It’s easy to forget that true wellbeing doesn’t just play out on your yoga mat or on your plate , but also in your relationships . In the same way that physical and mental fitness builds a healthy body, social fitness builds a healthy spirit—and is just as important to work on, nurture, and maintain. At least, that’s what Harvard-trained sociologist Kasley Killam says. She’s even devised a simple method for cultivating better social health she calls the 5-3-1 rule.

What is the 5-3-1 rule?

Humans are social creatures by nature, thriving on their connections to others. In Killam’s book on social health, The Art and Science of Connection: Why Social Health Is the Missing Key to Living (2024), she says our human network is a living organ: It breathes, stretches, and weakens if we

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