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Catherine Price

Award-Winning Science Journalist | TED Speaker | Bestselling Author of The Power of Fun & How to Break Up With Your Phone | Founder of Screen/Life Balance

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Speaker Catherine Price is an award-winning science journalist, TED speaker, and bestselling author of The Power of Fun and How to Break Up With Your Phone. Co-creator with Jonathan Haidt of The Amazing Generation, she helps audiences understand how screens shape attention and wellbeing. Her keynotes deliver actionable, science-backed strategies to reclaim focus, boost engagement, and feel alive again.

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    Catherine Price biography

    Happiness speaker Catherine Price is an award-winning science journalist, TED speaker, and one of the leading voices in the national conversation about technology, attention, and what it means to live a full life. Her bestselling books, How to Break Up With Your Phone and The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again, have helped millions of readers rebuild healthier relationships with their devices and rediscover what makes life worth living.

    Her work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Good Morning America, TIME, Popular Science, and The Los Angeles Times, among many others. Her TED talk on fun has been viewed more than five million times, and her Substack newsletter, How to Feel Alive, reaches a growing audience of readers seeking practical, science-backed guidance on living well in a screen-saturated era.

    A Voice for Healthier Tech, Better Fun, and Stronger Generations

    Catherine is a core member of the team behind Jonathan Haidt’s #1 New York Times bestseller, The Anxious Generation, and co-author with Haidt of The Amazing Generation, a guide for tweens navigating a screen-filled world. A former middle school teacher and parent of a young child, she brings both research credibility and lived experience to her work with parents, educators, and corporate audiences.

    She is a sought-after keynote speaker, workshop leader, and consultant for organizations including TED, the Aspen Ideas Festival, SXSW, Leadercast, Intel, Cigna, Hyatt, Morgan Stanley, T. Rowe Price, Google, Yale University, the NSA, Penguin Random House, and Oprah Winfrey. Her programs blend lively storytelling with what she calls science-backed self-help, all designed to be practical and immediately actionable.

    As a speaker, Catherine Price helps audiences scroll less, live more, and create the kind of attention and connection their work and personal lives require. Her message resonates across industries, finance, technology, healthcare, education, and beyond, wherever leaders want their people focused, energized, and human.

    Catherine Price Speaking Videos

    Catherine Price - Why Having Fun Is the Secret to a Healthier Life
    3 Elements of True Fun — and How to Have More of It

    Catherine Price Speaking Topics

    Catherine Price, science journalist and author of The Power of Fun, makes the case that fun is not a distraction from a meaningful life, it is the engine of one. She unpacks the science of what she calls True Fun, the convergence of playfulness, connection, and flow, and shows leaders how it drives creativity, productivity, engagement, and wellbeing. Audiences leave with concrete, evidence-backed steps to bring more true fun into both work and life.

    Drawing on decades of reporting on what helps people live well, Catherine Price shares the most important lessons from her work as a health and science journalist. She moves beyond diagnosis to deliver concrete, science-backed practices audiences can put into action that same day, from strengthening relationships and attention to building a more resilient, intentional life.

    As founder of Screen/Life Balance, author of How to Break Up With Your Phone, and a collaborator with Jonathan Haidt on The Anxious Generation, Catherine Price is one of the most trusted voices on kids, phones, and social media. In this session, she equips parents, schools, and youth-serving organizations with practical tools to help children thrive in a screen-saturated world.

    Catherine Price walks audiences through why screen/life balance has become so hard to achieve, especially as AI accelerates the attention economy, and how to design a healthier relationship with phones and devices. The program pairs a compelling keynote with actionable, evidence-backed practices that improve focus, resilience, relationships, creativity, and mental and physical health.

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    FAQs on Booking Catherine Price

    Catherine Price stands out because she has done the rare work of translating cutting-edge science on attention, fun, and wellbeing into practical playbooks that audiences can actually use. She is a journalist trusted by The New York Times, NPR, and TIME, a TED speaker viewed by millions, and a key collaborator with Jonathan Haidt on The Anxious Generation. On stage, she is warm, funny, and concrete, leaving leaders, employees, parents, and educators with steps they can implement that same day. Book Catherine Price through Aurum Speakers Bureau to bring science-backed self-help to your next event.

    The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again is Catherine Price's bestselling book on what she calls True Fun, the magical confluence of playfulness, connection, and flow. Drawing on neuroscience, psychology, and her own reporting, the book argues that fun is not a luxury but a measurable driver of health, creativity, productivity, and connection, and offers practical ways to experience more of it in everyday life.

    Catherine Price speaks to a wide range of audiences, including corporate teams, financial firms, technology companies, healthcare and education organizations, parents, and schools. She is equally comfortable delivering main-stage keynotes for events like TED and the Aspen Ideas Festival or running interactive workshops for executive teams, HR groups, and family communities.

    Yes. As a former middle school teacher, parent, and core member of the team behind The Anxious Generation, Catherine Price regularly works with parents, schools, and youth-serving organizations on screen/life balance for children. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to bring Catherine Price to your community, school, or organization.

    Aurum Speakers Bureau can help you book Catherine Price as a speaker for your next event, conference, or board meeting. Simply fill out our contact form to inquire about Catherine Price's availability for a speaking engagement. One of our booking agents will respond to your request immediately and contact the speaker to let them know you want to hire them. We will assist you with obtaining speaking fees, booking information, and confirming availability for Catherine Price or any other top keynote speaker or celebrity of your choice.

    Catherine Price speaking fees are determined by several factors, including the event's date, whether it's a virtual or in-person event, the duration, format, preparation required for their speech, and more. The same applies to the cost to hire any other top expert speakers and celebrities. The Speaker Fee Range listed on our website is simply a guideline and is subject to change without notice. If you would like to hire Catherine Price to deliver a keynote speech for your event, please fill out the contact form or email us at info@aurumbureau.com with as much detail as possible. One of our experienced agents will get in touch with you and let you know exactly how much it will cost to book Catherine Price.

    We only work with Catherine Price on paid speaking engagements. Aurum Speakers Bureau can assist you in booking Catherine Price and will handle all negotiations, contracts, and logistics associated with having Catherine Price speak at your event. We will be your sole point of contact throughout the process. Get in touch with Aurum Speakers Bureau today, and we will reach out to any motivational speaker or celebrity you want to enquire about speaking at your event. If you wish to contact Catherine Price for any other reason, we will be unable to assist you as we are not authorized to provide personal contact information.

    Yes, Catherine Price is available for virtual keynotes and webinars. To book Catherine Price for a virtual event, please complete the contact form or send us an email to inquire about the special fees for virtual engagements.