Every day I read another article that reaffirms my gut sense that something is rotten in today’s digital and social media landscape. Our political discourse and news coverage is becoming more polarized, sensationalized, and even ...
I read 125 books in 2021. The best of the lot are summarized below and my Goodreads reviews for each can be found here. To be clear, not all of these books came out in 2021. Some are older and some, (like my Netgalley reads) ...
Consider giving yourself or your loved one the gift of digital wellness this holiday season! I’ve got twelve easy and (largely) inexpensive ideas below. (If you’re looking for something more substantial, contact me to talk ...
Everyone seems to be exhausted these days. Yes, the pandemic and politics are partially to blame, but I think technology is playing a role too. Tech has wormed its way into our bedrooms at night, disrupting our sleep. It’s also ...
Every phone case I’ve ever owned has a monster face on it. When I snap it on, it transforms my phone into a little monster too. (Not a scary monster, but the cute kind, like from Monsters, Inc.) I’ve always felt this was a good ...
When I tell people I work in digital wellness, they usually chuckle and say something like, “Yeah, I know. Tech companies have too much power and do shady stuff. But, I’m addicted. What’re ya goin do?” Big Brother may be ...
Technology is so pervasive in our lives we rarely stop to analyze our relationship with it. If the various devices, platforms, and apps we use are equally helpful AND a headache, that’s just the price of living in the modern age, ...
The Covid pandemic has led to huge amounts of societal change in the US and around the world. That includes our kids’ relationship with their screens and devices. Over the past 18 months, for many kids, screens have become… ...
Covid misinformation, disinformation* and anti-vax messaging is currently spreading like wildfire in social media. In essence, this is parallel pandemic–an infodemic, in which false information is spreading as quickly as the ...
Imagine if you threw an open-invitation party at your house. Nearly everyone who showed up was ushered inside–even people you barely knew, even people you hadn’t seen for years. The more the merrier, right? Well, that’s how ...
