Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH

Health equity, wellbeing, healthy living, progressive Christianity and politics

[Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH @NancyFreeborne]

@Trevornoah X

[Dr. Arthur Brooks @arthurbrooks]

Aristotle believed there are three kinds of friendship:

The first is friendship of utility:

These are relationships built around usefulness. Colleagues, professional contacts, people connected by a shared purpose. There is nothing wrong with these friendships. But when the purpose ends, the relationship often does too.

The second is friendship of pleasure:

These are the people you enjoy being with. You laugh together, share interests, and enjoy one another’s company. These matter too. But they are often tied, at least in part, to what you bring—your wit, your energy, your charm. And when those things change, the friendship sometimes does too.

Then there is friendship of virtue:

This is the rarest kind. These friendships are built on mutual respect and admiration—not for what you accomplish, but for your character and values. They love your being, not your doing. They know you deeply, and you know them. They can last a lifetime. Spouses in healthy marriages have this. The closest siblings sometimes do too. So do the rarest of friends. Most people have very few of these. Strivers often have none.

Many successful people are surrounded by others and still lack this kind of friendship. Achievement often trains us to be admired, not known. To perform well, not reveal weakness. So strivers tend to accumulate friendships of utility—and because success can be attractive, friendships of pleasure too. But they are often missing friendships of virtue. A lot of deal friends. Very few real ones. That emptiness is often where the meaning crisis begins.

Here’s the exercise I give my students:

List the ten people you spend the most time with each week. Then label each one: utility, pleasure, or virtue.

A full social life is not the same thing as deep friendship.

And one of the clearest markers of a meaningful life is not how many people are around you, but how many truly know you.

[Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH @NancyFreeborne]

Love it…

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Let us learn to be rich in a different way: more attentive to relationships, more intent on valuing the common good, more attached to the local area, more grateful in welcoming and integrating those who come to live with us.

[Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH @NancyFreeborne]

@Ammendment27803 @JeffStorobinsky @JReinerMD @wolfblitzer Why so cruel?

[Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH @NancyFreeborne]

@DrIanWeissman Yep-as a PA school director I am hopeful the lawsuit will move forward so our future student can fund their education. We need more PAs and NPs.

[Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH @NancyFreeborne]

@arthurbrooks Thanks for this. My research on Social Support relates: https://t.co/MqxaJ8gttw

[Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH @NancyFreeborne]

Wow, great.

[nature @Nature]

An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in people exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus

https://t.co/OgfUZ00Hd4

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

Flying today. ✈️
Still not panicking about #Hantavirus… yet… but you can never be too careful when exchanging air with people from everywhere - especially w/ asthma.

Riskiest moments? Boarding + takeoff/landing, when the plane filtration is off.

Stay safe out there. 😷

[Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH @NancyFreeborne]

@jmbprime Yes-our family affected by this horrible shooting last Thursday: https://t.co/sx4YlAOkfd

[Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH @NancyFreeborne]

@JBPritzker @AmericanYouthf1 Yep to universal healthcare!

[Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH @NancyFreeborne]

@JoleneJole57323 @fred_guttenberg Cars are necessary; guns are not except for in law enforcement or hunting. Apple and orange comparison.

[Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH @NancyFreeborne]

@SenBillCassidy Extremely tragic. My son has married into the Odom family. Senator-pls honor Martha by sponsoring gun control legislation.

[Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH @NancyFreeborne]

Yep…

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Wow. The Pope was just asked his stance on migration. His answer is amazing:

“I would change the question: what is the global North doing to help the global South in its situation that forces them to migrate.”

[Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH @NancyFreeborne]

Yep!

[The Hill @thehill]

Walz: ‘Next Democratic president better figure out a way to get universal health care’
https://t.co/T9w8IhTNox

[Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH @NancyFreeborne]

@WSJ Not COVID vaccines but COVID virus itself: https://t.co/Kg1xNLFi06

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

On the cover of The Lancet:
Editorial — “Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure”

Read the latest issue: https://t.co/x0Mv0owHDx

[Nancy Freeborne, PA-C, DrPH @NancyFreeborne]

@CNBC Which would contribute to antibiotic resistance!