Young people aren’t just the recipients of digital-wellness programs — they’re the architects. When students step into leadership, they shape the culture, set the pace, and create real change. The future of digital wellness begins with empowering them to lead.

There is a quiet revolution unfolding — a movement toward reclaiming time, attention, and the fullness of life beyond the screen. Called the Joy of Missing Out (JOMO), it isn’t about rejecting technology; it’s about choosing what truly matters: meaningful relationships, quiet mornings, and presence over perpetual connection. Opting into real life is a subtle act of freedom in a world built to keep you scrolling.

We’re excited to share more about JOMO’s mission—because in a world of constant digital noise, we believe in reclaiming the Joy of Missing Out. Whether you’re a student, parent, educator, or faith leader, the way we engage with technology isn’t just a cultural question—it’s a spiritual one. Discover how we’re equipping communities with tools for digital-wellness, presence, and intentional living.

Tired of your phone and laptop running you? Join us for a free Digital Declutter Webinar where we’ll help you tidy up your digital space, create healthier screen-time boundaries, and reclaim focus and clarity. Organize your devices, streamline your social media and email, and make technology work for your life instead of controlling it.

This holiday season, choose presence over pressure. Instead of chasing every event and feeling obliged to be everywhere, embrace the freedom of missing out—on overload, on comparison, on endless scrolling. Create the space to connect, rest, and rediscover real joy in what truly matters.

What if, instead of focused on the shame around technology, our schools emphasized the joy of presence, real connection and choice? By helping students use devices thoughtfully—not because tech is bad, but because life-off-screen matters—we empower culture change built on freedom, not guilt.

In our tech-filled world, screens and social media offer endless connection—yet too much can leave young people feeling isolated, anxious and disconnected from themselves. The goal isn’t to ditch technology entirely, but to rediscover balance. By choosing presence over distraction, unplugging with intention and investing in real-world relationships, students gain the freedom to engage fully in the life around them.

Together with CSI, we’re launching a five-part virtual series to empower schools, families and students toward healthier digital habits. In a time when screen overload is the new norm, this collaboration gives us a chance to build presence, community and intentional tech use—not just in classrooms but across homes and school culture.

Making schools phone-free is a strong start — but it’s just the beginning of building a culture of digital wellness. True change comes when students, teachers and families embrace deeper agency, purpose, and intention—beyond simply banning devices.

We are thrilled to announce a new strategic partnership among JOMO(campus), SCSBC, and the Baylor Center for School Leadership, designed to foster educational excellence and digital-well-being across Christian schools. Together they will roll out a school-wide digital wellness initiative rooted in faith, presence, and intentional tech use—marking the next step beyond mere phone bans.

Teen brain + constant connection doesn’t always equal flourishing. Our high school digital-well-being program equips staff, students and families with the mindset and practices to build presence, mature habits and deeper learning—not just fewer screen minutes.

A digitally well graduate: someone who uses devices with mastery and self-regulation, sets healthy boundaries, recognises technology as a tool—not a distraction—and values real-life presence, connection and wellness. Schools partnering with students, staff and families can help make this vision a reality.

You’re invited to help shape the future of digital well-being in higher education. The kick-off meeting of the Coalition for Collegiate Digital Well-Being brings together students and campus leaders to transform good intentions into shared action. Expect student voices, strategic insights from campus leadership and concrete ideas to launch in the coming academic year.

You’re invited to help shape the future of digital well-being in higher education. The kick-off meeting of the Coalition for Collegiate Digital Well-Being brings together students and campus leaders to transform good intentions into shared action. Expect student voices, strategic insights from campus leadership and concrete ideas to launch in the coming academic year.

Over the past year, students progressed—and the numbers show it: those who once went online for one purpose but got distracted dropped from 49 % to 43 %; procrastination via apps/social media fell from 67 % to 56 %; single‐tasking rose from 39 % to 44 %; and students using ‘Do Not Disturb’ or closing distracting apps when working increased from 39 % to 44 %. Proof that meaningful change is possible when digital well-being is taken seriously.

This half-day professional learning event brings together campus leaders and educators to explore applied strategies in digital wellness—covering academic, residential and social-spaces. Hosted at Virginia Tech, it offers frameworks, tools and assessments to help align student goals with purposeful device use and belonging, and launches the broader Coalition for Collegiate Digital Well-Being.

In a never-off culture accelerated by AI and complexity, we celebrated major milestones: nearly 1,000 students at Virginia Tech completed our 4-week challenge, eight new campuses joined our digital-well-being movement, and we launched secondary-school pilots. As we rest this holiday season, we look ahead to expanding impact in 2024/25 with fresh purpose and hope.

Explore our latest posts on digital-wellness and student life—where we share stories, resources and updates that help young people thrive in a tech-filled world.

This year’s wellness survey asked 1,079 students—857 from post-secondary institutions and 222 high-schoolers—about stress, success and the role of the institution in supporting well-being. From textbooks and late-night study marathons to accommodation hunts and balancing life off-campus, student stress is real. And how institutions respond matters.

We invite you to join our Spring 2024 Digital Well-Being Challenge Cohort. Students struggle with tech over-use, and healthy boundaries matter. Our 4-week challenge gives your school a ready-to-run program: weekly themes like focus, relationships, campus life and brain-breaks, plus training, assessment tools and live kickoff sessions. Get your campus on the map this spring.