Behind the Scenes With Gwen Bell (Video)
Social media strategist Gwen Bell explains the importance of finding balance between her online and offline lives, and shares her thoughts on why filtering the constant influx of info is going to...
View ArticleThe Health Dangers of LED Lights
It’s December and the days are short, leaving us to bask in the harsh lights of our homes and offices. While it’s well known that natural light is preferable to artificial for a variety of reasons...
View ArticleHold My Personal Calls
Ring. Buzzzz. Ping. Chirping smartphones are our constant companions, alerting us to breaking social news and work emergencies at every moment of the day. But this hyperconnection — meant to make life...
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Order Out of Chaos Roundup: Declutter Your Space
Simplifying Your Home Wabi-Sabi Home Tired of trying to make your home look magazine-slick? Discover the Japanese art of wabi-sabi or “appreciating the imperfect.” What to Let Go Hanging on to too much...
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Unroll.Me
If you dream of ridding your computer inbox of junk email, this tool may be your new best friend. The free Unroll.Me website allows you to get rid of all that electronic flotsam quickly and easily. The...
View ArticleDigital Detox
There’s nothing like the smell of a coastal redwood forest. The scent of sun-warmed bark mixed with notes of pine and slightly salted air is unmistakably Northern California. I’m taking in the aromas...
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Ready, Set, Unplug!
For many of us, digital devices and social-media streams have morphed from nifty diversions into absolute necessities. They render us reachable, teachable and employable. They keep us connected with...
View ArticleHow to Detox Your Life, Save Money, and Change the World
Our Optimal Living 101 series features summaries of courses offered through the en*theos Academy for Optimal Living. Find the full version of this class — free! — below. To find out more about en*theos...
View ArticleScreen Vision = Tunnel Vision
The average American spends more than a third of each day in front of a computer, smartphone, or TV. All that screen time affects our brains. And it’s not just the constant distraction and multitasking...
View ArticleThe Upside of Downtime
In the mid-1980s, physician and author Victoria Sweet, MD, was doing her internal-medicine residency at San Francisco’s Kaiser hospital. She worked 110 hours a week, getting time off only every fourth...
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This Is Your Body on Texting
Can’t ignore the ping of your phone alerts? Do you text more conversations than you speak? You’re not alone. As of 2014, 90 percent of American adults own cell phones and 81 percent of those people use...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes With Gwen Bell (Video)
Social media strategist Gwen Bell explains the importance of finding balance between her online and offline lives, and shares her thoughts on why filtering the constant influx of info is going to...
View ArticleSilence Your Phone, Please?
Do you use your phone during social gatherings? If the answer is yes, you’re in good company. According to the latest Pew Research Center poll on mobile device etiquette, 89 percent of the 3,217 poll...
View ArticleWhat to Try Now: Spitfire Athlete
Every exercise is explained with a step-by-step photo guide you can reference while you’re on the gym floor. And the pictures feature real-person female athletes rather than fashion models, which is...
View ArticleTurf Wars
If humanity were judged solely by the contents of social-media comment streams, one could assume that civil society is in rapid decline. Insults and name-calling are common. Bullying commenters hurl...
View ArticleComing of Age in a High-Tech Era
Back when I was in college, the Internet was a relatively new thing. Personal computers were still somewhat rare, and cell phones were about the size of a brick. They did pretty much one thing: make...
View ArticleStaying Human in the Digital Age: Q&A With Manoush Zomorodi
Manoush Zomorodi is an author, reporter, and host and managing editor of WNYC’s, Note to Self, a podcast and radio segment about finding balance in the digital age. Each episode investigates the places...
View ArticleIntentional Computing
All day, and sometimes well into the night, we hear them: the pings of incoming email, the digital birdsong announcing text messages, the chimes of familiar apps. Even when we’ve silenced our...
View ArticleWhen the Internet Turns Ugly
Expert Source: Raychelle Cassada Lohmann, MS, LPC, licensed professional counselor, Teen Angst blogger for Psychology Today, and author of Staying Cool . . . When You’re Steaming Mad. The Internet is a...
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Mind Your Media Manners
Last Thanksgiving, a Facebook update by Claire Anderson turned into a family dustup. Anderson and her husband had just returned home from a relaxed pre-holiday dinner they enjoy with friends each year,...
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