Digital Detox: A Cure to the Never-Ending Stress and Overstimulation

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Digital Detox: A Cure to the Never-Ending Stress and Overstimulation

Phones and technology, so mundane in our lives, may be quietly robbing us of things we didn’t know we needed—until stepping away.

Step Outside, America

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Main image: Valerie Sloan needed to step away from a toxic workplace and an intensely digital environment far removed from nature. Today, she owns a retreat designed to help people disconnect from screens and reconnect with nature and their childhood curiosity.Illustration by The Epoch Times, Courtesy of Valerie Sloan, Courtesy of the Horseshoe Farm

At a quiet retreat in Tennessee, a handful of people read on the porch or simply sit and talk. Beyond them, donkeys drift through a fenced field.

No one reaches for his or her phone.