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Apr 2023
57m 4s

Vivek Murthy — To Be a Healer

ON BEING STUDIOS
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We need a modicum of vitality to simply be alive in this time. And we're in an enduringly tender place. The mental health crisis that is invoked all around, especially as we look to the young, is one manifestation of the gravity of the post-2020 world. How to name and honor this more openly? How to hold that together with the ways we've been given to learn a ... Show More
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