Digital Wellbeing

In this era of digital distraction, we all need help learning to integrate technologies into our lives in a balanced way.

Digital Wellbeing is possible for students, their parents and their teachers.

I'm here to help with practical, behavioral interventions that to reclaim our most valuable resource: our attention.

Offering workshops and talks for both public and private schools.

Digital Wellbeing for Students

The workshop teaches students in grades 6-12 techniques to better understand their current digital lives and how to create strong habits of intentional attention that will serve them in all areas of their lives, at home, at school and with friends.

Students will learn: how social media and gaming platforms are designed to keep them ‘hooked’ the dangers of doom scrolling, the importance of phone-free time with friends and family, the value of micro-breaks, and ways to bring greater awareness to their media habits and incorporate digital wellness into their self-care.

Digital Wellbeing for Families

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Designed to address the real challenges families face integrating digital devices into daily life, and balancing time together with time online, this workshop offers parents practical tools to support their kids in developing healthy technology habits.

Topics include; social media and social comparison, the teen brain and digital habituation, the benefits of digital wellness practices in the areas of focus, emotional self-regulation and time management, the importance of modeling healthy digital behavior, phone-free bedrooms and non-digital family time.

Digital Wellbeing for Schools

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Drawing from current research on neuroscience, technology design, and cognitive development, this workshop offers tools for to help students make the most of digital devices while avoiding some of the challenges posed by these technologies.

Topics include: algorithms and the dopamine reward loop, the attention economy, and the unique vulnerability of young brains to gaming and social media addiction. A practical approach for teachers to promoting intentional habits of attention and supporting students cultivate digital wellness, both in and out of the classroom.

Mindfulness for the Classroom

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Simple, time tested and age-appropriate practices to help students cultivate mindful attention to the present moment. Research backed techniques to facilitate calm and promote emotional and cognitive regulation to support learning and classroom management.

Students learn behavioral and cognitive skills to sharpen their focus and strengthen their ability to attend to the task at hand. These practices provide a strong foundation to support executive function skills such as task initiation, reducing distractions, self monitoring and emotional self regulation.