Unplugging

The One Thing Politicians Can Agree on

Michael Zacka | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Healthy Living News, Cell Phones, Food News, Motherhood, Children, Texting, Emotional Wellness, Parenting, Screen Time, Health, Work Life Balance, Parents-Parent-Coach, Impact News, United Nations Division for Social Policy and Development, Parent Coach, Computers, International Day of Families, Elections 2012 . Global Motherhood, Family Dinners, Unplugging, Parents News, Politics News
Michael Zacka

The magic that happens over shared meals can help preserve the American family, strengthen all of its members and enrich their lives. I'm sure America's Republicans and Democrats both agree that more families should be sitting together at dinner.

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Do I Need To Unplug?

The Huffington Post | Susan Stiffelman | Posted 05.24.2012

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Dear Susan, My baby is 15 months old, and because my husband works long hours, I'm alone with her from morning till night. My mother and mother-in-...

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Earth Week Challenge: Day 2

Posted 04.17.2012

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Day 2: Earth Week Challenge -- Unplug Tuesday From April 16-22, HuffPost Green invites you to take on one simple endeavor per day to reduce your im...

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Smartphone Addiction: Why I'm Putting the Phone Down

Susan Conley | Posted 04.07.2012

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Susan Conley

The sneaky thing that my Smartphones does is make me feel like every hour of every day is the absolutely most perfect time in the world to get my email. Except it's not.

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National Day Of Unplugging: Can You Spend 24 Hours Offline?

Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 05.23.2012

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Margaret Wheeler Johnson

What would it be like to go a day without the Internet? Would we wither under the force of our own tech-induced ADD?

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Alexander Eichler

Executives In Rehab Won't Quit This Habit

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.27.2012

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When Natalie was in rehab last year, she noticed a lot of people on the phone. Many of the other patients at Passages Malibu -- the California trea...

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Should We Be Writing.. For Our Own Wellness?

Jen Bilik | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Unplugging, Repetitive Handiwork and Stress Relief, Repetitive Handiwork and Relaxation, Healthy Living Spirit, Unplug, Relax, Relaxing, Unplug and Recharge, Relaxation, Healthy Living News
Jen Bilik

Paper is just one of the ways we can find solace in pulling away from screens. Cooking. Gardening. Fishing. Sewing. We've made and done things with our hands for about a billion times longer than we've worked with electronics.

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Technology Got Rid of Boredom, But It's Killing Our Creativity

Phil Cooke, Ph.D. | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Create, Creativity, Angry Birds, Daydreaming, Technology, Mobile Phones, Boredom, Unplugging, Down Time, Healthy Living News
Phil Cooke, Ph.D.

Creativity doesn't happen during sessions of "Angry Birds." Creativity happens during the down times when your mind wanders and makes connections you wouldn't normally consider.

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Speeding Up And Slowing Down: A Reason For Reading Books

Edward Hendrickson | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Reading, Unplugging, Literature, Slowing Down, High School News
Edward Hendrickson

The Internet has brought along with it a need for speed and instant gratification. With this we've abandoned difficult reading because, frankly, allowing our minds to decay through an episode of Spongebob is easier.

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Overscheduled and Overextended? How to Stop

Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. | Posted 10.24.2011

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Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D.

Put your phone down for the day. Take a walk. See where the day takes you. Take a "mental health day." Learn the word "no", and use it. Say "no" to technology for just a day.

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Unplugged Summer or Plugged (I Disagree With the NYT)

Emily Franklin | Posted 10.18.2011

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Emily Franklin

The NYT isn't wrong. I just disagree with this article in which the author describes his terrific "plugged-in summer."

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Teach Kids Healthy Social Media Habits by Having Them Yourself

Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, MD | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Technology Balance, Social Media Kids, Kids Social Media, Unplugging, Parenting Tips, Technology Moderation, Parenting, Kids Technology, Technology Kids, Parenting Advice, Education News
Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, MD

With school around the corner, now is the perfect time to think about the type of digital home you want to have and inch towards a more healthy one.

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The Electronic Sabbath Challenge

Abdi Assadi | Posted 09.01.2011

Read More: Wisdom, Unplugging, Centering Ourselves, Economy, Healing Ourselves, Technology Overload, Rewinding, Slowing Down, Recession, Healthy Living News
Abdi Assadi

The past couple of years have been brutal on all of us -- and it is only partly to blame on the economy. In our ever-shifting world, when all else fails, how do we heal ourselves?

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Avoiding Burnout: 7 Ideas for Happier Workdays

Kristi Blicharski | Posted 08.16.2011

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Kristi Blicharski

Working less and slowing down at the office can lead you to a happier work life. Easier said than done? It may seem that way, but even making a few tiny changes can make a huge difference.

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Unplug And Recharge: How To Relax More And Stress Less

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Cara Barker

Wherever you are, no matter how important your ego might need you to be, you are not so big that the world cannot continue on its axis while you hop off the merry-go-round to reconnect with the essential.

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How To Rid Your Life Of Time Bandits

Roger Fransecky | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Unplugging, How to Manage Time Better, Self Help, Wasted Time, Time Management Techniques, Time Management, Wasting Time, Technology Time Wasters, Unplug and Recharge, Time Unplugging, Eckhart Tolle the Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now, Time Bandits, Healthy Living News
Roger Fransecky

Few challenges in life seem more unrelenting and formidable than time... there never seems to be enough time to do what we believe we must do, and our experience of time often defeats more than delights.

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10 Mindful Ways To Use Social Media

Tricycle | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the last two years, I have provided a daily wisdom quote through a Twitter account called Tiny Buddha. Since the follower count has grown by leaps...

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Seek, Don't Hide: Religious Wisdom To Cure Spiritual Blindness

Rabbi Will Berkovitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Will Berkovitz

Our lives would be transformed if we could let go of what we expect to find before we begin the search. If we could wait for the question before settling on the answer.

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7 Tips Inspired By Monasteries to De-Stress Your Home

Karen Maezen Miller | Posted 11.17.2011

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Karen Maezen Miller

The same devotional practices that turn monasteries into bastions of serenity can relieve the mindless stress that infiltrates your home life.

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The Brain Unplugged From Technology: Implications for Learning in Young Children

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unplugging, Early Education, Early Child Development, New York Times, Mind in the Making, Families and Work Institute, Brain Development, Technology, Education, Impact News
Ellen Galinsky

Last month, Professor David Strayer organized a week-long camping trip with four other neuroscientists to experience for themselves how unplugging from technology affected their own brains.

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Rachel Sklar Finds Absence Makes Her Fonder of Blackberry

Tanya Schevitz | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tanya Schevitz

Rachel Sklar, editor-at-large at Mediaite, was the most recent person to take our Sabbath Manifesto "Unplug Challenge," connecting to life without technology for 24 hours during a weekend in May.

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Notes of A Temporary Ex-Pat #6--Escaping the Matrix

W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 11.17.2011

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W. Hunter Roberts

Outside the bubble is danger. After all, the bubble contains the best of everything--the best healthcare, the best food, the best houses, the best education ... doesn't it?

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World Class Performers Unplug Differently

Michael Gervais, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Unplugging, Stress, Professional Athletes, Stress Reduction, Recovery, Michael Gervais, Sport Psychology, High Performance Psychology, Napping, High Performance, Healthy Living News
Michael Gervais, Ph.D.

Learn from world class performers how to be mindful of ways to negotiate stress and convert common complaints and roadblocks into challenges and opportunities.

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REBOOT: Disconnect to Connect on National Day of Unplugging

Tony Schwartz | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tony Schwartz

The more hours we spend plugged in, without real renewal, the more we begin to default reflexively into behaviors that reduce our effectiveness and take a pernicious toll on others.

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Join the National Day of Unplugging

Tanya Schevitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unplugging, Unplugging From Technology, National Day of Unplugging, The Inner Life, Los Angeles News
Tanya Schevitz

If you walk around with ear-buds shielding you all day; if you panic when you can't get cell phone reception; if you tweet or post status updates constantly, you need to join the National Day of Unplugging.

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