Dr. Mark Hyman

in the quality and the number of our relationships.

And for me, I know personally that my relationships, my friendships, my community is the most important thing for me.

It really is what keeps me grounded, keeps me healthy, keeps me happy.

And more and more as I get older, I focus more on this as opposed to like when you have kids and a career.

You try to just kind of get by and it's like sometimes friends can fall by the wayside, but it's really important to find and it even can be just one or two good friends.

It makes a huge difference now.

When these people in the study actually were interviewed, they really actually benefited from these interviews because it helped them realize where they neglected their relationships, and then they considered sort of looking and finding, well, how can we improve that?

So maybe look at your own life.

What's your social life like?

Who are the people in your life that you care most about, that you want to have a relationship with?

Think about how they support you and how often you spend time together, and maybe do a little bit of

effort to actually focus on what matters to you most and help you make decisions that actually can enhance the quality and number of your relationships so maybe spend more time with people who who make you laugh and who elevate you and less time with people who drain you and are are you know energy saps so i i you know i i think it's important to to find friends and community members that help bring you up and not take you down you know sometimes you meet with people all they want to do is complain and go on and on about everything and

I think there are other people who, when you're around them, you laugh, you have fun, you play, and that's what you want.

Prioritize your relationships.

We schedule in exercise, we make ourselves maybe time to make a healthy diet, we focus on our career and work, but we don't focus on prioritizing those relationships that matter and showing up and being present for us.

Rather than zoning out on social media, rather than doing a million things at once,

focus on your relationships.

During COVID, I think we all felt a little isolated.

And so I reached out to about six of my close male friends.

And we all have known each other