The Art and Science of Connection: Why Social Health is the Missing Key to Living Longer, Healthier, and Happier

Social health is just as vital as physical and mental health. Yet most people have never heard of it - until now. Exercise. Eat well. Meditate. Conventional health advice focuses on the body and mind, overlooking relationships. In this groundbreaking book, social scientist Kasley Killam introduces a crucial third pillar: social health. People with strong relationships have a lower risk for disease, while those without are up to 53 per cent more likely to die from any cause. Just as we exercise our physical muscles, we must strengthen our social muscles. Blending cutting-edge research, inspiring stories, and practical tools, this book is a powerful antidote to our lonely times. Discover how to: ? Assess and improve your social health using a simple, effective framework. ? Build fulfilling connections and a stronger sense of community where you live, work, and play. ? Join the growing movement toward a socially healthy world.

About the Author :
Kasley Killam, MPH, is a leading voice on social health. A Harvard-trained social scientist, TED speaker, and award-winning founder, Killam has spent over a decade helping individuals and organizations harness the power of human connection. Her insights regularly appear in outlets such as Forbes and The New York Times. Connect at kasleykillam.com and follow her @KasleyKillam.

Review :
Kasley Killam has had a lifelong passion for helping people build social connection and in THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CONNECTION, she turns her research and wisdom into a manual to help you find your people! As a buttoned-up Brit I thought I would hate this book for its upfront approach to reaching out. I loved it! This inspiring read wakes us up with new concepts - social health, social muscles, social fitness gyms - which may seem strange at first but are profound, practical, and urgently needed by us all A riveting blend of science and story that will teach you countless innovative ways to build a greater community for yourself and others. A culture-changing book In this important book, Killam does something new and significant by adding the concept of social health to our current focus on physical and mental health. She shows us how connections and community are an essential aspect of health Social connections are the key to sustainable flourishing in an uncertain and changing world. Killam not only accurately diagnoses our human need for connection, but also offers concrete solutions for creating better conditions for global social health so that we can flourish together This book is a much-needed corrective for humanity's trajectory, guiding us from overemphasis on selfhood toward a socially healthy future. THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CONNECTION offers clear insights from research and practical strategies for strengthening bonds throughout the lifecourse. For leaders in positions to shape policy, this book is a catalyst for initiatives that will advance progress, innovation, and world peace THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CONNECTION is more than a book. It's a call to action for our times, reminding us to nurture what is at the heart of human existence and that we should value most: our relationships with one another. In an age of loneliness, dislocation, discrimination, and division, Kasley Killam has articulated something we all intrinsically understand, but which increasingly few of us practice: that sharing time, experiences, and community is what life is about. Most impressively, Killam brings together decades of research, science, and learning into an elegant phrase and accessible prose that will rally people to the universal cause of how we all inhabit this world together, and how we do so meaningfully. And, perhaps most importantly, she provides inspiring examples of what good connection looks like - and practical tools to help us all feel part of our changing world, rather than left behind by it. I hope leaders, neighbours, community members, and individuals everywhere will read and learn from this book, and pass its lessons down the generations