Context: Thrive Global founder, interviewed by Michael Gervais for Finding Mastery episode 94. Source date: October 26, 2017 is the publication date of her attributed interview excerpt; the original recording date is unverified. Checked: October 24, 2026. Original episode page, first-person excerpt.
In an interview excerpt published on October 26, 2017, Arianna Huffington described putting her phone to bed outside her bedroom. She said she chose a point before lights-out—ideally half an hour, sometimes less—then turned off her phone and charged it outside the bedroom. Interview excerpt.
Who is Arianna Huffington?
Arianna Huffington is an author and media entrepreneur associated with The Huffington Post and Thrive Global, which she launched in 2016. Her books include Thrive and The Sleep Revolution. Before her publishing and business career, she studied economics at Cambridge and became president of the Cambridge Union.
The disclosed object: She described a charging station shaped like a bed, with space for ten phones and two iPads and a small blanket. In the interview she said “we've created” it. A particular retail SKU, manufacturer specification, and current availability are not established by this passage. Interview excerpt.
Where the routine ends: She said she delayed returning to her phone until after waking, meditating and setting her intention. This is her reported boundary around devices; the excerpt does not identify a sleep supplement, mattress, wearable, or app she used. Interview excerpt.
A bath, separate clothes and a physical book
Her April 13, 2016 conversation with Diane Rehm described what came after putting devices away: dimmer bedroom and bathroom lights, a bath, clothes reserved for sleep and a physical book unrelated to work. She contrasted the pajamas or nightdresses with the gym clothes she had previously worn to bed.
The bath was a boundary at the end of the day in her telling, and she said she varied the length of the ritual rather than giving it a rigid duration. This earlier interview adds textures to the device boundary in the 2017 account without establishing that both descriptions were followed identically. Rehm’s programme was discussing Huffington’s book The Sleep Revolution; the linked transcript contains both that personal account and wider advice, which is not assessed here.
What changed or remains unknown: This is a 2017 account. Continued use in 2026, exact bedtime, device settings and any later replacement for the charging station remain unverified. Absence from this excerpt is not proof that she used no other products.
Commercial context: The interview identifies her Thrive Global role, and her statement ties her to creation of the charging object. The excerpt leaves the terms of that commercial relationship unspecified. Source and author context.
Reported use and evidence: This profile documents a public ritual. It offers no causal claim about sleep outcomes and no individualized advice.
This profile has not received clinical review.
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