detox
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But sometimes, he says, it's nice to have a digital detox without his phone pinging.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
"I was bored sometimes, and that's okay," West recalled one recent evening at a city community garden where detox participants met to share their struggles and joys of disconnecting.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
The women’s shelter and the detox facilities won plaudits, too.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
It’s that time of year again: detox season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
In fact I feel irritated and can’t help wondering whether I could have gotten the same result without spending $30 and three days on detox and bloat.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
The movement to reduce dependence on social media and, by extension, Big Tech goes far beyond recommending phone-free spaces and regular digital detoxes.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
And new tools are available to make that happen: digital detox apps, phone-blocking gadgets, and groups, such as the one in Washington, that facilitate month-long detoxes.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
He says digital detoxes, like going phone-free for a day or a weekend, are useful to learn how much you rely on technology and how you feel when you aren’t using it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
Shafransky says to think of digital detoxes as a diet for your finances.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025
Other studies found digital detoxes led to reported increases in happiness, attention spans and mental clarity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2024
She underwent insulin-potentiated chemotherapy, detoxed and did more alternative treatments that brought the cancer down to Stage 2 in 2021.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
By 2020, staffer Louis Theroux tells me proudly, the detoxed grounds will be the city’s second largest park.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2015
Should you be in need of some detoxing, here are four twisty, gripping stories to make you forget about that heated argument at dinner.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
Then we need to start to think about pulling back, like taking breaks every couple of hours, digitally detoxing, going outside, putting on music.
From Reuters ● Dec. 27, 2021
The Well is a place for members to slow down and yet, ironically, another destination to rush to, where digitally detoxing can sometimes prove a challenge.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2020
“We’re clocking over 10 hours a day on average in front of computers and devices,” says Mandi Vance of Kakadu Dream, a line dedicated to detoxing skin from the hazards of “modern digital life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2020
I founded the Cancer Schmancer movement, and a big cornerstone of our organization is detoxing your life.
From Salon ● May 2, 2019
