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Human resilience is built on connection and the capacity to regulate our emotions. This symposium brings together experts from public health, psychology, and media studies to examine how connection and emotion regulation support mental well-being across diverse populations and communities. Broad topics include the growing need to understand vulnerability and strengthen resilience in modern society (Merike Sisask), how adapting our emotion regulation to different situations supports resilience (Kaitlyn Werner), the role of regulation in experiences of solitude and mental health (Thuyvy Nguyen), and how these dynamics unfold in digital communities (Katrin Tiidenberg). Together, the talks reveal how understanding connection and regulation can strengthen mental health across diverse populations and contexts.