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
There was bed space, they assured them, there was room at the detox center, there were mental health services and more.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
But what happens when the detox is over and the chorus of text pings, slack dings and social media notifications swells throughout the rest of the year?
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
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
But if digital detoxes don’t work, what does?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 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
Even regular detoxes once a week, you still go back the rest of the week.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2023
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
She decided to “keep” her tumor and work it out of her body a different way, including detoxing, completely changing her diet and working on her “emotional landscapes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
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
I founded the Cancer Schmancer movement, and a big cornerstone of our organization is detoxing your life.
From Salon ● May 2, 2019
