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Welcome to Living Well Daily, the newsletter serving up a daily dose of care designed to support you, cheer you on and remind you, always, just how wonderful you already are.

In Today’s Edition:

🥰Well-Being & Self-Care: Mattering: The Human Need to Feel Like We Make a Difference
💖Longevity & Wellness: Teaching Your Brain New Tricks
✨Daily Affirmation & Daily Prompt

We are proud of you.
For showing up.
And for being you.
You’ve got this!!!

Belonging is the feeling that we have a place with other people. Mattering adds another beautiful layer: the sense that our presence is significant and that we make a difference.

We feel mattering when someone notices we weren’t there. When a friend genuinely wants to know how we’re doing. When our contribution helps someone. When we realize our presence makes another person’s life a little better.

Research increasingly recognizes mattering as an important part of psychological well-being. We don't only want to exist alongside one another. We want to feel seen, valued, and consequential in each other's lives.

And there are two sides to mattering: experiencing it ourselves and creating it for others.

Ways to cultivate more mattering:

•💛 Tell people specifically why you appreciate them: Let them know the difference they make
•🫶 Notice people: Remember the little things, check in, follow up
•🌱 Contribute somewhere meaningful: Mattering can grow through helping, creating, mentoring, caring, or participating
•👀 Look for evidence that you matter: Notice the small ways your presence already affects others
•🤝 Build reciprocal relationships: Seek connections where care and interest can move both ways

You don't need to change the entire world for your existence to matter.

Sometimes your impact lives in much smaller places: the person who feels safer around you, the friend who laughs harder because you're there, the animal who runs to greet you, the kindness someone remembers long after you've forgotten giving it.

✅ Action step: Tell one person today something specific about the way their presence makes a difference in your life.

^{Love, Lola Graham}

Can lifestyle changes actually prevent cognitive decline?

A two-year study published in The Lancet, across 11 Latin American countries, just added powerful new evidence to this question.

Over 1,000 older adults at risk of dementia were split into two groups. Both received lifestyle guidance covering exercise, nutrition, cognitive training, and social engagement. One group (structured group) received intensive coaching, regular supervision, and 38 group sessions. The other received general advice and four check-ins over two years.

There was a clear difference. The structured group showed 55% greater improvement in overall cognitive function, with meaningful gains in memory, executive function, and processing speed.

This study shows that knowing what to do isn't enough. What people really need is support, accountability, and consistency to move the needle.

✅ Action Step: Consider this question → what can you do to receive structured support for your health goals?

^{By: Joshua Graham}

^{A reflective journaling prompt to explore learning, self-awareness, and becoming.}

If you stopped rushing your growth, what might become possible?

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With love and care,

Lola & Joshua | The Living Well Team

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