Do you have a health community?

This week we thought it would be fun and timely to focus one of our favorite strategies to transform your health! It’s our favorite as it’s delightfully simple and it works!

Bottom line, if you want to get healthy, your top priority should be to dive into a community of like-minded individuals to watch your health soar!

According to Dr. Mark Hyman, “You are more likely to be overweight if your friend’s, friend’s friend is overweight than if your parents are overweight. Your social networks may matter more than your genetic networks. If your friends have healthy habits you are more likely to as well.  So, get healthy friends!”

Community: The Best Medicine for Change

Research shows that community is definitely the best medicine to foster long-term change and improve health.

Group models of intensive lifestyle change like the one modeled by Dr. Dean Ornish for heart disease and prostate cancer, are more effective and save more lives than using medication and surgery for diseases caused by lifestyle and environmental factors.

In our personal experience with The Daniel Plan, a roadmap for physical and spiritual health, the results were the same. On the day we launched the health initiative Saddleback Church in 2011, over 8,000 people signed up to participate in small groups, track their progress and be part of a research study.

Within a month over 15,000 from around the world had signed up. We supported the groups by a weekly curriculum, learning objectives, videos and online support. In the first year, the combined participants lost over 250,000 pounds and had numerous health benefits as a result.

Building Connection and Community to Create Health

The research outcomes are very encouraging and we’ve seen the same benefits in our core programs with RISE! The power of community is undeniable as it becomes a place to receive support, inspiration and motivation when we need it most. 

Much can be done with a little help from your friends and we all need to build a solid support system to succeed long term. If you’re looking for a little added support we invite you to us for our upcoming free 3 Day RISE Reset this June. It’s a super fun way to connect to our community and jumpstart your health as you get ready to splash into summer! Click below to register for free plus build your own community by sharing this email with a friend or two that could use a boost!

Blessings from all of us at RISE

https://www.risetogethertoday.com/RISEreset