Insights on the intersection of humanity and technology
Stop. Check in with your body right now… Is your chest inflated or tense/tight? Are your teeth clenched? Jaw tight? Are you holding your breath? If you just took a breath, was it only a small sip of air? If so, you’re currently experiencing screen apnea—the unconscious breath holding or shallow breathing that occurs when …
Phubbing may be a silly word, but it’s a very real problem many of us have experienced. In basic terms, phubbing is when someone ignores the live human(s) in front of them to instead pay attention to their phone (or other mobile device). Phubbing can happen intermittently, (like when someone periodically checks their messages during …
We spend nearly half of every day, not actually IN the moment, but lost in our thoughts, memories, daydreams, or rumination about the past or future. When we do this, it activates our default network, a group of areas within our brain that function much like a computer’s screensaver. The default network makes us appear …
I read 102 books in 2020. 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 2020. Some are older and some, (like my Netgalley reads) won’t be published until 2021. This is just the year when I read …
I’ve alway had pretty bad timing in my life. This eCourse was certainly no exception. Doing a deep dive into digital wellness in the midst of a global pandemic, which forced most of us to vastly increase our use of digital technology was likely the wrong content at the wrong time. In spite of this, I’m still proud …
The Insider's Guide to Digital Wellness