This wellness trend is all about connection

As adult responsibilities cause friendships to drift away, a rising wellness trend is helping people prioritize and restore meaningful personal connections

Justin Tomlinson

Editor-in-Chief, Mora Discover

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This wellness trend is all about connection

Amid the daily hustle of building careers, raising children, moving to new homes, and managing endless adult responsibilities, maintaining close friendships often becomes a lower priority. This shift does not usually occur in a dramatic fashion, but rather as a slow, quiet drift that most people only recognize long after it has begun.[1][2][3][4][5]

It is common for individuals to suddenly realize in retrospect that eight months or more have passed since they last reached out to or saw a friend. This widespread experience of drifting apart has inspired a new wellness trend that places a primary focus on fostering and restoring meaningful personal connections.[1][2][3][4][5]

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