Focus
Tech Yourself, Don’t Wreck Yourself
Our use of personal technologies may bring up health concerns. But tech isn’t inherently good or bad—it’s often the unconscious choices we make that get us into trouble.
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Technology
Compassion
How to Keep Your Smartphone from Hurting Your Relationships
A mindful relationship with our phones is the key to balancing in-person interactions and online activity. Here are six ways to limit screen time in order to be more present in our real-world relationships.
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Compassion
What is Your Phone Doing to Your Relationships?
New research is exploring how phubbing—ignoring someone in favor of our mobile phone—hurts our relationships, and what we can do about it.
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Anxiety
The Hidden Cost of Phone Addiction
The dark side of phone addiction: they're a tool for self-avoidance.
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Calm
Getting Kids Unhooked from Their Smartphones
Setting guidelines around kids' tech use starts with the habits and conscious choices of parents. Mark Bertin, MD, shares tips on how families can be mindful with their tech.
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Focus
A Simple Mindful Cell Phone Practice
Here's a short mindfulness practice to help you notice your reactions to the beeps and buzzes of your phone, and become aware of the stories and urges and emotions that it can bring up.
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Anxiety
The Joy of Missing Out
Why it's important to leave some space for being alone—and how our tech gadgets get in the way.
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Calm
Before You Scroll, Try This Mindful Social Media Practice
We're all self-critical—but for teens, self-consciousness is hardwired. Here's how to become aware of the emotions we're courting on social media.
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Compassion
Smartphones Hurt Our Face-to-Face Relationships: Sherry Turkle
MIT professor and bestselling author Sherry Turkle on how our tech habits are breaking down our relationships.
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Calm
Dan Harris Launches New Meditation App for Fidgety Skeptics
In partnership with Change Collective, ABC News Anchor Dan Harris, author of 10% Happier, has created a personalized, science-based guide to meditation.
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