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Breaking Up With Social Media

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH “Social media pulls us up into our heads. We’re judging, comparing and daydreaming about what we’re seeing online, so we’re not fully living our own life. Instead, we’re caught up in a virtual world that might not be exactly the way it appears.” ~Jane Pernotto Ehrman, MEd When we open Facebook or […]

Beware the Sting of the Internet: Simple Ways to Protect Your Home from Porn

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH “There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.”  ~ Pope John Paul II Every second… Every day… In addition to these frightening numbers, 40 […]

Reconnecting with Reality: 10 Tips to Kick A Phone Addiction

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH “The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” ~ Henry David Thoreau A survey was recently conducted where participants were asked, “If you had to break a bone or break your phone what would you prefer?” The results were astounding: 46% percent of people would prefer to […]

Are You Addicted to Your Phone?

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH When the topic of addiction arises, we often think of drugs, sex, alcohol or gambling.  What we neglect to see, however, is our own dependence on everyday things. Anderson Cooper did an incredibly interesting segment on 60 Minutes where he discussed how major companies are not creating programs for people, but instead […]