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From online gaming to scrolling Facebook, we know that overusing technology can be addictive. But in a tech-immersed world, it’s often hard to know what to do about it. Here’s how you can use mindfulness to pause, pay attention, and align your tech use with your values. Read more

How to approach doomscrolling, social media comparison, and addicting algorithms with mindfulness. Author and WholeSchool Mindfulness director Erica B. Marcus shares lessons she’s learned from teaching middle school and high school. Read more

Our devices bring us live-tweeting of important events, video footage of daily life on the other side of the world, and photos of our friends from near and far, but the real magic happens when we put the screens down, writes founding editor Barry Boyce. Read more

Meditator and tech researcher Dan Nixon offers three practical ways to be more present and purposeful when it comes to our technology and social media. Read more

Mindful’s managing editor Stephanie Domet explains how she reclaimed ninety minutes a week from mindlessly scrolling through social media. Her secret: being reminded to take a deep breath. Read more

As tech industry leaders take steps to protect people from online platforms, founding editor Barry Boyce considers our responsibility as both consumers and meditators. Read more

Chris Willard shares a few useful mnemonics that help us stay on course with speaking and communicating mindfully. Read more

It's time to be clear about how social media affects our relationships and well-being—and what our intentions are each time we log on. Read more

New research is exploring how phubbing—ignoring someone in favor of our mobile phone—hurts our relationships, and what we can do about it. Read more

The dark side of phone addiction: they're a tool for self-avoidance. Read more