We're Not Meant to Do Life Alone

We're Not Meant to Do Life Alone

A conversation about community, support, and why having people in your corner matters. Resources (US and Global) * Food banks (US): https://foodfinder.us/ [https://foodfinder.us/], https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank [https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank]  * Food help + other needs (US): https://www.211.org/ [https://www.211.org/], https://www.findhelp.org/ [https://www.findhelp.org/]  * Food banks (Global: https://www.foodbanking.org/global-reach/ [https://www.foodbanking.org/global-reach/]  * Mental health support (US): https://988lifeline.org/ [https://988lifeline.org/], https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/helplines/national-helpline [https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/helplines/national-helpline], https://screening.mhanational.org/screening-tools/ [https://screening.mhanational.org/screening-tools/]  * Mental health support (Global): https://findahelpline.com/i/iasp [https://findahelpline.com/i/iasp], https://www.7cups.com/ [https://www.7cups.com/]   * Communities near you: https://www.meetup.com/ [https://www.meetup.com/] * What is community defense?: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRuXa_qDSOu/ [https://www.instagram.com/p/DRuXa_qDSOu/] Statistic Sources: * Allianz Life survey on financial stress, summarized in “The No. 1 Reason Americans Are Stressed About Money Going Into 2026”, Investopedia, December 2025. * Logan Lutton, “More Than Half of Americans are Lonely, Survey Shows,” Managed Healthcare Executive, June 2, 2025. Summary of The Cigna Group’s Loneliness in America 2025 survey of 7,500 U.S. adults (fielded May 29–June 14, 2024) * Holt-Lunstad, J. et al., “Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review,” PLOS Medicine, July 2010. Analysis of 148 studies (over 300,000 participants).