Feel connected to others and live longer

No man or woman is an island. We all need to feel connected to other people. Incredibly though, the importance of social ties goes much, much deeper than just making us feel better.

Feeling connected to other people - having strong social ties - is directly related to physical health. Social ties have a positive 'buffering effect' and which occurs despite adverse life style choices such as smoking and drinking too much.

People with fewer social ties die younger

Smoking and diet are important factors in determining your health but a large piece of research (1) found that the powerful influence of social support on health seems to be largely independent from the role that your family or friends might have in encouraging healthier life style choices and health habits.

It's easy to forget about great friendships from the past but even if people are no longer in your life you can still relate to them through wonderful memories and in that way feel more connected to them.

This session will get you feeling deeply relaxed and strongly connected to other people in your current and past life - and the great thing is every time you use this session you can feel connected to different people.

It's also possible, using the power of hypnosis, to connect to people in your past and really feel close to them. We can feel close to someone even though they may be the other side of the world.

Download Feel Connected now and expand your social universe.

(1) Berkman and Syme 1989. The study found used 7,000 residents of Almeda County California and tracked them over 9 years. The research looked at their health habits, the amount of social ties, close friends they had, whether they were in regular group contact such as church attendance and whether they were married. The mortality rates seemed to be directly linked to the simple factor of quantity of social ties. People with few ties to other people had mortality rates 2 to 5 times higher than better connected people. This strong link between social ties and death rates was independent of more traditional such as smoking, drinking, exercise and obesity. The link applied to both sexes, all ethnic groups and in a 17 year follow up appeared to hold good into old age.