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Overcoming Polarization: A Fast from Media?

18 Jan, 2025

By Brian Grim

A Music Fast Changed My Life—A Media Fast Might Heal Yours

Fasting from Media

65% say they always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics according to Pew Research. Fasting from Media can revive us.

Research shows massive numbers of people are trapped in partisan echo chambers. Social and partisan media reinforce bias and polarization by providing a diet of repetitive refrains with limited depth and breadth that limit our spirituality and minds.

In a new article, I trace how a 10-month fast from music changed my life. I suggest that a media fast — be it 10 hours, 10 days or 10 months — can not only open up the creative voices that are in your soul, it can cure exhaustion and curb anger.

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