We know that it is important to measure, monitor and address:
- our blood pressure
- our cholesterol level
- fitness level
- diet
- sleep
- and all other manner of components of physical health
What if I told you that social health was more important than any single one of the upper factors?
huh?
Social health? What’s that?
Glad you asked!
Social health is the level of meaningful social connection you have in your life. This isn’t about how many people you know, how many people you come into contact with daily, or how many conversations you have every week. It’s about how connected you feel; the sense of belonging you have.
It’s time we take social health seriously!
What we haven’t measured, we can’t repair.
I’m on a social health mission!
Consider this your personal invitation to join the “Improve social health” mission.
Start by taking the social health inventory. There is no failing. Only discovery
Take it now:
And now…send people the link? Invite them to check their social health?
And then…talk about it?
We talk about exercise, diet, sleep, medication. Let’s also start talking about social health: connection, belonging, loneliness. Let’s make social health as normal to talk about as, “I wanted to go for a run yesterday, but didn’t”, “I finally went to the doctor to get my blood pressure checked and …”