Do you want to improve your mental and physical health? 

Deepen your friendships? 

Help reduce loneliness? 

Our relationships are an important part of our health and well-being. In this bonus episode, the Surgeon General announces the 5-for-5 Connection Challenge: to take 5 actions over 5 days to build social connection. Already underway at many college campuses, this challenge is a way for all of us to build our social connection muscles. 

For more inspiration, visit SurgeonGeneral.gov/challenge. There you’ll find tools, including a deck of cards with plenty of ideas on how to connect. 

TELL US YOUR CONNECTION STORIES 

How did you choose to connect? And how did it make you feel? We are also looking for potential stories to be highlighted on a future episode of House Calls. Send us a note at housecalls@hhs.gov.