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Plain guides to a healthier digital life
For the thing you're trying to change, the person you're trying to help, and the group you lead. Free settings first, honest about where apps fall short, including ours.
Start with the problem
Plain guides to the thing you're trying to change, free settings first.
Start with the problem · 7 minHow to block porn on iPhoneApple gives you a real filter for free. Here's how to turn it on, where it stops, and how to close the gaps if you need more than a filter.Start with the problem · 7 minHow to block porn on AndroidAndroid has no adult filter for your own account. Here are the free workarounds, what each one really covers, and how to get a block that someone else would notice you removing.Start with the problem · 7 minHow to block porn on a computerWindows and Mac both have family tools, and both have a gap when the computer is yours. Here's what the built-in options do, how to filter the whole machine for free, and how to add a lock someone else holds.Start with the problem · 8 minHow to block gambling sites and appsBlocking works best as one layer of several. Here's how to self-exclude, block the sites and apps on your phone and computer, cut off the money, and put a person between you and the next bet.Start with the problem · 7 minHow to stop doomscrollingYou don't need more willpower. You need the feed to be slightly harder to reach than the thing you'd rather be doing, and someone who notices when it isn't working.Start with the problem · 6 minBlock Shorts, Reels and TikTok, keep the restYou can take out just the part of a site that eats your evening and keep the part you came for. Here's what's possible on each device, with no exaggeration.Start with the problem · 9 minHow to quit porn, for real this timeNot a pep talk. A plan with four parts, built for the night when motivation is gone, because that's the only night that matters.Start with the problem · 6 minHow to find an accountability partnerThe best partner isn't the most spiritual person you know or the strictest. It's the one who'll answer a text at midnight without making it worse.
Which app is best for you
Honest picks by device and situation, with sources, including where other apps beat us.
Honest picks · 6 minBest porn blocker for iPhoneEvery iPhone blocker works inside the same Apple limits. The differences are what gets blocked, whether anyone is told, and whether you can undo it on a bad night.Honest picks · 6 minBest porn blocker for AndroidAndroid lets a blocker read what's on screen, so this is the platform where the apps differ most. Here's who does what, with sources.Honest picks · 6 minBest porn blocker for WindowsA PC is where most blockers are weakest and where LeadMeNot is most complete. Here's what each one does on Windows, with sources.Honest picks · 6 minBest porn blocker for MacYour Mac has a filter built in. Here's what it covers, and how the apps compare when you need more than Safari filtered.Honest picks · 6 minBest accountability app for couplesThe question for a couple isn't which app blocks most. It's how much the other person should see, and whether a change can happen quietly.Honest picks · 6 minBest accountability app for teensFor a young child you want a parental control app, and we'll tell you which. For an older teen who's on board, accountability works better than surveillance. Here's the honest split.Honest picks · 6 minBest Christian accountability appThree apps come up in every church men's group. They're built on different ideas about what accountability is. Here's the honest difference, with sources.Honest picks · 6 minBest gambling blocker appThree honest options, built on two different ideas: a lock nobody can lift, or a person who can. Here's how to choose, with sources.Honest picks · 6 minBest app to stop doomscrollingFocus apps lock you out for a session. Accountability apps keep a boundary all day and tell someone when it breaks. Here's which is which, with sources.
For partners and spouses
How to be the person someone trusts with this, without becoming their warden.
For partners and spouses · 7 minHow to be a good accountability partnerSomeone trusted you with the hardest thing in their life. You don't need training. You need a few habits, and permission to be ordinary about it.For partners and spouses · 5 minWhat to say when you get an alertThe first message you send sets the tone for every one after it. Here are words that keep the door open, for the first alert, the fifth, and the one that confirms what you feared.For partners and spouses · 8 minWhen your spouse is struggling with pornYou found out, or they told you. You're hurt, and you also want to help, and those two things are pulling in different directions. This is for you, not for them.For partners and spouses · 4 minCheck-in questions that get an honest answer"How's it going?" gets "fine". These don't. For a weekly coffee, a Sunday text, or the evening reflection.
The partner hub: everything in one place · Already a LeadMeNot partner? Partner guides
For churches, universities, ministries, schools and employers
Practical digital wellness your institution can sponsor, with each person in charge of their own boundaries.
For institutions · 5 minEquip your church for healthier digital livingGive your congregation practical tools to build healthier technology habits, establish personal boundaries, and find support through trusted relationships.For institutions · 5 minSupport student well-being beyond the classroomGive students voluntary, personalized tools to manage digital distractions, set their own boundaries, and take ownership of their technology use. Your campus sponsors access; students stay in charge of their own devices.For institutions · 5 minExtend the care you already provide, wherever people serveExtend the care you already provide with practical digital wellness tools that individuals and families can use wherever they live and serve.For institutions · 5 minHealthy technology habits beyond the classroomHelp families create individualized digital boundaries at home: healthy routines, parent-supported limits and digital responsibility, with the boundaries set by the family rather than the school.For institutions · 5 minA digital wellness benefit people actually wantOffer a voluntary way for people to manage attention, set boundaries around distracting apps and build healthier technology routines, without turning anyone's private behavior into something the employer sees.
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