Better Together - Finding Stillness Within Chaos
Dear Friends, This past week was a particularly intense one. As with many others, we have both found ourselves lurching from one breaking...
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Sep 7, 20203 min read
Better Together - Orchestra on a Farm
Dear Friends, We heard a story this week from our friend Jessica that put a smile on our faces. After 20 years of bringing children...
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Sep 7, 20203 min read
Better Together: Seeking Your Stories
Dear Friends, It has been over three months since we released Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely...
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Sep 7, 20201 min read
A Viewer's Guide to the Last Night of the Democratic National Convention
The fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention will air tonight from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time. Julia...
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Sep 7, 20201 min read
Former Surgeon General, Director of Doctors For America Talk Positivity in the COVID-19 Era
Former United States Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy ’98 and former director of Doctors for America Alice Chen spoke to students about...
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Sep 7, 20202 min read
The Best Way to Take Care of Your Mental Health During the Pandemic
Opinion by Vivek H. Murthy and Alice T. Chen As the US grapples with Covid-19, its economic fallout, and the continuing anguish of racial...
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May 10, 20201 min read
WorkLife Podcast with Adam Grant: We Don't Have to Fight Loneliness Alone
Many workplaces have become increasingly lonely, even before the coronavirus pandemic made more of us literally remote. It’s not just an...
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May 10, 20201 min read
An Open Letter to Our Brothers and Sisters in Medicine
Gratitude from the former U.S. surgeon general and executive director of Doctors for America Every day over the past few weeks, our...
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May 10, 20201 min read
Hidden Brain - A Social Prescription: Why Human Connection Is Crucial To Our Health
Vivek Murthy was a newly-minted doctor when he realized that his thorough medical school education had fallen short. His training hadn't...
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May 10, 20201 min read
Loneliness and Social Connection with Brené Brown
Brené Brown and Vivek discuss loneliness and the physical and emotional toll that social disconnection takes on us, in Brené's podcast,...
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Mar 26, 20201 min read
The Tim Ferriss Show - Combatting COVID-19, Loneliness, and More
PODCAST - "All of us, regardless of what stage of life we’re at, we’ve got three basic needs..."
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Mar 23, 20201 min read
Take Steps to Counter the Loneliness of Social Distancing
NY Times - Attempts to avoid coronavirus can increase the risk of physical and emotional harm from limited social contact.
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Mar 22, 20201 min read
The Coronavirus Could Cause a Social Recession
The Atlantic - Economic slowdowns are easy to measure, but the lingering damage to communal bonds may be no less harmful.
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Feb 26, 20201 min read
Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”?
Freakanomics Radio - We look into what’s known (and not known) about the prevalence and effects of loneliness...
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Feb 3, 20201 min read
‘Loneliness On The Job Is A Public Health Crisis’
Former Surgeon General Reveals What This Means For You Author and psychotherapist, Bryan Robinson, PhD, interviews Vivek about his...
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Jan 31, 20201 min read
You Might Be Feeling Lonely and Not Even Know It (Men's Health)
Feeling lonely is more prevalent in Americans—even young, smart, friendly ones—than diabetes and smoking. So it’s likely you’ve felt it....
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Jan 27, 20201 min read
The Surprising Impact of Loneliness on Our Well-being — In and Out of the Workplace (Thrive Global)
In a conversation for Thrive, Sarah Hurwitz — who served as Michelle Obama's head speechwriter — sits down with former surgeon general...
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Nov 19, 20191 min read
The Truth About the Vaping Crisis (Freakanomics)
A recent outbreak of illness and death has gotten everyone’s attention — including late-to-the-game regulators. But would a ban on...
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Oct 10, 20191 min read
The loneliness epidemic (The Ezra Klein Show)
Vivek sits down with Ezra Klein to discuss the importance of loneliness and social connection. "There’s a lot in this conversation....
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Sep 18, 20191 min read
How Health Systems Are Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change (Harvard Business Review)
By Alice Chen and Vivek Murthy On all fronts, health care systems are on the front lines of climate change. But they are not sitting idle...
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Sep 16, 20191 min read
Should We Be More Optimistic About Fighting Climate Change? (Harvard Business Review)
By Alice Chen and Vivek Murthy There are two stories about climate change. The first is the one you hear the most; that if we don’t...
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Jun 19, 20191 min read
Opinion: Former health leaders: It’s time to make Atlanta smoke-free (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
By Drs. Louis Sullivan, Vivek Murthy, and David Satcher As doctors and former public servants who have worked as the Secretary of Health...
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May 15, 20181 min read
Why former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy believes loneliness is a 'profound' public heal
Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy argues that the effects of loneliness are as detrimental to the human body as smoking 15...
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Oct 19, 20171 min read
Former surgeon general on how loneliness could reduce lifespan (CBS This Morning)
Former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy tackled a range of public health crises such as Zika, drug and alcohol addiction and obesity....
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