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How to use rituals to get closer to the people you care about - Ted
By turning our get-togethers with friends into regular events, we can build the kinds of connections that will sustain us, says life coach Baya Voce.
With all the “must dos” (work, pets, kids, home repairs, doctors’ visits) and “should dos” (eat right, sleep enough, check in with older relatives, exercise) in our lives, there’s often little room for anything else. Unfortunately, what tends to fall between the cracks is everyone who doesn’t fit into those categories — like our friends, family members that we don’t live with, neighbors, etc.
Why does this matter? “People who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they’re physically healthier, and they live longer than people who are less well connected,” says psychiatrist Robert Waldinger — who directs the longest-running study on wellbeing and adult development at Harvard University — in his TED talk.
By turning our get-togethers with friends into regular events, we can build the kinds of connections that will sustain us, says life coach Baya Voce.
With all the “must dos” (work, pets, kids, home repairs, doctors’ visits) and “should dos” (eat right, sleep enough, check in with older relatives, exercise) in our lives, there’s often little room for anything else. Unfortunately, what tends to fall between the cracks is everyone who doesn’t fit into those categories — like our friends, family members that we don’t live with, neighbors, etc.
Why does this matter? “People who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they’re physically healthier, and they live longer than people who are less well connected,” says psychiatrist Robert Waldinger — who directs the longest-running study on wellbeing and adult development at Harvard University — in his TED talk.