In Belong, Radha Agrawal addresses the paradox of widespread online "connections" alongside increasing feelings of isolation, describing this phenomenon as “community confusion.”
She offers a practical, interactive guide to finding genuine connection and building meaningful community, underscoring that true connectedness is essential to happiness and fulfillment.
Through an inspiring blend of prompts, charts, quizzes, and illustrations, Agrawal guides readers on a two-part journey: first, inward to discover one’s values, interests, and abilities, and then outward to find like-minded individuals and create nurturing social circles.
Drawing on her success as the Co-founder of Daybreaker, a global morning dance community, Agrawal shares strategies to foster real-life friendships and a sense of belonging.
“This year America’s happiness dropped as healthcare costs continue to soar. Radha has a solution for both. Her engaging, high-energy approach to connecting people, helping them provide purpose, and finding their community is an antidote more powerful than any pharmaceutical. Belong combines engaging story-telling, solid research, and an easy prescription for finding your tribe and harnessing its incredible healing powers. Read it and live longer, better!”
Dan Buetter
National Geographic fellow and multiple New York Times
Bestselling author of the Blue Zones books
“Belong answers two of the most important questions of our time regarding loneliness, depression, and the disintegration of family and community. How do we belong to ourselves? And how do we create and belong to extraordinary communities that support and uplift us? Radha Agrawal provides a clear and honest roadmap for teaching us how to create inner and outer belonging, which in the end is all that truly matters in life.”
Mark Hyman, MD
National Geographic fellow and Director, Cleveland Clinic Center
for Functional Medicine, #1 New York Times bestselling author of
Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?