The Surgeon General just prescribed THIS for good health

President Biden’s Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy shared his parting prescription to America this month. Do you know what he said is the most important ingredient in the recipe for human fulfillment?

A sense of community. Community is the key to fulfillment. 

“Community is a powerful source of life satisfaction and life expectancy,” he wrote. “It’s where we know each other, help each other, and find purpose in contributing to each other’s lives.” 

Sense of community has eroded for too many of us, he continues, and with alarming consequences. “In dispirited and disheartened tones, people have confided, I don’t have anyone to count on.”

As we cope with horrendous wildfires in LA and elsewhere, other impacts of climate change, and an uncertain political and economic future, coming together with like-minded people grows more important than ever. 

To truly unite, we have to go deep. Beyond the surface level. We must be vulnerable, sharing our fears and regrets as well as our hopes and dreams. 

Let’s be each other’s community. We can support and cheerlead one another. We can reach out to those who are along and offer to be friends.

Aloha,

MeiMei

Writing Tip of the Week: Write in Community

Find your people. Creative people. People who love to write as a way to heal, understand themselves, and connect with others.

• Start a writing group. 
• Go to a coffee shop or
• Join a coworking space so that you can write around other people
• Or… Join an online writing community!

We’re delighted to announce that we recently launched an online community, The Story Cure. 

It is a tech-based platform, but it offers you a place to get real and build genuine bonds with others. It acts kind of like Facebook but behind a paywall – free for the first month, then $50 a month after that. 

The Story Cure has a paywall not to exclude, but to honor the space as a sanctuary for storytelling, healing, and growth. It demonstrates our commitment to mutual care, where contributions support the health of the community—financially, emotionally, and creatively. The paywall isn't a barrier; it's a threshold that ensures members are invested in co-creating a space rooted in shared values, vulnerability, and accountability.

Our aim is to connect creatives like you so that you make friends, hold each other accountable, and get your voices heard by launching your writing or project into the world this year. 

Join us!

Quote of the Week

The loneliness epidemic isn’t solved by increasing social chatter. We’re invited to explore richer dialogues, intentional engagement, and reimagining how we approach tech. 

~Caitlin Krause, Author of Digital Wellbeing