Unplug & Thrive: A Gentle Digital Detox Journey - by Rebecca Jo-Rushdy

COURSE

Unplug & Thrive: A Gentle Digital Detox Journey

With Rebecca Jo-Rushdy

Do you find it difficult to put down your device? Does social media leave you feeling inadequate or unworthy? Do you ever find yourself feeling guilty after hours have gone by without you even realizing it while you were on the phone? We all know and have personally experienced the hyper-addictive nature of smartphones and the profound impact they can have on our sensitive nervous systems. Over the next 7-days in the Gentle Digital Detox Journey, we will transform intention into action with manageable bite-size daily tasks to create more mental space and energy so we can focus on what matters most in life. By taking small steps each day, we will create mindful space in both our digital world and physical world. You will be guided with simple exercises to gently rewire your brains and reclaim your energy with compassion without shame or overwhelm.

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Meet your Teacher

Rebecca Jo-Rushdy
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Rebecca guides fellow sensitive souls to transform their hearts, minds, and homes into sanctuaries that spark joy and flow. With a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by highly sensitive individuals, she is dedicated to helping others turn their wounds into wisdom and their exhaustion into energy so that we can all serve the world from our overflow. Drawing on her rich lived experience, Rebecca has lived and worked across the globe. She was the first platinum KonMari consultant in Malaysia and continues to inspire in Edinburgh, where she currently resides with her husband and two wonderfully sensitive daughters.

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7 Days

218 students

4.8 stars

7 min / day

Anxiety

English

Lesson 1

Bedroom Recharge: Unplug Your Charger, Reclaim Your Rest

In our fast-paced digital world, the bedroom often becomes an extension of our office, social space, and entertainment hub. However, this intrusion can significantly affect the quality of our rest and overall well-being. In this first lesson, we will focus on reclaiming our bedroom as a sanctuary for rest and rejuvenation. By removing digital distractions from this sacred space, we aim to enhance our sleep quality, reduce stress, and create a peaceful environment conducive to relaxation and healing. Let’s begin our journey to a more mindful and fulfilling life by making our bedroom a tech-free haven.

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Lesson 2

Tidying Up Our Notifications: Reclaim Your Attention

In today's hyper-connected world, notifications from our devices constantly compete for our attention, often pulling us away from the present moment. This bombardment of alerts can lead to increased stress and fragmented focus, making it difficult to engage meaningfully with our tasks and loved ones. Prolonged use of devices for developing adolescent brains has shown results in brain scans where the prefrontal cortex is damaged, underdeveloped, or under-active. This means it impacts literacy, creativity, and even empathy. In this lesson, we will take control of our digital environment by tidying up our notifications. By thoughtfully curating which alerts deserve our immediate attention, we will create mental space and reclaim our ability to engage with our apps on our terms.

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Lesson 3

Cleaning Up Our Home Screen: Deleting Apps With Joy

Our digital devices are extensions of our daily lives, often cluttered with apps that we no longer need or use. This clutter can overwhelm us, making it difficult to find what truly serves us. In this lesson, we will apply the KonMari Method to our home screens, focusing on what we truly need and deleting apps that no longer spark joy. By categorizing and organizing our apps, we will create a clean and efficient digital environment that supports our well-being and productivity.

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Lesson 4

Unsubscribe Emails & Create Space In Your Inbox

Our email inboxes can quickly become cluttered with newsletters, promotions, and notifications that we no longer find valuable. This digital clutter can overwhelm us and distract us from important messages. In this lesson, we will focus on decluttering our inboxes by unsubscribing from unwanted emails and organizing the remaining ones. By setting specific times for checking emails and managing push notifications, we will create more mental space and reduce the stress associated with a cluttered inbox.

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Lesson 5

Deleting Photos With Joy

Our digital photo albums can quickly become overwhelming with thousands of pictures, screenshots, and duplicates. This digital clutter can make it difficult to find cherished memories and create stress. In this lesson, we will focus on decluttering our photo libraries by deleting photos that no longer spark joy. By dedicating just 10 minutes a day to this task, we can make significant progress without feeling overwhelmed. We will also explore ways to organize remaining photos into meaningful categories, creating a more enjoyable and accessible digital photo collection.

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Lesson 6

Unfollow And Create A Joyful Social Media Feed

Our social media feeds can become overwhelming with content that no longer serves us or brings us joy. This digital clutter can significantly affect our mental well-being, especially for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) who feel the impact more deeply. In this lesson, we will focus on decluttering our social media feeds by unfollowing accounts that no longer resonate with us. By dedicating just 10 minutes a day to this task, we can create a more joyful and meaningful social media experience. We will also explore options to hide posts from certain accounts if unfollowing feels too drastic.

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Lesson 7

Embracing Digital Freedom: Untethering Ourselves

As we wrap up our 7-day gentle digital detox journey, we will focus on untethering ourselves from our physical devices and exploring ways to be present in the moment. Whether it’s putting away our phones for a couple of hours before bedtime, enjoying a movie with family without distractions, or dedicating a day to being phone-free, we will discover what works best for each of us. By understanding our comfort, stretch, and panic zones, we will learn to expand our capacity for growth and hold ourselves accountable for maintaining these new habits.

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4.8 (24)

Recent Reviews

Heidi

March 19, 2025

I binged on your course. Will repeat. As an elderly user, I learned some things I didn't know about. I could use a personal coach taking my phone from me and looking at what I have, discussing my new attunement as a retired person compared to my previous life (retired RN) and helping me redesigned the purpose of my phone usage. I have to remember, a cellphone is not a phone. It's a micro personal computer with a phone attached to it. "Love is letting go of fear." Thank you dear soul.

Shelley

February 26, 2025

Excellent course!

Julia

January 22, 2025

Thank you so much! This was a great course! I appreciate your wonderful advice :-)

Cj

November 24, 2024

Great suggestions! Ideas and steps are offered in a non-judgmental, achievable system. TY❣️

Lorilee

September 28, 2024

This Digital Detox Course is well organized and presents doable approaches to help with the detox journey. It gave me a lot of food for thought and has led me to be a more conscious user of my devices and to understand how it not only affects me (digital fatigue, having a digital present moment not a world around me present moment), but how my use affects others (disassociation, value over digital life over real world life). It also showed me that I need to and want to recommit to spending more time in the real world not in some valueless mindless scrolling space. I can set my digital boundaries, when I have a goal that is based on the love of family (pets included), friends and Nature. Thank you, Rebecca, for your guidance through this course.

Violet

September 24, 2024

Excellent tips!

Imogen

September 7, 2024

Fantastic course loaded with unique, actionable tips. Highly recommend! 🩷

Alice

August 18, 2024

i encourage everyone to take this digital detox journey with Rebecca. she helped me see areas i hadn’t considered before that could use some de-stressing. her gentle direction and her sharing of her vast knowledge of detoxing and decluttering to lower my cortisol levels has greatly improved my well being. thanks Rebecca 🙏🦋🩵

Angela

August 16, 2024

I love Rebecca’s philosophies and gentle but highly practical techniques. Each lesson is short but packed with actionable items. She is understanding and does not use the typical shaming/scolding approach. It was so good I binged it!

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