Episode #25
Episode 25: The Art of Being Human
No matter how different our lives look on the surface, there is something underneath all of it that connects us: we are human. In The Art of Being Human: More Alike Than We Think, I reflect on what becomes visible when the titles, accomplishments, roles, and expectations fall away. Through conversations with clinicians, psychologists, military leaders, public officials, experts, and small business owners, one truth keeps showing up — achievement does not make anyone less human. We make mistakes. We learn. We lose people. We question ourselves. We carry things others may never see. And no matter how different our paths are, many of the emotions underneath them are more familiar than we realize. This episode explores identity, vulnerability, connection, mortality, and the reality that none of us are promised forever. Along the way, I ask three questions: Who are you as a human being? What do you carry that you assume no one else understands? And how would you treat people differently if you remembered they are human first? Sometimes the distance between us is smaller than we think.
