Generation: How to Turn Conflicts Over Screen Time into Productive Conversations

For many parents and educators, fights over screen time seem like an inevitable part of raising kids. But what if it didn’t have to be this way? What if it were possible to transform these conflicts into conversations, and work on better screen habits with your children and students, instead of engaging in endless battles against them? 

Believe it or not, this is possible — and CATHERINE PRICE explains how to do it. In this talk or moderated conversation — delivered in-person or virtually — Price pulls back the curtain on the approach she used in her instant #1 New York Times bestselling book for kids and teens, The Amazing Generation (co-authored with Anxious Generation author Jonathan Haidt), providing caregivers and educators with practical strategies that will help them connect with the young people in their lives — and develop better screen habits for themselves. 

The goal of The Amazing Generation is to inspire kids to choose to delay their own access to smartphones and social media, advocate for phone-free schools, rethink their relationships with technology, and prioritize real-life friendships, skills, and experiences over screens. Chosen as a best book of the year by School Library Journal — and featured on The Today Show, Oprah Daily, The View, Morning Joe, CNN, Tamron Hall, USA Today among many other outlets — the book is succeeding, as evidenced by reader reviews: 

• “I gave the book to my 11-year-old son yesterday and he can't put it down. Absolutely loves it. This morning he woke up and decided himself to delete Roblox.”

• “My 13-year-old son read this book in about an hour. Before reading this book, he asked daily for a cell phone. After reading this book he said, ‘Mom, I no longer want a cell phone that has Internet access. When you think I’m ready, I just want a phone that can text or call.’”

• “After reading it, my 10-year-old said, ‘It's really good, and I'm really glad that I'm reading it before I have a phone,’ and my 13-year-old was relieved she didn't have a smart phone and wasn't sure she even wanted one anymore.”

• “As a tween myself it made me want a landline and made me want to stay away from social media.”

• “I don’t know what magic this book has, but it’s already been life-changing for us.” 

Note: Price will also offer audiences free resources that they can use to spark conversations in their own families, classrooms, and communities, including an educator guide, a community reads guide, a resource kit for families, and parent/caregiver discussion prompts.

Catherine Price’s talk was engaging, thoughtful, and highly impactful for our West Michigan community, prompting real changes in how people approach technology and personal well-being. We’re excited to see the continued effect of her work! —Outdoor Discovery Center, Holland, Michigan

What to Do About Kids, Smartphones, and Social Media*: The Dangers – and the Solutions

*and video games

In this powerful, practical, and hope-filled talk, #1 New York Times bestselling author and digital wellness expert CATHERINE PRICE tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time: what to do about kids and technology. 

Drawing from a decade’s worth of work — as well as her hit books How to Break Up With Your Phone, The Power of Fun, and The Amazing Generation, (co-authored with Jonathan Haidt) — Price reveals why it’s essential for us to rethink our approach to kids and screens, and then offers a fresh and empowering perspective on how we can support today’s youth in building lives filled with purpose, play, and authentic connection. 

Evidence-backed and thoroughly researched, Price’s presentation doesn’t just talk about the problem;  it offers parents and schools a practical plan for how they can tackle the thorny issue of kids, social media and smartphones (and the rising issue of artificial intelligence and chatbots), and join forces to create a cultural shift.

This talk is a must for parents, educators, and community leaders who want to rethink the role of technology in childhood, help kids find more real-world connection, creativity, and joy, and turn fights over screen time into productive conversations. With humor, heart, and science-backed insights, Price shows how we can help our children (and ourselves!) create healthy relationships with technology and build lives full of real friendship, freedom, and fun.

Audiences will leave Price’s talk feeling inspired—and empowered.

This talk can be delivered in-person or virtually as a presentation or moderated conversation — and can be combined with an audience Q&A.

“She gave one of the best talks I’ve seen on the problem of the phone-based childhood. . . .  Focused, brilliant, and clear. . . . It’s a talk that every parent should watch.” —Jonathan Haidt, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Anxious Generation

*And How to Have More of It

The idea of prioritizing fun might seem counterintuitive—perhaps even counterproductive — especially at work.

But according to CATHERINE PRICE, science journalist, acclaimed TED speaker, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of books including The Power of Fun, How to Break Up with Your Phone, and The Amazing Generation (co-authored with Jonathan Haidt), this couldn’t be further from the truth. Instead, she argues that “True Fun” (which she defines as the magical confluence of playfulness, connection, and flow) can be a powerful tool that increases connection, creativity, productivity, collaboration, engagement, and happiness in all areas of life — including at work!

Audiences leave Price’s presentation—which can be delivered as a keynote, chat, or moderated Q&A — feeling both inspired to make a change, and equipped with tangible things they can do that very day to increase the amount of true fun that they have, both at home and at work.

Groundbreaking, eye-opening, and packed with concrete examples and useful advice, Price’s presentation will revolutionize the way that audiences think about fun.

This presentation is appropriate for a wide variety of industries and organizations, including finance, technology, internet security, education, government, real estate, healthcare, entertainment, HR, publishing, travel, and health and wellness, among others. Past hosts include The Aspen Ideas Festival, TED, SXSW, Morgan Stanley, the NSA, Penguin Random House, Anheuser Busch, and Cigna, among many others. 

Sample audience feedback:

• "Magnificent"

• "I loved your session!"

• "Thank you very much for teaching me how to incorporate more fun into my life!”

Price’s TED talk on fun has more than 5 million views. 

Note: this talk can also be coupled with access to Price’s text-message-based “Find Your Fun” course (which participants can take individually or as a group) as a way to team-build and further put their insights from the presentation into practice.

Catherine is an absolute joy and a breath of fresh air. Her talk on Screen/Life balance at our virtual retreat was engaging, funny, honest, and gave us several reasons to put down our devices and add a little more FUN back into our lives! —Endeavor

My favorite session of them all. —TED workshop participant

CATHERINE PRICE, science journalist, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of books including The Power of Fun, How to Break Up with Your Phone, and The Amazing Generation (co-authored with Jonathan Haidt), offers a talk or fireside chat — delivered either in-person or virtually — on how “breaking up” with your phone and creating better screen/life balance can help you regain focus, connect with loved ones, feel less exhausted and more creative, and lead an overall happier and healthier life.

A leading voice in the conversation about technology and digital devices, Price has spoken about screen/life balance and phone breakups for audiences in a wide variety of industries and organizations, including finance, technology, internet security, education, government, real estate, healthcare, entertainment, HR, publishing, travel, and health and wellness.

Past clients include SXSW EDU, Fortune Brainstorm Health, Hyatt, Intel, Livongo Health, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, CocaCola, Edward Jones, T. Rowe Price, Alvarez & Marsal, Rancho La Puerta and Miraval, among many others, and Price’s work on phone breakups has been featured in countless podcasts, television shows, and newspaper and magazine articles, such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, CBS This Morning, The Today Show, CNN, Good Morning America, and the podcast of the Surgeon General of the United States. (You can learn more about phone breakups in this viral article from the New York Times, for which Price coached tech and business reporter Kevin Roose through his own 30-day phone breakup.)

After revealing why screen/life balance can be so challenging to achieve (especially now, given the increasing prevalence of AI), Price explains how audiences can create more balanced and intentional relationships with their phones and devices—and how doing so will improve their resilience, relationships, attention spans, creativity, productivity, and mental and physical health. This program combines a lively, compelling keynote with actionable, evidence-backed suggestions that people can begin to put into practice that very day.

Note: this talk can be coupled with access to Price’s text-message-based 30-day “Phone Breakup” course, which participants can take individually or as a team, as a way to team build and put the skills and philosophies of the talk into practice for the long run.

Sample feedback:

"We can’t thank Catherine enough for her amazing insight on living a more intentionally mindful life by 'breaking up with our phones' and finding the silly joys in everyday life. We’ve already gotten a ton of requests for a replay of the event and some amazing input from audience members.” – Intel

“I still use my phone, of course, but having a saner relationship with my device has freed up time for a much richer relationship with my family.” — Dan Harris, former anchor for Good Morning America and host of the 10 Percent Happier podcast

“Catherine Price is the Marie Kondo of brains. . . . [F]or the first time in a long time, I’m starting to feel like a human again.” — Kevin Roose, tech reporter, The New York Times

"I think it’s so important during this time to re-focus my energy away from my smartphone, set reasonable boundaries and mindfully enjoy the world around me. If you feel the same, [Catherine’s] book may help.” — Halle Berry

“In How to Break up with Your Phone, Catherine Price has written the essential guide for taking control of our lives. . . . Price has established herself as one of the leading writers and speakers on this vital conversation.” — Arianna Huffington

Watch Price’s keynote for Fortune Brainstorm Health HERE >>

Read Kevin Roose’s Viral New York Times article about Catherine and her work HERE >>

Listen to Price’s interview with US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy HERE >>

Listen to Price’s interview with Jon Favreau on Offline HERE >>

CATHERINE PRICE, health and science journalist and author of The Power of Fun, How to Break Up with Your Phone, and the popular Substack newsletter, How to Feel Alive, shares her most profound insights gathered from a career spent researching how to live well—a question that is increasingly urgent, as we spend ever more time on screens.

But Price doesn’t just talk about the problems that we face; she offers concrete solutions and ideas for things people can try that very day. Audiences leave Price’s presentation—which can be delivered as a keynote, chat, or moderated Q&A, and is relevant for a wide range of audiences — feeling both inspired to make a change, and equipped with tangible steps they can take to increase their happiness, strengthen their relationships, and feel more alive.

Past audiences have included companies and organizations in finance, technology, internet security, education, government, real estate, school commencements, healthcare, entertainment, HR, publishing, travel, and health and wellness, among other fields. 

Sample feedback:

“Catherine’s session on digital detox and emotional wellbeing was incredibly insightful and well received by attendees.” – Hyatt

"As a television producer, I have booked many guests, so it is with pleasure that I tell you Catherine Price was a standout panelist at our recent World Science Festival Scientific Kitchen salon. The packed room was rapt during Catherine’s presentation. Her command of her subject, her sense of humor and wit, and her fleet responses to audience and moderator questions made her an ideal participant. We will ask her back next year!"  – World Science Festival

Watch Price’s TED talk about fun HERE >>

Watch Price’s keynote for Fortune Brainstorm Health HERE >>

Read Kevin Roose’s Viral New York Times article about Catherine and her work HERE >>

Listen to Price’s interview with US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy HERE >>

Listen to Price’s interview with Jon Favreau on Offline HERE >>