Digital Wellbeing Education & Speaking

Technology is here to stay. We've built the frameworks and practical tools to help you live alongside it well.

The Digital Wellbeing Project helps individuals, workplaces, and communities understand how technology shapes their attention, relationships, and wellbeing β€” and gives them practical, judgement-free tools to use it well.

The Framework

The Daily Loop

Not all screen time is equal, and it doesn't all happen at once. Here's where each kind of technology tends to show up in a typical day.

Morning Life Admin & Everyday Tools Banking, texting, calendars
Midday Work & Productivity Tech Laptops, email, documents
Evening Social Media & Messaging Likes, scrolling, DMs
Night Gaming & Leisure Tech Consoles, streaming, downtime

The Why

80%

of Australians check their phone within 15 minutes of waking up.

Deloitte, 2024
4 in 5

Australians are still scrolling social media right up until bed.

Deloitte, 2024
281 hrs

unpaid hours Australians worked staying "switched on" after hours β€” taking extra calls, checking emails, and more.

The Australia Institute, 2024

The How

  • We ground every workshop in verified, current research.
  • We deliver engaging, hands-on sessions using tools like our card decks and activities.
  • We send people home with practical, sustainable takeaways they can apply straight away.

The Benefits

32%

reduction in the stress hormone cortisol after a two-week digital detox.

BMC Medical Education, 2025
~50%

lower anxiety scores after a two-week digital detox intervention.

Alanzi et al., 2024
21 min

earlier to fall asleep, plus 17 minutes more sleep a night, after a two-week evening screen curfew for teens.

Perrault et al., 2018

Put In Perspective

The Daily Consumption Comparison

5.5 hrs
Screen time
1.5 hrs
Eating & drinking
5.5 hrs average daily screen time
~1.5 hrs average daily time eating & drinking

Nearly 4× more of the daily plate is technology than food β€” yet food comes with nutrition panels, dietary guidelines, and a food pyramid. Technology comes with none of that.

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Junk Tech

The digital equivalent of ultra-processed food β€” engineered to be consumed fast, in large quantities, with little regard for what it's doing to you.

  • Endless scroll feeds
  • Algorithm-driven outrage
  • Autoplay & notification bait
  • Designed to bypass "I've had enough"
πŸ₯—

Nourishing Tech

The same devices and platforms β€” chosen deliberately rather than consumed automatically.

  • A video call with family
  • Focused admin, then done
  • A podcast that teaches you something
  • Chosen with intention, not habit

Our Focus Areas

Three areas we go deep on

Every workshop, talk, and resource draws from these three areas β€” because digital wellbeing isn't one-size-fits-all.

Digital Wellbeing Basics

The foundation: understanding attention, habits, and how devices are designed to hold onto both β€” and simple, sustainable ways to reset the balance.

Remote & Rural Communities

People outside major cities are too often left out of digital literacy and online safety education. We bring practical, judgement-free tools directly to rural and remote communities β€” because good information shouldn't depend on your postcode.

Women & Digital Spaces

The realities women navigate online β€” from safety and visibility to comparison β€” and how to hold space for technology on your own terms.

What We Offer

Ways to bring this work to your people

Every session is built around real research and adapted to who's in the room β€” whether that's a workplace team, a school community, or a room of parents figuring this out together.

Workshops

Interactive, practical sessions for workplaces, schools, and community groups β€” built around your context, not a generic slide deck.

Speaking Engagements

Keynotes and panel contributions for conferences and events, translating digital wellbeing research into something people actually act on.

Education Resources

Practical guides, tools, and takeaways designed to be used long after the session ends β€” not just filed away.

Not sure what fits your group yet? That's alright β€” most conversations start that way.

Let's Talk It Through

A Quick Check-In

How balanced is your digital life right now?

Five quick questions, no judgement, no email required. It's a mirror, not a mark sheet.

Get In Touch

Let's find the right fit for your group

Tell us a little about who you are and what you're after β€” we'll come back to you within a couple of days.

The Digital Diet

We watch what's on our plate.
What about what's on our screen?

We regulate what goes into our bodies far more carefully than what goes into our minds β€” and yet we consume far more of the latter, every single day.

5.5 hrs
Screen time
1.5 hrs
Eating & drinking
5.5 hrs average daily screen time
~1.5 hrs average daily time eating & drinking

Nearly 4× more of the daily plate is technology than food β€” yet food comes with nutrition panels, dietary guidelines, and a food pyramid. Technology comes with none of that.

πŸ”

Junk Tech

The digital equivalent of ultra-processed food β€” engineered to be consumed fast, in large quantities, with little regard for what it's doing to you.

  • Endless scroll feeds
  • Algorithm-driven outrage
  • Autoplay & notification bait
  • Designed to bypass "I've had enough"
πŸ₯—

Nourishing Tech

The same devices and platforms β€” chosen deliberately rather than consumed automatically.

  • A video call with family
  • Focused admin, then done
  • A podcast that teaches you something
  • Chosen with intention, not habit

We don't need a total detox. We need to read the label.

The Digital Wellbeing Project