Wellbeing Unplugged
Exploring Digital Detox Across Contexts
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People’s lives at work and outside of work are constantly connected and switched on, this hyper-connectivity can have adverse effects on wellbeing and mental health, with people unable to switch off from emails, notifications and more.
What happens when people undertake a digital detox? The question is answered through a blend of research-backed insights, personal anecdotes, and practical advice. Chapters probe into the philosophy and practices of digital detox retreats, revealing the profound benefits they offer for mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing. Through the lens of real-life stories from retreat attendees and actionable advice, this book empowers readers to establish a more balanced interaction with technology. Undertaking a digital detox is challenging, and chapters here explore the barriers to people trying to detach from technological overload, while exploring simultaneously the benefits of doing so, even for short periods at a time.
The Advances in Digital Technology and Data-Driven Business Practices series aims to shed light on the rapid developments, significance, benefits, and practical applications of evolving digital technologies and data-driven decision-making practices in businesses.
Chapter 1. Reclaiming Balance in a Hyperconnected World: The Promise of Digital Detox and Mindful Wellbeing; Rituparna Basak, Koushik Vedula, and Tanusree Chakraborty
- Chapter 2. Digital Detoxification – The Art of Breath Work: A Pathway of Self-Exploration; Soma Bose Biswas, Dipankar Chakraborty, and Madhurima Ganguly
- Chapter 3. Unplugging in a Plugged-In World: Confronting the Barriers to Digital Detox; Bibin Sebastian, George Sebastian, Rincy Saji, and Thomas A Mattappallil
- Chapter 4. From Insight to Action: Leveraging HR Analytics to Design and Assess Digital Detox Retreat Interventions; Sneha Dutta, Rajib Dutta, and Tanusree Chakraborty
- Chapter 5. Digital Detox Retreats: An Effective Solution to Technology Overload; Pratibha Garg
- Chapter 6. Mindful Living in the Digital Era: Enhancing Psychological Wellbeing Among College Students; Sumon Antony and Meera S. Neelakantan
- Chapter 7. Mangroves and Mindfulness: The Wellness from Environmental Welfare by Digital Detox in Astaranga, Odisha; Swagat Kishore Mishra and Mitashree Tripathy
- Chapter 8. Investigating the Impact of Digital Detox on Customer Lifetime Value Using Predictive Modeling; Utkarsh Gupta, Satyajit Mahato, and Satish Chander
- Chapter 9. Mindful Technology Use: Reframing Digital Detox for Balance and Wellbeing; Rima Namhata and Elizabeth Thomas
- Chapter 10. Unplugged Journeys: Exploring Digital Detox Tourism for Mindfulness and Sustainable Wellbeing; Manjula Shastri, Padma Singhal, Nandita Mishra, and Khushboo Vora
Tanusree Chakraborty is a Ph. D in Applied Psychology from Calcutta University, MA (Applied Psychology) with Specialization in Organizational Psychology, PGDHRM and MBA (HR), with 20 plus years of work experience. She has been associated with a number of B-Schools and Universities of repute in Kolkata, Madurai, Bangalore, and Chennai. Presently she is working with the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad as a Faculty in the Centre for Management Studies.
Nripendra Singh is a tenured Full Professor of Marketing in the Department of Business, Economics & Communication, College of Science, Technology, and Business at the Pennsylvania Western University. He is recipient of Fulbright scholarship, a flagship program of the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.