Episode · On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 2026-07-01
Books mentioned on 10 Years After Losing Her Husband: Lucy Kalanithi Reveals the Truth About Grief No One Talks About
Jay Shetty discussed When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi and Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. Lucy Kalanithi discussed Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis, Existence and being by Martin Heidegger, and The concept of time by Martin Heidegger.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi is a profound posthumous memoir written by a neurosurgeon facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, exploring mortality, meaning, and the human condition.
Discussed“I have waited for this conversation since I've read the book and when breath becomes air and I read it when I still lived in New York when I moved to the states and it moved me so much”
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E.
Discussed“Have you read Man's Search for Meaning? Yeah, of course.”
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Cancer Ward
Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is a powerful semi-autobiographical novel set in a Soviet hospital, examining human dignity, mortality, and the oppressive nature of totalitarianism.
Discussed“He packed um Being in Time by Haidiger and Mirror Christianity by CS Lewis and then a novel called Cancer Ward by Souls Souls Nitsson.”
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Mere Christianity
Mere Christianity by C.S.
Discussed“He packed um Being in Time by Haidiger and Mirror Christianity by CS Lewis and then a novel called Cancer Ward by Souls Souls Nitsson.”
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Existence and being
Existence and being by Martin Heidegger is a profound philosophical text exploring fundamental questions concerning human existence, the nature of the self, and time.
Discussed“He packed um Being in Time by Haidiger and Mirror Christianity by CS Lewis and then a novel called Cancer Ward by Souls Souls Nitsson.”
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The concept of time
Being and Time by Martin Heidegger is a foundational work of twentieth-century continental philosophy that explores the nature of human existence, temporality, and being.
Discussed“He packed um Being in Time by Haidiger and Mirror Christianity by CS Lewis and then a novel called Cancer Ward by Souls Souls Nitsson.”
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