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  • February Reset: 3 Simple Ways to Take Back Your Time From Your Phone - S. S. Coulter’s Books and Activities

    February Reset: 3 Simple Ways to Take Back Your Time From Your Phone

    Most New Year’s resolutions fade by February — but protecting your time doesn’t have to. These three simple, practical habits will help you use your phone more intentionally, reclaim your focus, and recapture joy in your everyday life. Small shifts. Real results. No extremes required.

  • The Childhood We Must Fight for Kids to Have - S. S. Coulter’s Books and Activities

    The Childhood We Must Fight for Kids to Have

    Planet Fassa began with a simple desire: to protect childhood imagination, play, and joy in a world that keeps filling every quiet moment. Technology may save time, but it often steals presence. Kids deserve to know how creative, interesting, and wonderful they already are — without needing a screen to prove it.

  • How PHUBBING Is Ruining Your Relationships - S. S. Coulter’s Books and Activities

    How PHUBBING Is Ruining Your Relationships

    Phubbing - phone snubbing - may sound harmless, but research shows it quietly erodes trust, emotional safety, and connection. Even brief phone interruptions disrupt attunement between people. This post explores how divided attention damages relationships with partners, children, and friends - and how simple pockets of presence can quickly restore what phones take away.

  • Willpower Is Overrated — Friction Is the Real Behavior Changer - S. S. Coulter’s Books and Activities

    Willpower Is Overrated — Friction Is the Real Behavior Changer

    Willpower is inconsistent, and most of us blame ourselves when it fades. But behavior change isn’t about discipline—it’s about friction. By adding small obstacles to the habits you want to break and removing obstacles from the habits you want to build, you can change your patterns quickly and without relying on willpower.

  • The Mental Noise Problem: How to Quiet Your Mind in a Loud World - S. S. Coulter’s Books and Activities

    The Mental Noise Problem: How to Quiet Your Mind in a Loud World

    Mental noise isn’t a personal failing — it’s the predictable result of constant digital input. Notifications, red dots, emotional spikes, and endless scroll keep the brain overstimulated and restless. But when you remove even a little of that noise, clarity and calm return far faster than you expect.

  • They Tested Our Emotions ... and Never Told Us - S. S. Coulter’s Books and Activities

    They Tested Our Emotions ... and Never Told Us

    Facebook’s 2012 experiment proved how easily our emotions can be influenced without our consent. Today, every platform runs constant micro-tests designed to shape our moods and keep us engaged. This blog exposes how those emotional nudges work and why awareness is the first step in reclaiming attention and agency.

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