{"id":2402827,"date":"2025-02-14T15:37:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T20:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-commits-to-fight-physical-and-spiritual-crisis-in-nation-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T15:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T20:39:06","slug":"rfk-jr-commits-to-fight-physical-and-spiritual-crisis-in-nation-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-commits-to-fight-physical-and-spiritual-crisis-in-nation-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. commits to fight physical and \u2018spiritual crisis\u2019 in nation &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frfk-jr-commits-to-fight-physical-and-spiritual-crisis-in-nation-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402827&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the\u200b Health and Human Services \u200cSecretary, emphasized his commitment to tackling what he \u200bdescribes as a &#8220;spiritual crisis&#8221; in the nation during a recent \u2064interview. He highlighted \u200dthe connection between health and spirituality, noting that\u200b many <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">young people feel alienated<\/a>\u200c and purposeless, with\u2064 statistics\u2064 indicating \u200cthat 77% \u200bof them\u2063 are \u2062not eligible\u2063 for \u200bmilitary service. Kennedy believes this sense of disconnection contributes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-dead-at-least-19-infected-in-bronx-legionnaires-outbreak\/\" title=\"1 dead, at least 19 infected in Bronx Legionnaires outbreak\">chronic health issues<\/a>, \u2062depression, and \u200caddiction. He asserts that true fulfillment comes from \u2062being useful to others and connected to one&#8217;s community, rather than simply seeking personal\u200c happiness. The\u2062 addiction community has responded positively\u200b to\u2063 his views, especially as \u2063he, a recovered addict himself, advocates\u200c for \u2064community connection as a \u2062pathway to overcoming addiction.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">RFK Jr. commits to fight physical and &lsquo;spiritual crisis&rsquo; in nation<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1993992\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Health and Human Services<\/a> Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> said Thursday he is committed to fighting the nation&rsquo;s &ldquo;spiritual crisis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not just in a health crisis, but we are in a spiritual crisis, and those things are connected,&rdquo; Kennedy told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/laura-ingraham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Laura Ingraham<\/a> of Fox News. &ldquo;And you know&nbsp;you have a whole generation of kids that feel alienated, dispossessed, and they are in an&nbsp;existential crisis. You know 77% of our kids can&rsquo;t qualify for military service. There&rsquo;s a purposelessness in their lives and no sense of usefulness or effectiveness or connectedness to their communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Alienation and lack of purpose drive a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-ramps-up-efforts-to-kill-rfk-jr-s-bid-with-billboards-in-michigan\/\" title=\"DNC intensifies campaign against RFK Jr. in Michigan with billboards\">chronic disease epidemic<\/a> as well as nationwide depression and the &ldquo;suicide&rdquo; of alcoholism and drug addiction, Kennedy added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2801758&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=76a8d2b0a58283ac18771653f7e8c8ca\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we have to address all of those things,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;At the same time, we can&rsquo;t just say we&rsquo;re gonna make you physically healthy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We all have to learn we need to get up in the morning and not think about, &lsquo;What am I gonna do to make myself happy today?&rsquo; We have to get up and say, &lsquo;What am I gonna do to make myself useful today&hellip;to be useful to my friends, to my family, to my community?&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Connectivity stemming from doing good things and being of service is the path to happiness, Kennedy said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The addiction community responded positively to Kennedy&rsquo;s confirmation, and Kennedy, a recovered addict, believes the only way to overcome the &ldquo;biological impulse&rdquo; leading to addiction is with a spiritual realignment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Alcoholism and addiction are diseases of isolation. 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