We are fundamentally designed for human relationship; without it, we get sick, we numb, we ache, we hurt each other, and we hurt ourselves. The western world is finally coming to terms with the seriousness of this in recent times; i.e., the United States surgeon general stated that loneliness is equivalent to smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. There is a growing body of literature and attention on social connection and the impacts of isolation and loneliness.

Within indigenous perspectives, we understood that if a plant was wilted and we would like to support it back to life, we must assess and then amend its conditions; for example, the soil, nutrients, sunlight, the wildlife that has access to the plant and so on. This is in contrast of an allopathic analysis that might lead to the introduction of substances to support the plant back to life.