Community: I’ve studied it, experimented with it, been fascinated by it, and been frightened by it. I’ve reoriented my life around the dream and promise of community more times than I can count.

Still, I often feel that community is something I have thought more about than almost anyone, but have less of than almost everyone.

Like so many Americans, I have long struggled to feel deep connection and belonging in a culture oriented almost completely around self-actualization and hyper-individualistic pursuits.

And so I started experimenting with very personal and local ways to challenge and change the “I”-focused culture that has created a crisis of loneliness and social fragmentation in America.

I’m sharing my journey in hopes of inspiring others to do the same.

Through this newsletter, I share my personal and professional reflections about what it is in our culture, habits, and daily lives that makes it so hard to feel connected, enmeshed in supportive community, and whole.

You can learn more about me here: shaylynromneygarrett.com


Why subscribe?

Because we can all use some encouragement to get out there and get back into community. Maybe my journey will inspire one of your own.

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Reflections on connection, community, and belonging from Shaylyn Romney Garrett, coauthor of "The Upswing."

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I'm an author, speaker, and changemaker pursuing relationship, community, and healing in a fragmented America. It's time to create a world built on belonging. It's time to reconnect.