Lauren Rad is the senior writer here at Myrth. From time to time, she’ll pop in with a personal blog post. This month, she’s sharing how she course-corrected when she noticed a sharp uptick in her unhealthy screen use.
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Out in the community, most people have very little control over what’s happening around them—but that doesn’t mean you’re powerless. Here are some ideas for encouraging screen-free spaces in public.
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We thought we’d spend some time today talking a little more about the ways tech can actually be helpful to self-care. Here are five of our favorite ways that our tech has helped us care for ourselves.
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Sleep hygiene is a set of practices and habits that set you up for success come bedtime - and you all know we love good habits here at Myrth. Here are five basic sleep hygiene practices that can help you get a better night’s sleep.
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We’ll cover the psychology behind phone addiction, ways to break the cycle of mindless scrolling, and more.
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We've noticed an uptick in public spaces trying to encourage screen-free time. But what if you’re trying to reduce screentime at home? Here are our top three strategies for scree-free spaces at home.
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Setting boundaries around tech use and photography can be really hard. You want to capture special moments and relive them later, but you also want to be present during the moment. It’s tough to balance those two desires, but we think it’s also worth the effort.
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We’ve made some new friends! Myrth is now a member of the Digital Wellness Collective. In this post, we’ll answer all your questions about what that means for us and for you.
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Myrth founder and CEO Emma McLaren is popping in today to share her experiences with second-hand screen time - the idea that exposure to other people’s screens can affect the rest of us, too, even when we’re not using our own devices.
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Digital health and physical health aren’t identical, but there’s some overlap between them. In this post, we’ll explore the Venn Diagram between the two.
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Smart phones are notoriously distracting, so some people have turned to using so-called “dumb phones” to focus better. We think smart watches might fill a similar purpose.
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Every now and then, Lauren Rad, one of the team members behind the scenes here at Myrth, will pop in with a personal blog post. This time, she’s sharing her adventures in using a smart watch after a prolonged resistance to the idea.
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Just like your physical well-being, your digital wellness needs a checkup every now and then. Like a physical exam, a digital wellness checkup is nothing major--certainly not a process that will require an entire week of inventorying and monitoring and sifting and sorting. At most, you’ll need an hour or so of time to take a peek at the things you use most and think about how you use them.
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Here at Myrth we talk a lot about Digital Wellness and building a healthy relationship with your phone and your tech. Our founder breaks it down in her life here and we talk about what it is here. One of the tools we have discussed is Screentime (on Apple OS). Here is our founder Emma’s Ode to the Screentime App.
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One of the best ways to change a habit or establish a new one is to carefully track your behavior over a period of time. Until fairly recently, however, it wasn't all that easy to track baseline things about your own body.
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Here are some tips for reducing digital clutter and reducing your stress levels, too.
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Modern life can be lonely for a lot of people, and it’s not just our connections with others that are suffering. Our connections with ourselves, too, are strained. So it probably makes sense that, increasingly, we’re turning to our phones to fill in the gaps — but that’s not a great solution to the problem.
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Myrth founder Emma McLaren was an incurable photo nerd—until one day, when she suddenly stopped taking photos. This month, she’s dropping in to tell us about her journey from non-stop shutterbug to something more sustainable.
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There are a lot of self-tracking apps out there, and while they’re helpful, there’s been one big problem: they were apps designed by men, and they assumed the default users were other men. It has caused some issues.
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Here at Myrth, we talk a lot about the balance between life and tech, self-love and self-awareness. Emma describes her relationship with the infamous selfie and how a different perspective might influence how you look at the next selfie you see.
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