If you use that time where you're alone in ways that bring you joy and peace, then that solitude can have a… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
One of the things that happens in our regular lives is that when we're in moments of pain or feeling alone, we… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
The amount of time it takes to recover from the coronavirus differs widely. Some people will get the virus and have no… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Without strong communities, we cannot pull together during times of hardship. Our diversity turns from a source of strength to a source… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I trained in internal medicine, and I expected most of my time would be spent on diabetes or heart disease or cancer.… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
If you're very introverted, you prefer to spend much of your time alone, and when you do connect, you'd rather get together… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When I went through my confirmation hearing to serve as surgeon general they asked me what my priorities would be and I… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Be very disciplined about dedicating some time - even if it is five minutes a day - to calling or talking to… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I grew up in Miami, Florida and the Miami Heat were my favourite team growing up. In fact, the franchise started when… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When I was Surgeon General, I spent a lot of time talking to people in living rooms and town halls all across… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
There are several factors in modern society that contribute to loneliness. One is that we are more mobile than we have been… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I think people often forget how powerful they are. Sometimes it just takes one voice to save a life. When we speak up we… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
When I was Surgeon General, I spent a lot of time talking to people in living rooms and town halls all across the country,… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
We can experience an erosion of self-esteem when we're lonely, as we come to believe that it's because we're not likable or because something… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
I trained in internal medicine, and I expected most of my time would be spent on diabetes or heart disease or cancer. What I… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
I do not intend to use the Surgeon General's Office as a bully pulpit for gun control. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
We know that chronic loneliness has consequences. It certainly depresses our mood. And in terms of our health, people who struggle with loneliness also… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
You can be surrounded by many people but still feel quite lonely if you don't have strong connections and if you feel you can't… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
When people tell you that you're less-than and that you don't matter and that you're inferior, you internalize some of that. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
Service is a powerful pathway of getting out of loneliness. It takes the focus off of you and puts it onto someone else. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
Addiction is a chronic disease of the brain and it's one that we have to treat the way we would any other chronic illness:… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
I firmly believe that everybody in America needs a safe place to walk or to wheelchair roll. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
