- Family/Friends -
4 Ways to Help Kids Change Their Cellphone Habits
By Helen MartineauAre your children glued to their smartphones? Here are a few ways to help them reclaim their time and focus.
Digital Detox
- Stress Relief -
18 Ways to Break Your Cellphone Habit
By Helen MartineauFeel like your smartphone is controlling your life? These strategies can help you set it down and reclaim control of your time.
- Digital Detox -
How Do I Protect My Privacy Online?
By Jon SpaydePrivate browsing, strong passwords, and VPN software are some of the steps you can take. Beyond that, government policy is needed to protect consumer privacy.
- Digital Detox -
Just Say No to Children’s Screen Time
By Michael DregniWhy Silicon Valley tech execs limit their own children's screen time.
- Digital Detox -
15 Ways to Outsmart Your Smartphone
By Michael DregniHere are tips to avoid being sucked into digital life — and to embrace real life.
- Mindfulness -
How Do I Excuse Myself From Group Text Messages?
By Jon SpaydeThere are a variety of polite ways to deal with excessive group messaging, says an expert.
- Digital Detox -
The Living Experiment: Astroturfing
By Pilar Gerasimo and Dallas HartwigWhen powerful industries and political interests push fake “grassroots” movements, real people suffer. Here's how to resist internet trolls.
- Digital Detox -
The Health Risks of Tech Addiction
By Mo PerryHere are four ways digital devices undermine your health and wellbeing.
- Digital Detox -
How to Break Free of Tech Addiction
By Mo PerryLearn how to regain control of your devices so they don't control you.
- Personal Development -
Creative Inspiration: Manoush Zomorodi
By Heidi WachterJournalist Manoush Zomorodi shows how exchanging your smartphone for moments of discomfort can boost creativity.
- Digital Detox -
Do Smartphones Undermine Short-Term Memory?
By Jon SpaydeThe research around smartphones and memory is complicated, but many studies have shown that writing things down improves comprehension.
- Family/Friends -
How Can I Get My Partner To Put Their Cellphone Down?
By Jon SpaydeExpert tips on how to create a phone-free zone in your relationship.
- Editor's Note -
Virtual Shift
By Jamie MartinEditor in chief Jamie Martin on turning off her email — and reconnecting with her family.
- Digital Detox -
Are Smartphones Causing Thumb Tendonitis?
By Heidi WachterAs smartphone usage grows, more and more people are finding it to be a pain.
- Work -
The Anxiety of After-Hours Email
By Heidi WachterIn an always-on-call culture, researchers argue for pulling the plug on business-related connectivity outside of office hours to improve employee productivity and well-being — and France passes the first right-to-disconnect law.
- Digital Detox -
5 Ways to Ease Digital Eyestrain
By Michael DregniThe time you spend staring at your screen is taxing for your eyes. Here's how you can take the edge off.
- Digital Detox -
Like This: A Facebook Break
By Experience Life StaffTaking a vacation from Facebook may reduce your stress and boost your happiness.
- Personal Development -
5 Ways You’re Smarter Than Your Smartphone
By Julie KendrickThese handheld wonders can make life easier — but is easier always better? Learn why it’s worth the time and effort to take back a few basic tasks.
- Digital Detox -
Breaking Free
By Kyra Bobinet, MD, MPHSome routines are helpful — others hold you back. Shake things up with a new design so you can move in a healthier direction.
- Community -
Real-Life Connections
By Heather RogersWhen our social lives unfold largely in the digital realm, it can damage our relationships and health in surprising ways. Discover why face-to-face connections count.
- Digital Detox -
Excessive Social-Media Use Linked to Depression in Young Adults
By Craig CoxNew study suggests heavy users are nearly three times more likely to be depressed.