OUR MISSION

Champion social HEALTH, Build real community, and transform how people do life, one experience at a time

OUR BROADER VISION

To make social health, a thing…

as much as physical health & mental health — by building a space that feels like home, crushes loneliness, and reminds people how good it feels to actually connect.

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meet our co-founders

Hey! We‘re Florence and James.

After we wrapped up our medical fertility journey and chose to embrace the DINK (dual income, no kids) life, we were ready to jump back into an active social scene — But we hit a wall. 

Most of our friends were busy with kids, so making social plans became difficult. It was also clear that our lifestyle, priorities and even conversation topics, were diverging. Realizing we weren’t alone in this, we founded PARALLEL SOCIAL CLUB™, to build community with others living a similar, parallel lifestyle.

Mid-life without kids (we’re in our 40’s) brings unique conversations — rethinking retirement, financial planning, aging, how we spend our time and how we want to leave our mark on the world. PARALLEL tackles these conversations and more, so that the community experience is more than just about fun — it’s life-changing.

We hope you will find a social home here, meet amazing friends, and be inspired to live your most awesome, connected life.


OUR VALUES

PARALLEL is a vibrant community of people with diverse backgrounds, united by shared values, a similar season of life, and a common lifestyle

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We want to be around good people

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We care about quality experiences + quality relationships

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We care about making the world a better place and having a positive impact on others

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We respect people who are parents, people that are not, and everyone’s life choices and circumstances

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We care about personal growth and want to become the best versions of ourselves

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We have an appetite to live well and live better

WHERE COMMUNITY ELEVATES LIFE.

STEP INTO PARALLEL.