We Were Never Meant to Do This Alone

By Suzzanne Suleiman, MS, LLP, President, PS Society Executive Board

As a psychologist with over a decade of clinical experience, I’ve long understood that human connection is essential—not optional—for our mental and physical health. What we often describe as loneliness isn’t simply emotional discomfort. It’s biological distress. It triggers the same brain regions as physical pain, activates the body’s stress response, and over time, can degrade both mental well-being and immune function.

The U.S. Surgeon General’s 2023 Advisory called attention to what many of us in the mental health field have known for years: loneliness is a public health epidemic. Nearly half of U.S. adults report feeling lonely, and women are particularly impacted. We’re often caregivers, emotional anchors, and community builders for others—while quietly struggling to find spaces where we, ourselves, feel deeply seen and supported.

I didn’t found PS Society, but I was drawn to its mission because it directly responds to something I see every day in my clinical work and in my own life: the need for accessible, consistent, meaningful community.

PS Society isn’t about quick fixes or surface-level networking. It’s about creating opportunities for women to connect in real life—through monthly meetups, service experiences, reflective conversations, and shared growth. These aren’t just social gatherings. They are a response to the health risks we face when we go too long without deep connection: increased risk of depression, anxiety, cardiovascular disease, even early mortality.

But this isn’t a blog meant to alarm you. It’s meant to affirm what you might already feel in your gut: that something essential is missing in the way we live today—and that rebuilding community is part of the solution.

At PS Society, we don’t pretend to have every answer. What we offer is structure and intention: opportunities to be in rooms where trust can grow, where stories are exchanged without judgment, and where women can reconnect to themselves by connecting with each other.

As President of the Board, I bring my clinical lens to this work, but also my humanity. I know what it feels like to move through life on autopilot, to long for more depth, to wonder if it’s too late to build new relationships. It’s not.

Remember, We Were Never Meant to Do This Alone

If you’ve felt disconnected—intellectually, emotionally, socially—I hope you’ll explore what PS Society is building. Because while loneliness may be a modern epidemic, community is one of our most timeless and powerful forms of medicine.

With both head and heart,

 Suzzanne Suleiman, MS, LLP

 President, PS Society Board