Your Thoughts Are Not Your Friends
We can choose to partially release ourselves from the ‘slavery’ of our thoughts by taking regular breaks from texts, emails and social media and practising mindfulness....
02
Aug
Health
21
Jun
4 Things You Didn’t Know About Digital Wellness
Our digital wellness is important as any other kind of wellness. Perhaps more so, as digital technologies are such an all-consuming part of our lives. How can we focus on and improve this area of our wellbeing?...
10
May
Think Our Technology Addiction Isn’t Bad For Our Mental Health? The Evidence is Overwhelming
Young people are struggling more than ever with a crisis of confidence and anxiety, and the accelerating downward turn in their mental wellbeing correlates with increased use of technology over exactly the same period. Heavy tech use is bad for mental health: the evidence is...
14
Nov
Is Your Smartphone Stressing You Out?
Earlier this year, a new study was published by The Physiological Society which revealed, shockingly, that we find losing our smartphones almost as stressful as the threat of terrorism. As we spend so much time using or near our phones; they’ve replaced phone books, encyclopedias,...
02
Nov
4 Ways Your Phone Affects Your Mental Wellbeing
Recently, discourse surrounding mental health has increased. Personalities in the public eye, including Prince William and Harry, are helping alleviate the stigma around talking about mental health openly. These conversations remind us that mental health applies to all of us. We all sit somewhere on the...
28
Sep
5 Ways To Be Happy Today
The pursuit of happiness. It's a path we all find ourselves on, but sometimes it can become difficult to achieve 'happy'. Life will undoubtedly throw us all hurdles and as time moves on, the stresses of daily life have changed and developed. Our pace of life...
12
May
4 ways a digital detox boosts mental health
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2017, we're helping raise awareness of the impact our relationship with technology, social media and our smartphones has on our mental health. Throughout 2017, there has been a significant drive to remove the stigma around talking openly about...
17
Mar
Can a digital detox REALLY make you 91% happier?
The quick answer is yes! We organise popular tech-free digital detox retreats in the UK and abroad. We ask our guests to fill out a survey to rate their own sleep, stress, concentration and happiness levels before and after the experience. In just five days, happiness...
16
Mar
Five amazing ways a digital detox helps you sleep better
Sleeping well is crucial for maintaining good health and looking our best. It's not rocket science that even a single bad night's sleep affects our concentration, alertness and mood. What's perhaps more surprising is that sustained sleep deprivation has been linked to serious health issues,...
12
Oct
5 ways a digital detox benefits your mental health
A digital detox can work wonders. Shutting off from technology for a given period of time can improve sleep and concentration, reduce stress, improve happiness, and even help with your mental health. At Time To Log Off, we've seen some amazing results at our digital detox retreats...