Why connection matters
Just like the inner pieces of a clock need to each be functional to make the whole work well, our social ecosystem requires our connections to be healthy and thrive. It's time to reconnect.
WHAT THE RESEARCH SHOWS
24.8% of Americans experience social isolation and 31.9% experience loneliness at least once a week.
Social isolation and loneliness are associated with increased risk of disease and early death
AN EPIDEMIC OF LONELINESS
We are all struggling to have positive relationships at work, at home, and in our everyday interactions as we move through life. Division and distrust are more common than ever. Our businesses are struggling to retain and attract employees. Our communities are struggling with major issues such as lack of transportation, harmful substance use, crime and violence, and environmental challenges.
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SOCIAL CONNECTION IS THE SOLUTION
Social connection isn't just about getting out and socializing. If it had to to with joining a club, we'd all just join clubs and we wouldn't be experiencing an epidemic of loneliness. This is a much deeper and more complex issue that not socializing enough. WHY are we not socializing? And if we are and still feeling disconnected, WHY? Social DISCONNECTION is a circular and complex systemic problem that individuals, families, and entire communities are suffering from.
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DISCONNECTION GROWS ISOLATION AND LONELINESS
WHERE are we disconnected? YES, we need to improve our transportation systems, healthcare, food systems, etcetera. AND, it goes deeper than that. Disconnection is about HOW WE ARE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER. It's about COMPASSIONATE BELONGING. This exists when we feel seen, heard, and valued through a lens of caring about our suffering and taking action to do something about it. Belonging in and of itself happens in healthy and unhealthy relationships and is often used along with isolation and fear to gain wealth, power, political support, and more. When pairing BELONGING WITH COMPASSION, we begin to center the caring and nurture feeling seen, heard, and valued. COMPASSIONATE BELONGING leads to increased well-being and helps us to thrive.
EVERYONE CAN EXPERIENCE ISOLATION AND LONELINESS.
You may not feel this directly or immediately yourself but we are all impacted through our relationships with each other and our communities. It is time to talk about this openly and to do something about it. Our relations within our cultural norms, social structures, and systems are the source of our pain and our healing. How can we SHIFT how we are IN RELATIONSHIP with each other and within ourselves to begin reconnecting?
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LIVED EXPERIENCE PAIRED WITH GLOBAL RESEARCH
At Social Roots Studio we pair our own personal life experiences with disconnection, isolation, loneliness, and reconnecting with global research. We know deeply that RECONNECTING begins with growing compassionate belonging inside ourselves while practicing compassionate belonging with others.
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PRACTICE! BECAUSE MISTAKES HELP US GROW
We aren't here to sell you a false and fast solution or to say we have all the answers and know better. We are still learning ourselves and growing meaningful connection takes time and patience. This takes courage, integrity, honesty, and grit, to show up together to heal the pain of isolation and loneliness and slow the cycle of disconnection.
IT TAKES TIME TO GROW OLD FRIENDS
Social Roots Studio is here to help deepen our shared understanding of the very complex social connection experience, and to collaborate with you creatively to intentionally grow meaningful connection. It's simple: We all benefit, and even thrive, when we feel belonging.
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LET'S GET TO THE ROOT OF THE MATTER, TOGETHER!
What is feeling disconnected to you? How could we help?
We know your plate is already full. If you feel that disconnection, isolation, and loneliness are preventing you from achieving your goals, Social Roots Studio is ready to help you and the people you serve rewire connection and get to thriving!
