Reclaiming Your Life from Social Media — A Call to Flourish
In our hyperconnected world, social media has become an ever-present force shaping our minds, moods, and mental health. From dawn to dusk, millions scroll through curated highlight reels that often lead to feelings of inadequacy, anxiety, and isolation. If you’re struggling to reclaim your life from social media, this article offers a biblical and practical approach to flourishing offline—based on the inspiring work of Allie Marie Smith.
Enter Social Media Reset, a transformational 30-day journey created by author and mental health advocate Allie Marie Smith. Drawing from over two decades of ministry through her nonprofit, Wonderfully Made, Allie offers a path toward digital detox that reconnects women and girls to God, themselves, and the miracle of their one precious life.
The Hidden Toll of Social Media Comparison
Studies reveal staggering statistics about the mental health crisis among young women. One in three teen girls has seriously contemplated suicide, and three in five feel persistently sad or hopeless. Much of this surge correlates with the rise of social media use. Rather than offering connection, these platforms often foster comparison, confusion, and emotional fatigue.
Through Social Media Reset, Allie Marie Smith invites participants to disconnect from the constant digital noise and rediscover the rhythms God intended for us. The book encourages readers to unplug, reflect, and create space for genuine relationships and spiritual growth. It’s not about demonizing social media but about reclaiming balance and joy.
Allie Marie Smith’s Movement for All Generations
This journey isn’t just for teens. Women of all ages are encouraged to take this step together—mothers, daughters, grandmothers, and mentors. Wonderfully Made offers workshops, retreats, and an online community to guide and support each step. It’s about building an intergenerational network of faith-filled women championing one another toward wholeness.
To explore Wonderfully Made’s offerings, visit wonderfullymade.org or check out our articles and resources on GenerousGirl.com.
Join the Social Media Reset Mission
With initiatives like the Love Her Latte campaign and outreach via YouTube ads, Wonderfully Made is on a mission to let every girl and woman know she is fearfully and wonderfully made. Whether through donating, participating in retreats, or simply sharing the message, you can be part of this life-changing movement.
Your life is too precious to be lived through a screen. Say yes to the journey of healing, rediscovery, and purpose. Say yes to Social Media Reset.
Learn more about the Love Her Latte campaign. You can also explore Allie Marie Smith’s full bio and podcast at wonderfullymade.org/about, or dive deeper with our community of givers and dreamers at GenerousGirl.com/stories.
A Personal Battle: Allie Marie Smith and Depression
Allie Marie Smith’s passion stems from lived experience. As a teenager, she struggled with severe depression, even attempting to end her life shortly after high school. Despite appearing to have it all together—good grades, athletic success—she was deeply broken inside. In her lowest moment, she asked for a Bible in the hospital and discovered the hope of Jesus in the Gospels.
She recounts meeting God in the hospital chapel as “Amazing Grace” played, surrendering her life to Him. That encounter radically changed her trajectory. Though struggles remained, her faith gave her purpose and healing.
Finding Healing Through Faith and Reset
This transformation ignited a desire to help other girls and women recognize their worth and God-given identity. Her first book, Wonderfully Made, published during the pandemic, became the written heart of her ministry. But the mental health landscape continued to shift—social media rapidly escalating anxiety, confusion, and loneliness in young women.
From that concern, Social Media Reset was born. It’s more than a digital fast. It’s a wholehearted invitation to rediscover a flourishing life rooted in God’s truth.
A Social Media Fast with Purpose and Perspective
Allie Marie Smith encourages girls and women to journey through the 30-day reset together—friends, youth groups, mothers and daughters. Together, they unplug from social media, cultivate authentic community, and deepen intimacy with God.
Comparison, which once came from magazines or TV, now lives in our pockets, whispering lies at every scroll. Social media turns birthdays into broadcasted events, often excluding and wounding those not invited. But the Reset offers an antidote: freedom.
Workshops and Reset Resources
Wonderfully Made offers more than books. Their workshops address core mental health struggles like anxiety, depression, food relationship, and body image—all through a biblical lens. These resources are available for purchase or through in-person retreats.
Events are held for teen girls, young women, and the women who love them. Their reach spans California and Hawaii, hosting retreats and conferences that change lives.
Explore their workshop and coaching resources for further guidance, and discover internal stories from past events in the testimonials section. For more interviews and stories of impact, browse GenerousGirl.com/features.
Using Social Media for Redemption and Reset
Ironically—and intentionally—Wonderfully Made uses social media to reach those it seeks to rescue. Through powerful YouTube ads, Allie Marie Smith shares brief, hope-filled messages that interrupt the scroll with light. These point viewers to help resources and encourage them to discover their divine worth.
The campaign is cost-effective and scalable: just 10¢ can deliver a message of hope to a girl in need. They are building a storytelling movement, meeting girls where they are—online—and showing them another way.
Watch a sample of their YouTube campaign.
Faith That Bridges Generations Through Reset
Their retreats are intergenerational by design. Mothers, daughters, grandmothers, mentors—all are welcome. The message of being wonderfully made transcends age, and every event offers space for women to link arms and walk together.
This shared journey equips women to become champions of truth in the lives of the next generation. It’s not just a program—it’s a community.
A Vision Fueled by Generosity and Reset Dreams
When asked what they’d do with more resources, Allie Marie Smith dreams big. Reaching all 22 million girls aged 13–24 with the truth that they are made in God’s image is the goal. Whether through YouTube, testimonies, or youth conference tours, Wonderfully Made envisions a world where every girl knows her worth.
They hope to produce documentaries, offer holistic recovery homes, and reach even the darkest corners of digital culture—like festivals or music events—with the gospel of love and identity.
Rescuing a Generation in Crisis with a Social Media Reset
This is a rescue mission. Girls are dying inside. The mental health care system is fractured, often focused on medicating symptoms rather than healing roots. Allie Marie Smith sees a better way: Christ-centered, holistic care. Through retreats, teaching series, community support, and strategic online outreach, Wonderfully Made is bringing light into darkness.
Call to Flourish with a Social Media Reset
Whether you’re 14 or 74, this journey is for you. Join a group, start a book club, or take the challenge with your daughter or friend. Social Media Reset is not about deprivation—it’s about restoration. It’s about waking up to the life God dreamed for you.
As Philippians 4:8 reminds us:
“Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”
Let us set our minds on what restores. Let us choose flourishing over fear, presence over performance, and purpose over popularity.
Visit wonderfullymade.org to learn more about Allie Marie Smith, access her books, find your next retreat, and take your first step toward reset and renewal. For more insights and faith-based resources, visit GenerousGirl.com.