Laura Hughes

Waking Up From the Tech Trance Have you ever picked up your phone “just for a minute”… …and then looked up, slightly dazed, half an hour later? Maybe your mood has dipped, your shoulders feel tense, and you can’t quite remember what you even saw – only that you’ve lost time. If that sounds familiar, you’re not broken.You ’re living in a world that is designed to keep you in a tech trance . This blog is adapted from Week 1 of The Tech Reset , our 30-day journey to help you reclaim your...

Everyone I speak to says the same thing. They don’t need more automation in their lives. They don’t feel the need for technology to be as present, as persistent, or as all-encompassing as it has become. They like talking to real people. They’d rather speak to a human than navigate a robotic phone menu.They’d prefer a printed boarding pass over downloading another app they’ll forget to delete. They’re tired of hearing “unexpected item in bagging area” for the five millionth time at the...

Last week, something special happened at Kingswood School in Bath. Dozens of young people, parents, educators and wellbeing experts came together for Unplug to Reconnect  - our youth mental health event exploring how we can step back from our smartphones and rediscover what it means to be human. The event was about more than turning phones off. It was about turning attention back on to ourselves, to each other, and to the world around us. Why We Gathered We live in a world where everything —...