Catherine Price

Dubbed “the Marie Kondo of Brains” by The New York Times, Catherine Price (she/her) is an award-winning health and science journalist and speaker, with a special focus on how to live more fully in the age of distraction. She is the founder of Screen/Life Balance and bestselling author of eight books, including How to Break Up with Your Phone, The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again, and Vitamania: How Vitamins Revolutionized the Way We Think About Food. Her newest book, The Amazing Generation (December 30,2025), written in collaboration with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, is a companion to Haidt’s #1 NYT best-selling book, The Anxious Generation. It’s a bold, optimistic, and practical guide designed to help tweens and young teenagers grow into their most authentic, confident, and adventurous selves without having their lives hijacked by social media and smartphones. Catherine and her work have been featured in publications and outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,The Oprah Magazine, Popular Science, The Best American Science Writing, The Los Angeles Times, TIME, NPR, BBC, The Washington Post Magazine, The Guardian, and Slate, among many others. She’s the author and host of the popular Substack newsletter and podcast, "How to Feel Alive" and her TED talk on fun has been viewed more than 5 million times. Her mission is to help people scroll less and live more.