Dr. Raghu Appasani: Community Is the Missing Medicine

Dr. Raghu Appasani, MD joins us for a powerful conversation on the future of mental health, integrative psychiatry, and why human connection may be the missing medicine in modern life.In this episode, Dr. Appasani shares how Eastern wisdom, Western medicine, community, nature, sleep, and meaningful relationships all shape emotional wellbeing. From anxiety and burnout to psychedelics, resilience, grief, and loneliness, this conversation explores what it truly means to heal as a whole person — not just treat symptoms.We discuss:Why modern society is becoming emotionally disconnectedThe difference between surviving and truly healingSleep, nature, and human connection as foundational medicineWhen medication can help — and when it can’tPsychedelics, therapy, and the importance of integrationWhy resilience is built through relationshipsThe mental health lessons Western culture may be missingThis episode is a grounded, hopeful, and deeply human look at how we reconnect with ourselves and each other in an increasingly disconnected world.Dr. Raghu's Substack: https://drraghu.substack.com