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19th & 21st Surgeon General of the United States. Dad. Optimist. Believer that life is better together.
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On May 26th, I am launching my new podcast, Staying Human. 🌟
I’ll be sitting down with guests including Kate Bowler, Dr. Atul Gawande, and David French to explore how we build a life of connection, meaning, and joy. How do we find joy in the midst of challenge? What can illness teach us about living well? How do we stay connected in an age of distraction? These are some of the many questions we take on.
The first episode drops Tuesday, May 26.
I hope you’ll join me for these weekly conversations. Let’s explore what it truly means to live a fulfilling life.
19 May 2026
Today, I’m launching Staying Human, a Substack where I’ll explore how we build a life with more connection, more joy, and more fulfillment.
Most of us have been sold a version of the good life that doesn’t deliver. Achieve. Acquire. Optimize. And we’ve been trying hard to do exactly that. We’ve checked the boxes we were told to check. But too often, we went home feeling empty. Like something was still missing. Something that couldn’t be filled with our phones or our feeds.
It’s not your fault. The problem is: we’ve been told a story that is incomplete.
Because the life that actually fills us up – the one our gut already knows, the one our best memories are made of – that life isn’t built alone. It’s built with other people. In kitchens and front porches and neighborhoods where people know your name.
In a world where so many forces are pulling us apart – that is selling us loneliness and calling it freedom – choosing community is how we stay human.
I call it the Together Life. It’s a new covenant but not a new idea. In fact, it’s the oldest one we have. We just need to choose it again. Together.
That’s what this Substack - and the larger ecosystem I’m building - is about. It’s time to challenge the societal forces that have too often promised fulfillment but led us in the opposite direction. It’s time for us to choose a better way to live.
I hope you’ll join me.
Link in bio.
24 Mar 2026
For much of my life, when a difficult emotion arose, I tried to explain it. Who did this to me? Who is to blame? And later, what is broken in me that I need to fix? Then I read this line in my friend @yung_pueblo's new book: “The wise do not wrap every emotion in a story. Instead they let the emotion sit in their open hands and watch it change.” On this week’s Staying Human, Yung Pueblo and I talk about his path from rock bottom to meditation, what 60 days of silence taught him about impermanence, and why healing is less about our thinking and more about our ability to feel.
Listen to the link in bio. When worry or grief shows up in your life, what helps you loosen your grip?
10 Nov 2026
We spend so much time using our minds to solve problems and accomplish tasks that we rarely stop to consider how extraordinary it is to have a mind at all.
We can imagine, remember, reflect, and entertain thoughts that no one else can see. Each of us carries an entire inner world.
In our conversation, Michael Pollan invited me to think about consciousness not only as a scientific mystery to understand, but as something we can actively nurture.
What might change if we treated our attention and inner lives with greater care?
Listen to Staying Human at the link in bio.
04 Nov 2026
When my parents left India for the United States, they built a beautiful life, but it came at an extraordinary price. Growing up, I watched my mother carry the hushed sorrow of being thousands of miles from her large family, unable to be physically present for milestones and everyday moments.
Society often primes us to celebrate moving across the country for a prestigious job, but gives us puzzled looks if we turn down ambition to stay close to the people we love. We treat physical proximity as a secondary consideration - something to figure out after the "important" career decisions are made.
My wife Alice and I have made those same professional tradeoffs over the years, but as our parents grow older, we are now trying to figure out how to build a life physically close to our extended family.
If you could design your life purely around relational proximity, what would you choose differently? Let me know in the comments, and read my full reflection at the link in my bio.
03 Nov 2026
Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween weekend!
Here I am having a very serious conversation with my friend. He had a lot to say about cookies. I listened carefully.
02 Nov 2026
When was the last time you allowed yourself to be bored?
We’ve become accustomed to filling every quiet moment with something to do, read, or watch. But as Michael Pollan reminds us, boredom isn’t necessarily wasted time. It can be precisely when we have nothing to do that our minds begin to make unexpected connections.
Maybe we don’t need to fill every empty moment. We might discover something valuable in leaving a little space.
Listen to our full conversation on Staying Human. Link in bio.
02 Nov 2026
How often do we consume information without giving ourselves time to think about it?
When we scroll through social media, we’re exposed to an endless stream of other people’s thoughts, opinions, and experiences. But as Michael Pollan points out, we may be spending less time forming our own.
Our attention is precious. And protecting it isn’t just about reducing distractions. It’s about making room for independent thought, creativity, and reflection.
Listen to our full conversation on Staying Human. Link in bio.
31 Oct 2026
In an age when AI can provide answers in seconds, our ability to ask thoughtful questions may become more important than ever.
As a father, I think about this often. I want my children to develop the curiosity to question what they encounter, the humility to recognize what they don’t know, and the patience to explore questions without immediate answers.
Michael Pollan reminded me that curiosity is a capacity worth cultivating throughout our lives.
We explore the value of asking questions on this week’s Staying Human. Link in bio.
30 Oct 2026
When something isn't working, our instinct is often to try harder. Push further. Find another solution.
For much of my life, I believed that was the right response to adversity, too.
But during my medical residency, an ICU attending shared a piece of advice that challenged how I thought about effort and control:
"Don't just do something—stand there."
I've returned to those words many times since, especially when faced with situations that seem beyond my control.
In my latest Staying Human reflection, I explore why trying harder isn't always the answer, and what we might discover when we allow ourselves to step back.
Read the full piece at the link in my bio.
29 Oct 2026
Writing isn’t always about putting into words something we already know. Sometimes, it’s how we discover what we think.
I’ve experienced this myself. The process of searching for the right words can reveal connections, questions, and ideas I hadn’t considered before.
That’s why Michael Pollan raises an important concern about outsourcing writing to AI. While these tools can be useful, we should also consider what we might lose when we skip the process.
Listen to our full conversation on Staying Human. Link in bio.
28 Oct 2026
We’re thrilled to welcome Vivek Murthy, MD, former U.S. Surgeon General, to End Well 2026!
Through his Staying Human podcast and Substack, Dr. Murthy explores what it takes to live a fulfilling life when so much pulls us apart. On November 12, he’ll bring that same warmth and curiosity to our stage in conversation with Emmy Award-winning journalist Jamie Yuccas, exploring how we stay connected and show up for one another when we’re needed most.
Join us in Los Angeles or watch from wherever you are. A handful of in-person tickets remain, and virtual registration is completely FREE.
Register at the link in our bio.
27 Oct 2026
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