Monday often feels like we woken up on the wrong side of the bed. And if that's not you,

hat's off. But for a lot of people, it's even more of a reason why it's important to

start your day centered and I'm honored to be

starting my day with you. This week we'll continue to expand on my buckets of

well-being. Today we speak about social and

emotional well-being.

And this simply means you have friends and family who care about you, who listen to you,

who appreciate your strengths and who hold your back.

Social and emotional bonding is so important because when you feel disconnected

or feel anxious or feel guilt, shame, mistrust or anxiety of any form

or depression, then your body goes into inflammation.

So it's very important to have close family and friend support in your life and meaningful relationships are a way to

improve our physical well-being but also meaningful relationships bring us closer to our spirit because we begin to recognize

that there's no such thing as the separate self.

We are all a confluence of meaning, purpose, relationship, and context, the story of

our life is woven through relationships. This is one of the most important factors

in increasing human longevity, social engagement, emotional connections, the experience of love and compassion

and joy and empathy and equanimity all bring you back to self-regulation.

Most importantly, I don't engage in melodrama

and I don't get involved in meaningless banal activities.

What I might think as meaningless banal

is just my way of being in touch with my own self. Instead, focusing on others is a great place to channel

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