2024-08-02
1 小时 1 分钟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.