Better Being Series: Are You Taking Care of Your Digital Wellbeing?

In today’s fast paced world, employees and employers alike are struggling to balance between being productive while also staying healthy. In today’s Better Being episode, host and Aon’s Chief Wellbeing Officer, Rachel Fellowes, is joined by Amy Blankson, Co-founder & Chief Evangelist at Digital Wellness Institute, for a conversation about digital wellbeing in the modern workplace and how to maintain a healthy tech-life balance.

• [3:11] Defining digital wellbeing and why Amy decided to set up the Digital Wellness Institute
• [5:10] Insights on the impact of hybrid working on digital wellbeing after COVID-19
• [6:53] The challenges of hyper-responsible tech use in high performing adults
• [7:54] Maximizing a digital balance to maximize productivity and satisfaction in the workforce
• [11:01] Sources of burnout and the importance of setting digital boundaries

Additional Resources:

Aon’s website

Better Being Series Dives into Women’s Health

Rachel Fellowes LinkedIn

Aon’s Workplace Wellbeing

Aon’s 2022-2023 Global Wellbeing Survey

Amy Blankson Resources:

• LinkedIn profile
• Website
• Digital Wellness Institute website
• Digital Wellness Day

Tweetables:

• “Digital wellbeing is the opportunity that we have to maximize the benefits of technology while mitigating the harms that come along with it.” — Amy Blankson
• “83 percent of employees are now turning to employers looking for help navigating tech-life balance.” — Amy Blankson
• “It’s very hard to step off the treadmill when the entire world is on it together.” — Amy Blankson
• “As technology continues to advance, it becomes even more important that we as adults develop a sense of digital balance.” — Amy Blankson
• “It’s not just that you’ve been sitting at a desk all day. It’s that your brain is trying to manage so many things at once, and that can be exhausting.” — Amy Blankson
• “We have the capacity as adults and leaders to make some very small micro changes in our lives that will help us move to a state of flourishing.” — Amy Blankson