Tech-Life Balance Taino Bendz

March 1st-2nd sundown to sundown marks Global Day of Unplugging 2024. In their own words "here to answer the US Surgeon General's call to end loneliness and eager to help you up your game with your tech habits", GDU has been around for many years, supporting people all around the world to reflect on their tech use.



In this episode, co-founder and Director of Partnerships, Claudia Erickson shares insights into some of the work the Unplug Collaborative are doing, and how changed tech habits can improve our lives.



Make sure to sign up and do something cool, fun and unplugged!

https://www.globaldayofunplugging.org/

Philly Powell is doing amazing work in the wellbeing sector with her "Wellbeing Tick". In this episode I had the honour of being a guest on her Wellbeing Provocateur series. We discuss technology and life high and low as we circle around the need to raise our consciousness around how we use tech and consume information.  



Learn more about Philly and her inspiring work here

https://www.wellbeingtick.co.nz/

Taino chats with Nini Fritz about her journey, digital detoxing, happiness, human connection, and how we can create more meaningful connections both in the online and offline world. Oh, and pancakes!



Links to Nini's work:

https://www.the-work-happiness-project.com/

https://www.eyeconnectgame.com/

Listen in as I share some thoughts on my recent book release, and fall into a spontaneous rant on life, technology, happiness and more.



For more information about my work, visit:

www.tainobendz.com

In this episode, I have a chat with Clo, the founder of This Too Shall Grow. She is a certified digital wellness coach who helps people build better relationships with their devices.  She used to be a UX researcher and designer who shares an interesting perspective on how digital platforms' mechanisms can be detrimental to our mental health and how we can foster a more balanced digital life.

Read more about Clo and her work at www.thistooshallgrow.com

"Hi, I’m your Screentime Genie! I want to make your screentime wishes come true."
The Screentime Genie can be found at https://screentime.stanford.edu/ and is designed among others by Steven Crane. He is a research scholar and consultant based at Stanford University. Steven studies human behavior (especially screen time), biotechnological ethics, social connectedness, public health, and human flourishing. In this episode we talk about the Screentime Genie and Steven shares some of his insights into Tech-Life Balance. He also tells us about the app Sunny, a digital guide that suggests simple, science-based actions to help you build healthier real-world social connections.

For more information and to download Sunny

https://www.gosunny.org/

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sunny-powering-human-kindness/id1619942879