I have always been very anxious. I don’t know where it started, but from a young age, I wanted to control/make sure that everything in my life would be alright. This has caused me to have anxiety attacks where my heart rate can go up to 170 bpm. During that time period, I am virtually incapable of doing anything. I have an urge to do something, to distract myself, usually through work. It’s very discouraging for me because I know what I’m going through but I don’t know how to make myself feel better (partly because I lost my self-help book lol.)

Illustration of a car with alarmed passengers labeled “Parental controls,” “Screen time lock,” and “Phone bans,” speeding with no brakes next to the text “GO BEYOND EYEBALLS—not addiction, pay for outcomes.”.
Emotional Wellness
Caitlyn Wang

Beyond Eyeballs: Pay for Outcomes, Not Addiction

After several high-stakes responsible-tech applications and helping my daughters through college applications, I finally took a Monday off. Sauna. Cold plunge. Steam. Massage. Except…everywhere the blue light from screens stole the stillness. Signs on the changing room doors banned phones; guests had signed waivers agreeing to it; steam rooms could

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Emotional Wellness
Caitlyn Wang

How curaJOY started

The Toll of Continuous (and Ineffective) Therapy on a Family For over five years, behavior therapists, counselors, and social workers came into our home 3 to 5 hours at a time, five days a week. My neurotypical daughter flipped out one day and said, “Mom, can we just have one

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curaJOY surveys 160 Youths on Effective Interventions" and "Youth Cyberbullying Support Survey.
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Youth Cyberbullying: What 160 Young People told us

From WhatsApp to TikTok, young people share how cyberbullying impacts them and the fixes they believe in. Cyberbullying is one of the most pressing challenges facing young people today. To better understand its impact and explore what kinds of support actually help, we conducted a Youth Cyberbullying Support and Intervention

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