2024-08-02
1 小时 1 分钟Did you know doctors are now prescribing activities like art classes, nature walks, and community gardening to treat loneliness, lack of purpose, and other modern ills? In this fascinating episode, Julia Hotz discusses the power of "social prescribing" outlined in her book The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging. Learn how reconnecting with these ancient wellsprings of human health and happiness can provide an antidote to the soul-draining effects of our frenetic, disconnected lives. If you've been yearning for more meaning, joy, and community, this conversation may be just what the doctor ordered. You can find Julia at: Website | Instagram | Episode Transcript If you LOVED this episode you’ll also love the conversations we had with Robert Waldinger about the role of relationships in our ability to live good lives. Check out our offerings & partners: Join My New Writing Project: Awake at the WheelVisit Our Sponsor Page For Great Resources & Discount Codes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's harkening us back to the things we need to be healthy.
We need to count on other people.
We need to have people we can call at 03:00 a.m.
in a crisis.
And we like to do that in return for others.
And so these social prescriptions that enable us to hold other people accountable and be held accountable are, I think, just some of the most beautiful expressions of humanity.
This is what we do.
We try to make it through together.
We count on each other.
We notice when we're not there, and we celebrate when we are.
So you know how so many of us go to the doctor and leave with a prescription for whatever ails us, usually in the form of a pill or capsule or shot or serum.
But what if your healthcare provider looked you in the eye, then wrote you a prescription for dancing or nature or making art, often with others?
You'd probably look at them like they lost their minds.
And yet some physicians are starting to do just that.
Its called social prescribing and the results have been astonishing.
My guest today is Julia Hutz, and she offers a powerful represcription for what ails us and robs us of truly living good life.
In her groundbreaking book the connection Cure, the prescriptive power of movement, nature, art, service and belonging, she introduces this radical concept of what she calls social prescribing, addressing our deep human needs through powerful antidotes like community gatherings, art classes, nature immersion, volunteer service, and physical activity now being prescribed by doctors.
Julia is a solutions focused journalist based in New York.
Her stories have appeared in New York Times, Wired, Scientific American and more.
She helps reporters bring new ideas to light at the solutions Journalism Network and with the connection cure as her first book, shes at the forefront of an emerging health revolution that could transform how we really view wellness and living a good life.