Joining the Social Wellness Collective

You may have noticed over the last few months that our content has started to include more discussion about personal relationships, connecting with each other in a healthy way, and maintaining those connections even through difficult times. That's because we firmly believe that these types of healthy social ties are an important part of wellbeing overall, and especially mental wellbeing. Prioritizing social wellness.

Researchers at Stanford University would agree with us. They report that strong social connections are linked not only to overall wellbeing but to measurably increased longevity and immune functioning. They also found that people with strong, healthy social relationships are less likely to experience anxiety and depression. 

We knew some of the importance of social wellness instinctively from experience, but it’s nice to have it backed up by actual data, too. When Emma started Myrth back in 2019, she wanted to find other people who understood the importance of these connections, too.

In fact, it turns out there are a lot of groups, organizations, and individuals who feel similarly. We recently connected with some members of the Social Wellness Collective, an organization devoted to fostering exactly the kinds of healthy relationships that we think are so important. 

The Social Wellness Collective is an alliance dedicated to creating and curating the best articles, research and resources that address a serious issue in modern life: social health & wellness. In doing so, they hope to increase public awareness of social health & wellness, drive interest in solving problems related to social health & wellness, and better understand the root causes of social isolation, disconnection, and loneliness.

Their website operates as a central hub or clearinghouse for information related to social wellness and social health. It’s chock full of resources for people wanting to learn more, get involved, and share ideas. We hope you’ll check it out and enjoy some of the resources there.

As for us? We’ll keep posting away here on our own site, but we’re eager to get a fresh infusion of new ideas from connecting with like-minded people through the Collective. One of the best ways to grow and learn is to see what other people are doing and think about whether those strategies might work for us, too. 

Here’s to an exciting adventure ahead.

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