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The neuroscience of digital wellbeing

by sihay | Aug 1, 2022 | EDUCATION, FAMILY, YOUTH, YOUTH PROFESSIONALS

It’s a chemical reaction The neuroscience of digital wellbeing – or – why do I keep reaching for my phone? Or sit at my laptop watching video after video on YouTube? In a word – dopamine. Dopamine has a reputation as the neurotransmitter of pleasure. As fun as...

Managing your digital wellbeing

by sihay | Mar 20, 2022 | EDUCATION, EMPLOYERS, FAMILY, LIFESTYLE, YOUTH, YOUTH PROFESSIONALS

In our last blog, we looked at digital wellbeing, what it is and how we can start becoming more aware of our digital behaviour, at work, education, personally and socially. Did you take up the challenge? If so, what did you learn and how do you feel about it?...

The Importance of Digital Wellbeing

by sihay | Mar 2, 2022 | EMPLOYERS, FAMILY, LIFESTYLE, YOUTH, YOUTH PROFESSIONALS

What exactly is digital wellbeing? And is it something that would benefit you to think about? Digital wellbeing is the impact that technology, device, media and our usage thereof have on our mental, physical, emotional and social wellbeing. It is about ensuring we are...

The GenZ Skills Gap

by sihay | Dec 17, 2021 | EMPLOYERS, YOUTH, YOUTH PROFESSIONALS

GenZ are the digital generation The GenZ generation has become known as the digital generation or ‘digital natives’. They’ve grown up with devices and through that have had access to more information, support, resources and people than any other generation. With them...

Let’s Talk Bullying (again).

by Lee Davidson | Nov 22, 2021 | FAMILY, LIFESTYLE, YOUTH

Let’s talk Bullying (again). Let’s talk Bullying. So our last blog was all about self harm. Whilst this was a challenging read it certainly brought up some challenging thoughts and feelings around how we treat ourselves under immense pressure. ...

Let’s talk about Self Harm

by Lee Davidson | Nov 8, 2021 | FAMILY, YOUTH

Let’s talk Self Harm We as parent try our best to provide our children with the safety love and knowledge that helps keep them safe when out in the world, we try to shield them as much as we can from outside harm and danger. So what happens when the harm is an...

The neuroscience of digital wellbeing

The Importance of Digital Wellbeing

The GenZ Skills Gap

Let’s Talk Bullying (again).

Let’s talk about Self Harm

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