NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Now fully revised and updated this evidence-based user-friendly guide
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Generation Do you feel addicted to your phone? Do you frequently pick it up “just to check ”
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guide to breaking up—and then making up—with your phone. The goal: better mental health
improved screen-life balance and a long-term relationship with technology that feels good.
Now fully revised to reflect advances in the technological landscape this groundbreaking book
features new expert advice and research on the science of addiction with expanded chapters
explaining how social media and algorithms are designed to addict us impairing our abilities
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will guide you—and your friends and family—through the process of creating new healthy
relationships with your smartphone tablet or other digital devices. Whether you’re seeking
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media How to Break Up with Your Phone offers practical solutions. It’s guaranteed to help you
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