Shruti Mundada https://www.shrutimundada.com/ Travel, Wellness & the Art of Living Well en Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:24:06 GMT Your Phone Isn't the Enemy: 5 Sane Ways to Find Balance in a Hyper-Connected World https://www.shrutimundada.com/realistic-digital-wellness-practices-connected-living/ https://www.shrutimundada.com/realistic-digital-wellness-practices-connected-living/ The wellness world loves to tell you to throw your phone in a river and go live in the woods for a week. But for most of us — with jobs, kids, group chats, and actual lives — that's not realistic or even desirable. Here's a more honest take on digital wellness that doesn't require going off the grid. Shruti Mundada Wellness Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:20:41 GMT Why I Stopped Collecting Countries and Started Actually Experiencing Them https://www.shrutimundada.com/slow-travel-philosophy-meaningful-cultural-immersion/ https://www.shrutimundada.com/slow-travel-philosophy-meaningful-cultural-immersion/ There's a certain kind of exhaustion that comes from returning home after a two-week European whirlwind — eight cities, eleven flights of stairs, and zero real conversations with locals. Slow travel flips that script entirely. Here's how spending more time in fewer places completely changed the way I move through the world. Shruti Mundada Travel Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:20:41 GMT