Connection
Finding Your People
Connection is one of the most fundamental things we need as human beings. And yet so many of us are quietly starving for it — not because there aren't people in our lives, but because the right kind of connection, the kind that actually nourishes you, can be surprisingly hard to find.
You can feel alone in a full room. You can feel unseen in a long relationship. You can have a hundred followers and nobody to call.
That's not a personal failing. It's one of the defining experiences of our time.
This pathway gathers places, books, films, conversations and ideas to help you find more of the connection that actually matters. Not networking. Not performing. Just the warm, genuine, sometimes messy business of being in each other's lives.
Culture Therapy
The Books, Films and Podcasts That Made Us Feel Less Alone
These are our hand-picked books, films, TV shows and podcasts on connection, friendship, belonging and community, the ones we've loved, been moved by, and immediately wanted to share with someone we care about.
Places Worth Showing Up For
Guidebook
Hand-picked places where connection tends to happen — community spaces, meet-ups, independent venues and initiatives built around the idea that we're better together. Places that make it a little easier to show up and a little harder to leave.
From The Journal
Essays and ideas to help you feel a little more like yourself.
Think of our journal as a quiet corner of the internet dedicated to the question of how to better navigate everyday life. We write about all the ways we’re figuring out what matters — and we regularly invite in the thinkers and voices we admire, because the best ideas about direction rarely come from just one place.
Feeling overwhelmed, burned out, or disconnected? Explore how human connection can support us through difficult times, ease loneliness, and help us feel less alone in modern life.
When something shifts in your relationships, it can feel confusing and lonely. This piece explores how to stay connected while being yourself, even when it’s messy.
Feeling disconnected but too overwhelmed to socialise? Here’s how to gently rebuild your sense of community and connection — even when it feels like too much.
Discover how emotions like fear and loneliness shape disconnection and learn practical ways to reconnect with yourself and others.
Discover why independent bookstores, cafés, museums, and unexpected spaces are vital to our wellbeing. Why we’re writing a guide to help you find places that make life feel just that little bit better.
Explore the joy of friendship, why it matters to your well-being, and how to nurture these bonds—especially in the isolating winter months.
Feeling disconnected? In 2025, If Lost Start Here is making connection our word of the year. Read why it matters now more than ever and discover three ways to reconnect with yourself, others, and the world around you.
Discover five key insights on wellbeing, emotional resilience, and meaningful connection from a leading conference on female empowerment. Learn how to navigate self-doubt, improve relationships, and find balance in everyday life.
Feeling disconnected? Small acts of connection can transform your year. Discover simple, meaningful ways to combat loneliness, build relationships, and create more community in your everyday life.
Discover the benefits of connection for your wellbeing, learn to overcome fear and fatigue, and join our 7-day challenge to build meaningful relationships.
Feeling lonely or isolated? Discover the wellbeing benefits of connection and five actionable tips to foster meaningful relationships, even when life feels overwhelming.
Explore our guide to UK wellbeing destinations that get you outdoors, help you connect with others, and have more fun. Discover the places we seek out to feel good during the summer months.
Discover how Taylor Swift's music fosters emotional connection and self-discovery. Learn how her songs can help you connect more deeply with yourself and build meaningful relationships with others.
We are hardwired to connect. Explore some of the benefits that simply being together can have for your emotional well-being and mental health.
In conversation with soberIRL founder Karla Carolina on the power of connection in sobriety.
We talked to Silent Book Club co-founder Laura Gluhanich about how a simple night of reading with a friend became a global phenomenon.
We’ve put together a quick guide for how to maintain your mental wellbeing while social-distancing.
We talk to the British journalist Toni Jones, Founder of Shelf Help about the bookclub that became a global movement and why its her mission to make self-help accessible, collaborative and cool.
On cafes and why my love for them is maybe not just a personal one, but part of a wider universal longing.
It’s like a religious revival tent meeting, but for cynics. Instead of their Sunday best, they wear their vintage 1940s finest. Rather than speaking in tongues, they wax on and on about who played what character in whatever desperately underrated classic. And Communion comes in the form of a big dose of black and white on the Castro Theatre’s massive screen.