Digital Mindfulness

This is a very apt time to share the work I did with the Google UK team to promote digital wellbeing. We're hard at work preparing some extra special changes to Digital Mindfulness - stay tuned!

Develop healthier tech habits with the new #DigitalWellbeing courses from @Google's #DigitalGarage, featuring tips from psychologists, educators, anthropologists & medical professionals: bit.ly/2UGZetu #GrowWithGoogle

General awareness of the aphorism of the closeness of technology (the high attention cost demanded by digital experiences) has reached a high watermark in the past 12 months, with government institutions, NGOs, technology companies, education institutions and more voicing concern that digital technologies demand increasing amounts of human attention than is reasonable.

Intelligent Space & Digital Responsibility - Digital Mindfulness General awareness of the aphorism of the closeness of technology (the high attention cost demanded by digital experiences) has reached a high watermark in the past 12 months, with government institutions, NGOs, technology companies, education institutions and more voicing concern that digital techno...

In many ways, the natural social response to strong feelings of technology oversaturation is to demand experiences that create an opposite feeling, to create spaces where technology is neither required nor permitted. These experiences have been named digital detoxes, to actively create physical and digital spaces where the technology that people feel overburdened by, is abstained for a given period of time. [ 1,120 more word ]

How Digital Detoxing Became The Solution to Digital Overload - Digital Mindfulness In many ways, the natural social response to strong feelings of technology oversaturation is to demand experiences that create an opposite feeling, to create spaces where technology is neither required nor permitted. These experiences have been named digital detoxes, to actively create physical and....

It’s 1993 and Mark Weiser of Xerox Parc publishes a short paper outlining his vision for a concept he called ubiquitous computing. In The World Is Not A Desktop, Weiser argued that a good tool does not impact the consciousness of its user, and visions of the forthcoming major technological shifts, all missed one important element; “they make the computer visible.” [ 1,624 more word ]

Why Technology Demands Our Attention - Digital Mindfulness It’s 1993 and Mark Weiser of Xerox Parc publishes a short paper outlining his vision for a concept he called ubiquitous computing. In The World Is Not A Desktop, Weiser argued that a good tool does not impact the consciousness of its user, and visions of the forthcoming major technological shifts,...

In this new podcast episode, we speak with Navid Rastegar.

As the CEO and founder of Fitbliss, the productivity and wellbeing platform, Navid has a unique story explaining his journey to founding the company. The link between high productivity and human wellbeing is something that Navid himself experienced during his time as a sales executive in the technology industry. It is this experience that led him to create FitBliss, one of the most influential new digital wellbeing platforms with clientele spanning startups to leading enterprises.

#134 How Digital Wellbeing Improves Performance with Navid Rastegar - Digital Mindfulness In this episode, we speak with Navid Rastegar. As the CEO and founder of Fitbliss, the productivity and wellbeing platform, Navid has a unique story explaining his journey to founding...

In this episode, the CEO and founder of the meditation app Journey Live, Stephen Sokoler, speaks with Digital Mindfulness about the development of the app, and the importance of live experiences helping people to maintain their practices.

Stephen spent years in the business sector, founding and running companies, including Altrum Honors, which helped organizations celebrate and inspire their employees. After years of personal practice, Stephen recognized that meditation needed to be shared with the world in a more approachable, accessible way.

#135 Meeting You Where You Are with Stephen Sokoler - Digital Mindfulness In this episode, the CEO and founder of the meditation app Journey Live, Stephen Sokoler, speaks with Digital Mindfulness about the development of the app, and the importance of live...

For World Mental Health Day we take a look at our picks for Top 5 Mindful Video Games that each, in their own way, explores the idea of living a better life.

From the surprising to the heartfelt, from the bold to the exciting; Mindful games can take on the form of narrative-based experiences, multiplayer adventures to share, or singular journeys to cherish.

What have we missed? What are your picks for a mindful game? What qualifies it? Have you had any positive or life-altering experiences from a video game in particular? Please start a discussion and tell us in the comments below.

Disclaimer: These are just food for thought and not solutions for more complex mental health issues.
If you are experiencing symptoms of mental health issues or require any guidance, please seek support from the following helplines:

Anxiety UK
Charity providing support if you have been diagnosed with an anxiety condition.
http://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/
Phone: 03444 775 774 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm)

Bipolar UK
A charity helping people living with manic depression or bipolar disorder.
http://www.bipolaruk.org.uk/

Mental Health Foundation
Provides information and support for anyone with mental health problems or learning disabilities.
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/

Mind
Promotes the views and needs of people with mental health problems.
http://www.mind.org.uk/
Phone: 0300 123 3393 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm)

No Panic
Voluntary charity offering support for sufferers of panic attacks and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Offers a course to help overcome your phobia or OCD.
http://www.nopanic.org.uk/
Phone: 0844 967 4848 (daily, 10am to 10pm)

OCD Action
Support for people with OCD. Includes information on treatment and online resources.
http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/
Phone: 0845 390 6232 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5pm)

PAPYRUS
Young su***de prevention society.
http://www.papyrus-uk.org/
Phone: HOPElineUK 0800 068 4141 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm and 7pm to 10pm, and 2pm to 5pm on weekends)

Rethink Mental Illness
Support and advice for people living with mental illness.
http://www.rethink.org/
Phone: 0300 5000 927 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm)

Samaritans
Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
http://www.samaritans.org.uk/
Phone: 116 123 (free 24-hour helpline)

SANE
Emotional support, information and guidance for people affected by mental illness, their families and carers.
http://www.sane.org.uk/support
SANEline: 0300 304 7000 (daily, 4.30pm to 10.30pm)

Cruse Bereavement Care
http://www.cruse.org.uk/home
Phone: 0844 477 9400 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)

Relate
http://www.relate.org.uk/
The UK's largest provider of relationship support.

Life is Strange
https://lifeisstrange.square-enix-gam...

Links to other videos about gaming and mental health:

Games that do mental health right - Eurogamer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU7YL...

How Video Games Explore Mental Illness - Gamespot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jzhJ...

Games referenced:

Persona 5 (2016)
Valkyria Chronicles Remastered (2016)
Shadow of the Colossus (2018)
The Last Guardian (2016)
A Plague Tale: Innocence (2019)
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture (2015)
Red Dead Redemption II (2018)
Limbo (2010)
Cibele (2015)
Event[0] (2016)
Thomas Was Alone (2012)
Metro Exodus (2019)
Vampyr (2018)
The Last of US Remastered (2014)
Rumu (2017)
Soma (2015)
This War of Mine: The Little Ones (2016)
Undertale (2015)
Virginia (2016)
Night in the Woods (2017)
Celeste (2018)
Depression Quest (2013)
Life is Strange (2015)
Life is Strange: Before the Storm (2017)
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit (2018)
That Dragon, Cancer (2016)
What Remains of Edith Finch (2017)
Layers of Fear (2016)
Oxenfree (2016)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2016)
Fragments of Him (2016)
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (2013)
The Unfinished Swan (2012)
Flower (2009)
Hohokum (2014)
Abzu (2016)
Rime (2017)
Grow Up (2016)
Stardew Valley (2016)
Doki-Doki Universe (2013)
Child of Light (2014)
Kentucky Route Zero (2013)
Firewatch (2016)
Okami (2017)
Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
Knights and Bikes (2019)
A Way Out (2018)
Streets of Rage 2 (1992)
Horizon Chase Turbo (2018)
ONRUSH (2018)
Journey (2015)
Overwatch (2016)
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (2017)
Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier (2017)
Rez Infinite (2016)
The Witness (2016)
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (2015)
Overcooked (2016)
Mini Metro (2014)
Reigns: Her Majesty (2018)
80 Days (2014)
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (2017)
The Town of Light (2016)
Prey (2017)

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Top 5 Mindful Video Games For World Mental Health Day we take a look at our picks for Top 5 Mindful Video Games that each, in their own way, explores the idea of living a better life....