Pre-registration: Digital Wellness Certificate Program

This 10-week certification program is designed to equip leaders and practitioners with research-based tools and strategies to help foster digital flourishing.

First cohort: July 13th - September 21st

There has never been a better time to
invest in yourself and the future of work!

We invite you to join us!

Are you interested in deepening your understanding of Digital Wellness and applying it to your work?
You're in the right place.

This Certification Program is designed for health promotion practitioners, organizational leaders, and e-learning advocates looking to level-up their understanding and application of digital wellness.

Syllabus

Week 1

Flourishing in the Digital Era

Learn key Digital Wellness terminology and industry trends.

Week 2

Physical Health

Optimize breaks and understand the impact of digital distress on the body.

Week 3

Mental Health

Assess the impact of digital and social media on emotional health.

Week 4

Relationships

Create effective digital boundaries for positive and connected relationships.

Week 5

Communication

Learn about written inflection and linguistics to communicate efficiently and effectively online and offline.

Week 6

Productivity

Utilize techniques to overcome distraction in the age of the attention economy.

Week 7

Digital Citizenship

Uncover and reshape your digital footprint both personally and professionally.

Week 8

Quantified Self

Harness data for introspection and positive growth.

Week 9

Environment

Rework physical
spaces at work
and home to achieve maximum wellness.

Week 10

Evolving in the Digital Age

Implement actionable course knowledge to evolve with the
digital landscape.

Our digital world is constantly changing. To stay relevant, we must continuously learn about ourselves and the world around us.

- Nina Hersher, CEO Digital Wellness Collective

Team Leaders

Non-profit
Start-up
Corporate
Government

Mental Health Practitioners

Psychologists Psychiatrists
Social Workers
Life Coaches

Health Promotion Providers

Doctors
Nurses
Physical Therapists
Holistic Health Educators

Educators

K-12 Teachers
Graduate Professors
Speakers

The Digital Flourishing™
Model

This course uses the Digital Flourishing^™ Model to teach holistic health and wellness. Drawing on theoretical frameworks from positive psychology, traditional psychology, sociology, and data science, this program equips mental health practitioners, educators, and organizational leaders with research-based solutions and tools to embody and teach digital wellness.

Knowledge

Understand key terminology of digital wellness and the attention economy
Identify the warning signs of technology addiction, technology dependency, and digital distress
Understand current technology trends and their impact on human behavior
Understand the impact of mainstream technologies on mindfulness in society
Discuss the design and regulation of technology for digital health

Embodiment

Speak authoritatively about the eight components of Digital Flourishing™
Discover practices aimed specifically at improving our relationship with technology
Model the prevention of and recovery from digital burnout and sensory overload

Empowerment

Coach for effective digital boundaries and intentional technology practices

Assess and track digital wellness over time using research-based methodologies

Nina Hersher, MSW

Oasis in the Overwhelm Facilitator, Corporate Wellness Consultant

Nina Hersher is CEO and Co-founder of the Digital Wellness Collective, a global trade association of Digital Wellness experts and organizations collaborating to enhance human relationships through the intentional use and development of technology. Hersher is an international speaker and leading expert in Digital Wellness, holding a specialized MSW from Washington University in St. Louis in Norms of Connectivity and Reconceptualizing Human Development in the 21st Century, additional credentials as an Oasis in the Overwhelm Facilitator, Teen Outreach Program Facilitator, and Meditation Teacher. Hersher specializes in Digital Wellness seminars, retreats, and advising tech companies. Hersher is also the founder of Evolving in the Digital Age™ Consulting, dedicated to best practices in mental health in a fast-paced world. Most recently, Hersher’s work was featured at Spotify and in publications including The Stanford Social Innovation Review, Al Jazeera, and Voice of America.

Amy Blankson, MBA

Positive Psychologist, UN Global Happiness Council

Amy Blankson, bestselling author of The Future of Happiness, is the only person to receive a Point of Light from two sitting US Presidents. After graduating from Harvard College and Yale School of Management, she has focused her work on understanding how to cultivate happiness in a digital era. She is a co-founder of the Digital Wellness Collective, a member of the UN Global Happiness Council, and is currently working with the IEEE to create standards for well-being in the creation of artificial intelligence and emotion awareness. Most recently, Amy has shared her thought leadership as a speaker at TEDx, as a regular contributor for Forbes on Women, Technology, and Leadership, and as a featured professor in Oprah’s Happiness course.

Sophie Janicke-Bowles, PhD

Positive Media Psychologist, Researcher

Sophie H. Janicke-Bowles, Ph.D. is a positive media psychologist who investigates the role that new and traditional media play in promoting individual and social well-being (aka happiness). She is working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Communication at Chapman University, California, USA, teaching, speaking and researching on how to live a life full of meaning, fulfillment and happiness in the age of media saturation and digital distraction. Her work has been recognized in many national and international scientific journal outlets and she and her colleagues were recipients of a 1.9 million dollar grant from the John Templeton Foundation to explore prosociality and connectedness within media. She is currently working on the first textbook in Positive Media Psychology (Routledge, 2021) and is scientifically validating the first digital flourishing survey with her research associates in the upcoming year.

Jay Vidyarthi

Jay Vidyarthi is an award-winning experience designer and researcher focused on projects related to mindfulness and well-being. He guides teams through a human-centered approach to creating useful products, systems, and services. Forbes recently named Jay in a list of “10 world renowned meditation tech experts.” He used a lean, iterative process to design Muse: the brain sensing headband, a successful consumer product experience which gives you feedback on your brain while you meditate. His related academic work on a persuasive technology for mindfulness called Sonic Cradle has been published and well-cited in the literature on human-computer interaction. Jay also leads UX projects for major international clients in a wide range of other sectors. Jay helped launch A Mindful Society – an annual conference which attracts 500+ leaders in healthcare, education, business and government – where he takes a unique design thinking approach to co-create each event directly with the audience. Learn more at www.jayvidyarthi.com and www.attentionactivist.com

Dr. Eva Selhub, M.D.

Dr. Eva Selhub is an internationally recognized expert, physician, speaker, scientist and consultant in the fields of stress, resilience, and working with the natural environment to achieve maximum health and wellbeing.

Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Dr. Eva served as an Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and as a Clinical Associate of the world-renowned Benson Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital for close to 20 years, serving as their Medical Director for six of those years. She has authored 4 books, including The Love Response, Your Brain on Nature, Your Health Destiny, and the Stress Management Handbook.

Dr. Selhub has been published in numerous medical journals and featured in national publications including The New York Times, USA Today, Self, Shape, Fitness, and Journal of Woman’s Health, and has appeared on radio and television in connection with her work, including the Dr. Oz show.

Learn more at www.drselhub.com and www.drselhubcorporate.com

Lawrence Ampofo, Ph.D

Dr. Lawrence Ampofo is the CEO and founder of Digital Mindfulness, a digital ethics innovation firm in London UK. Lawrence's PhD focused on computational propaganda and the effects of social media on human behaviour. He understands how digital technologies, applied in the right way can significantly impact the quality of human life.

In 2013, Lawrence created Digital Mindfulness to deep-dive on this issue and help companies engage in digital transformation more responsibly. Lawrence regularly keynotes at conferences and delivers lectures on tech risks and the responsible deployment of emerging technologies such as AI, Blockchain and Robotics. Lawrence is also the host of the Digital Mindfulness podcast, a show that interviews global thought leaders on innovations in digital ethics and how people around the world should be thinking about how to responsibly innovate in our time.

Learn more at www.digitalmindfulness.net

Susan Reynolds, M.Ed.

When lifetime educator Susan Reynolds, witnessed the promise and peril of the Internet in 1997, she became deeply concerned about technology’s role in students’ lives. After twenty years of investigating and researching the issues, she came to believe some of the escalating mental health crisis among teens and college students could be prevented with the mindful use of technology. Today, nearly 100% of all solutions to mitigate digital overload were designed by adults. No one was asking Gen Z for their solutions.

In response, Susan launched LookUp.live, a nonprofit incubator that exists to improve mental health and wellbeing by empowering youth to reverse the negative effects of digital overload.

As an international speaker, workshop leader, and Director of Youth Advocacy at the Digital Wellness Collective, Susan is supporting a youth-led social movement to shift social norms around digital use.

Learn more at www.lookup.live.

Course Format

The Digital Wellness Certificate features blended-learning including expert video content, interactive activities, and a powerful portal for reflection and group discussion.

Case Studies & Research

Stay up to date on the latest case studies and research with curated content just for you.

Library of Tools and Resources

Access digital wellness resources and tools, and keep track of all your favorites.

Social Learning

We're in this together! Learn alongside a community of individuals who share your passion for digital wellness. Gain access to our e-learning portal with real-time weekly discussions.

What our teachers have to say...

I’m delighted to be part of this new initiative. Digital wellness has the potential to help billions of people around the world flourish.

LAWRENCE AMPOFO

Digital Mindfulness

This course on digital wellness couldn’t come at a better time, and I’m so excited to be a part of getting these critical tools into the hands of those who need them.

AMY BLANKSON

Fearless Positivity

I am excited to launch this certificate program to build a community of embodied leaders of digital flourishing who will be the catalysts to bring meaningful and lasting change to today's digital way of living.

SOPHIE JANICKE

Rewiring Happiness

This certification program includes strategies and methodologies for all ages. When adults and youth work together, with their intergenerational approaches to digital wellness, social norms will shift.

SUSAN REYNOLDS

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