Connected
by Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler
Mentioned 2 times across 1 show · first heard Apr 2026 on On Purpose with Jay Shetty.
The general take
Both Jay Shetty and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve recommend Connected as a groundbreaking work that demonstrates how behaviors, emotions, and health outcomes spread through social networks like contagions. They specifically highlight research by Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler showing that even small things—like the mood you're in driving home—ripple through to affect your family and those around you. The speakers treat the book as solid, evidence-based research worth reading.
About
When Martha Carlin’s husband is diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, she begins asking the questions conventional medicine could not answer. Why this body? Why now? What had been building beneath the surface for years? What follows is a deeply personal and intellectually ambitious journey through love, loss, scientific inquiry, and systems thinking. In CONNECTED, Carlin explores the hidden links between the microbiome, inflammation, environmental stressors, food, and the broader forces shaping chronic illness in modern life. Part memoir, part scientific reckoning, and part challenge to medical dogma, this book traces one woman’s search to understand not only Parkinson’s but the larger chronic disease crisis affecting millions.
Who said what
Jay Shetty👍 Recommends
…explaining how social circles unconsciously reshape behavior and identity
“Dr. James Fowler in his landmark research published in the New England Journal of Medicine and expanded in his book Connected demonstrated that behaviors, emotions and even health outcomes spread through social networks like contagions.”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty — 10 Harsh Truths I Wish I Knew in My 20sat 21:30
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve👍 Recommends
…discussing how personal wellbeing affects wider social networks
“There's amazing studies by Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler, their book Connected is a real recommendation, where they essentially show that the way you drive home from the office, the mood that you're in will impact your wife, your children.”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty — Jan-Emmanuel De Neve: The Simple Daily Habit Linked to Happiness (Do This ONE Thing Every Day and Significantly Improve Your Life!)at 34:23
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