Need to get unplugged and tune out but just can’t take that first step? Is an addiction to your cell phone and other mobile and gaming devices becoming a major hindrance to your college goals? And are you on a guilt trip about it?
Well, it sounds like you could use a little “digital detox.”
Enter Dr. Sylvia Frejd, a professor, life coach and counselor at Liberty University, a self-described private, nonprofit Christian school, located in Lynchburg, Virginia.
In 2014, Frejd established the Center for Digital Wellness at Liberty.
She even trademarked the center’s name with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, making it the only center with that name on a college campus. Her mission is “to make technology serve us; not us serve technology.” She also wants students to engage in critical thinking.
Some of her analytics are startling.
Frejd talks about EI, or emotional intelligence, and refers to studies conducted at the University of Michigan and elsewhere.
