(gentle music) - Women build amazing communities with each other.

And I think that that is a really big strength and something that keeps women vibrant and keeps them able to participate in a way that is meaningful.

The connection to your community and your family and friends is so important.

- Some friends are coming over tonight and we've been doing this for years.

We meet regularly and we track with each other's lives, and we listen to the minutiae, we listen to the hard stuff and we listen to the celebrations.

And that is something that really fills my well and keeps me sort of grounded in the world in terms of community and belonging and a familial kind of a sense of who I am and that I'm being seen.

And, you know, my husband and I do that with each other, but it's really nice to have like a sense of community about that.

And I think that's really important.

(gentle music) - Sometimes we don't acknowledge some of the difficulties we're facing.

And if you can find that community and that group of people that you can have those conversations with, I think that's really helpful because that's how we learn.

We talk to each other, and so I think I wish we would talk even more and more candidly.

- Not just someone to pal around with, but someone to really witness each other's lives.

All of it.

The easy part, the hard parts, the struggles, the grief, the joy.

And I think that probably is as important as anything in especially getting older.

And I think it's a really important part of not just healthy or aging well, but like feeling alive, like nurturing the life energy and feeling a sense of community and connection in the place that you live.

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