Connection, Purpose & Community

Social connection isn’t optional — it’s a health input.

Social connection isn’t optional — it’s a health input.

The evidence signal

Meta-analyses find stronger social relationships are associated with lower mortality risk — with effect sizes comparable to major risk factors.^[1]

¶ Start (action-first)

Run the Connection & Purpose Starter Kit.
If loneliness is the problem → use Loneliness troubleshooting and the Social Health Plan.

¶ Deep dive

Community and Social Relationships

¶ Purpose: simple prompts

What gives me energy after I do it?
Who do I want to be useful to this year?
What’s one weekly commitment I can keep for 12 weeks?

¶ References

Holt-Lunstad J, Smith TB, Layton JB. Social relationships and mortality risk: a meta-analytic review. PLoS Med. 2010;7(7):e1000316. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20668659/ ↩︎

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