Founder’s Story

Colin Corby, Digital Wellbeing Expert and Coach speaking at Elevate 2025, London.
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Meet Colin Corby – The Digital Detox Coach

Hi, I’m Colin Corby, CEO and Founder of Technology Wellbeing Ltd, and creator of ‘The Digital Detox Coach’. I am a technologist, TEDx speaker, digital wellbeing coach, and endurance athlete. I established ‘The Digital Detox Coach’ in 2018 to help individuals and organisations reclaim time, energy and space for a healthier, more productive and sustainable relationship with technology.

My journey began in the early 1990s. Despite enjoying a great job and being involved in some amazing technology projects, I started to suffer from stress. After inconclusive tests, I decided to get fit again. I remember swimming just a short distance before I felt quite ill and had to stop, with my heart racing and gasping for air. I wanted to give up, but that wasn’t an option, because for me, I had reached a ‘tipping point’.

So, I made time to swim and my level of fitness gradually improved. I was training my heart and body to become much more resilient to stress. By the mid-1990s, training had become an integral part of my identity, leading me to compete in masters swimming and triathlon. I became fascinated by how the mind and body were inextricably connected, and how by training and having the right mindset, so many more things became possible. This inspired me to train for and complete four Ironman triathlons.

It was in researching the psychology and neuroscience behind the mindset of an endurance athlete that led me to develop a fascination with the collision between technology and psychology and the ways in which this relationship is rapidly changing our world, our health, and even the way we think. As a technologist, I always try to stay ahead of today’s technology to image how we can live a healthy and productive life with technology in the age of Artificial Intelligence.

I love to speak, coach, and give workshops on:

  • The Mindset of a Business Athlete
  • Digital Detox - How to stay human in a digitally connected world
  • Being Human in the age of AI
  • Is your digital footprint killing the planet?

Workshops in the US can be arranged through our collaboration with Brightflare Performance Solutions, USA.

If this sounds interesting, then Schedule a call here.

Technology Wellbeing Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales No 4951631.

Presenter Profile

Digital Wellbeing Expert and Coach Colin Corby with Ana Smith on stage speaking at TEDx talk
Colin D. Corby

PGD TM (Open), BSc (Hons) I.Eng MIET

Colin Corby is The Digital Detox Coach

Colin has over 30 years experience in leading technology companies. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Technology Management, a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mathematics, and is a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Keynote speaker, author, expert contributor and podcast guest including:

  • TEDx speaker: Are We Losing our Human Identity to Technology?
  • BBC Radio 4 – You and Yours (August 2025): Featured contributor in a special segment on the Commodore computer and digital detox.
  • BBC Wales – X-Ray (October 2022): Appeared as a digital detox expert.
  • Podcast guest: Regularly invited speaker across leading podcasts, consistently receiving five-star reviews.
  • Writer of The Digital Detox Guide on Substack link
  • Published author: Articles on the future of work, digital culture and digital detox.

Recent press coverage:

  • Yahoo Life 'How to stop scrolling in bed as night-time phone use linked to insomnia' by Liz Connor, 31 March 2025. read the article.

Colin Corby has appeared as a Digital Detox expert in over 25 podcasts including:

  • Talks with Dr Shafer Digital Detox: How to Reclaim your Attention with special guest Colin Corby.
    (Oct 2025). Watch or listen on apple,Spotify, YouTube

  • The ET Project with Wayne Brown The Power of Digital Detox: Strategies for a Healthier Lifestyle - (Apr 2024)
    apple, YouTube