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Use these apps to get off your phone and spend time outdoors.

These 12 Apps Can Actually Help You Break Away and Get Outside

Check out this Cistercian nun's Twitter account, the most peaceful place on the internet.

This Twitter Feed is the Most Peaceful Place on the Internet

Watch out if you're binge-watching Netflix and other media outlets lately. Here's the problem with binging.

Are You in a Codependent Relationship with Netflix?

Learn how to use TikTok by following this thoughtful guide.

3 Tips for Thoughtfully Navigating TikTok

Check out how reducing screen time helped this author improve her life.

4 Ways Cutting Down My Screen Time Changed Me

Take into consideration these six tips for how to break a phone addiction.

6 Tips for Breaking Your Phone Addiction

Watch how this blind inventor created assistive technology.

Blind Inventor Creates Assistive Technology

Check out how this app for prayer and meditation is changing the way people pray.

This App Guides You in Prayerful Meditation

Follow these 5 tips for how to use your phone less if you're ready to break your technology addiction.

How Much We Really Use Our Phones Each Day

Listen to what music sounded like in the Hagia Sophia during the 6th century.

Listen to Ancient Music Revived by Technology

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How to Avoid Media Overload

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3 Tips for Intentional Online Dating

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Digital Minimalism: How to Live Better with Technology

Read why this author misses the slow-communication methods before the internet.

What I Miss About Slow-Motion Communication

Read how these benefits of silence can lead to true happiness.

Why Silence is Paramount for Health (& Happiness)

Read how instant gratification is really affecting us and is secretly of a cause of impatience.

How Instant Gratification is Really Affecting Us

The real effects of tech addiction and why it's better to be bored than on your phone.

Why It’s Better to be ‘Bored’ than on Your Phone

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It’s More Important than Ever to Engage in Politics

Practice these morning stretches to start your day intentionally.

Start Your Day With These Yoga Postures

Watch how Aram's improv comedy class instills confidence and creativity in the Chicago community.

Creative Magic Behind Chicago’s Improv Comedy

Want to know how to do stand-up comedy as a hobby? Find out how to overcome your nerves and even grow as a person.

How and Why to Pursue Comedy as a Hobby

Find out how using humor to cope can help you see laughter as a promise and source of hope.

The Promise of “One Day, You’ll Laugh About This”

Stock your closet up with these French fashion staples.

5 French Clothing Staples for a Très Chic Look

Have a laugh, on us. Check out the Grotto team's favorite funny videos.

Need a Laugh? Here are the Grotto Team’s Recs

Join Jane and Mike as they discuss how to find your personal style with an expert.

How Do You Find Your Personal and Professional Style?

Find out more about Our Lady of Sorrows and listen to this playlist inspired by her.

Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows Spotify Playlist | #GrottoMusic

Learn how Noah realizes that laughter is the best medicine while dealing with an autoimmune disorder.

The Healing Power of Laughter