Social contacts are THE key to a healthy long life!Ulrike Scheuermann shows with the help of the most important scientific studies on the subject: Interpersonal relationships are healthier than fresh vegetables. Not the sport, not the bio vegetable or the nonsmoking keep us humans in the first place in the long term healthy. The quality of our social life with stable, supportive relationships and being part of a community determines how long we will live healthy and happy lives. Loneliness, on the other hand, makes us mentally and physically ill. Do you want a strong immune system? Grow old healthily? Maintain your social contacts. You want a fit mind? A contented life without stress? Deepen your friendships and take care of your parents and grandparents. In her new book, the in-demand psychologist argues for deep, substantial, and intimate relationships. She explains, first, why they are so essential to our healthy lives. She describes this for the various types of relationships such as friendship, partnership, parent-child, family, work relationships and private group contexts. She incorporates attachment research and cultural and societal influences. Second, she shows how we deepen relationships, strengthen insecure attachments, and end relationship avoidance. She also offers a practical program for using 5 relationship principles to elevate one's relationships to a new healthy level: the level of connectedness, mutual help, and togetherness. The core message: in good social relationships lies the most important key to a healthy, satisfied and stress-free life.