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How to Make Digital Detox Part of Your Vacation

Feeling tugged by social media, emails, and the vibrations of digital devices? These days, it can be challenging to live “in the moment.” It’s ironic that we’re talking about digital detox on the internet, but that’s just how it is nowadays: even digital detoxing has to begin digitally. When left unchecked, tech fatigue can insidiously affect our health. It’s even more important to go off the grid when we’re on vacation. Check out this article by TripConcierge.co about combining digital detox with your holidays. “In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow,” travel writer Pico Iyer writes in his book The Art of Stillness.

*** Other Voices ***, Health, Nudity

Ashamed to Admit You’re a Nudist?

Are you curious about nudism, but concerned that you’ll be judged negatively? Shame can be a powerful deterrent to nudism. At Everything To Sea, we believe that there’s a deeper purpose to shedding off clothes: Being naked is a way to practice self-acceptance. There comes a time when we have to question from where shame around nudity stems. Also, who or what perpetuates it… and why? Some of these answers are candidly expressed, in an article we found on British Naturism.

Health, Men, Men and Awareness

Signs of Anxiety, Stress, and Depression in Men

May is the National Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States. One of our founders, Max, recently talked about his observation on how men often found it difficult to speak up about their inner world. He recommended this article that talks about signs of anxiety, stress, and depression in men by Jean Claude Chalmet, as told to Anna Maxted. A version of this article can be found on ThePlaceRetreat.com.