Tag: technology
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Screen Time is Changing Young Brains, but Could it be Good?
Today children are exposed to screens of all sorts from an early age: TV screens, phone screens, tablet screens, etc. A huge change from the times when the most screen-time children got was watching Saturday morning cartoons. Today we have 24/7 cartoon channels, games on phones, tablets, computers, and even devices made specifically for children.…
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An Easy Way to Lose Weight? Eating Mindfully with Eat Right Now
We all want to eat healthier, right? But sometimes it can be hard; cravings happen, we over eat—we aren’t always aware of what we’re putting in our bodies. How many times have you been craving sweets and mindlessly threw a candy bar in your cart while grocery shopping, or grabbed a handful of chips simply…
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A Preemptive Strike in the Battle Against Messaging Fatigue
Do you feel like you spend more of your day responding to messages than living? Do you need to turn off your smartphone at work and hide in a closet just to get “real” work done? If so, you may be suffering from messaging fatigue. One source of this ailment is the need–whether…
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Protecting Yourself Against Yourself: Blocking Apps for Focus
Although we’d all like to have such a high degree of self-control that we don’t need any external aids to keep ourselves focused and present when using technology, in practice we can all use a little help. There are a variety of apps you can use to resist technological temptation by making it impossible…
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Stop Multitasking, It’s Wearing You Down!
Are you the type of person that’s constantly doing more than one thing? Do you regularly eat while you’re working? Do you check your emails, social media notifications, and look at news in the morning while you’re getting ready for the day? You’re not alone, most of us multitask, and many of us think we’re…
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amaZEN U: An Amazing Way to Bring Yoga to Schools
Yoga in schools is something that has been a controversial topic since it was introduced in public schools years ago. Having roots in Hinduism there has been the question of whether yoga is a religious practice, and thus violating the separation between church and state. Some argue that the religious association of yoga means…
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Could the Internet be Making us Dumber?
Is the internet giving us a false sense of knowledge? That’s what three Yale psychologists set out to find in a very interesting study. This study conducted by Matthew Fisher, Mariel K. Goddu, and Frank C. Keil has shown that simple researching on the internet can inflate one’s estimate of their own internal knowledge.…
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Pause, and Just Relax with Help From Your Phone
You’re sitting at work with what feels like 10 million things to do before the day is over and you’re starting to feel the stress build… sound familiar? You need to relax, but at the same time, if you stop to relax, that means less time you’ll have to work on everything—it’s truly a dilemma.…
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5 Tips for Using Technology More Mindfully
We all complain about how technology distracts us and makes it harder for us to be mindful. Here are five tips for using technology to help you be more mindful.
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HeadSpace Review: Just Pause for 10 Minutes A Day
If you look up meditate you will most likely come across a definition similar to the one above. It’s funny because when I think of meditation, I think of the opposite of thinking deeply. I meditate to calm my mind and slow down.
