Today, the fantastic Julia Hotz is hanging out with us to unpack all things social prescribing and why it's time to update the sort of prescriptions that are being given out. Julia is a solutions-focused journalist based in New York. Her stories have appeared in The New York Times, WIRED, Scientific American, The Boston Globe, Time, and more. She helps other journalists report on the big new ideas changing the world at the Solutions Journalism Network. She's also an award-winning author of the book The Connection Cure.

In today's episode, we talk about...

• What inspired Julia to write the connection cure
• What social prescribing looks like
• Why it's important to do more of what matters to you
• What Julia would say to someone who questions the power of social prescribing
• Why Julia thinks big Pharma got so big
• The power of movement for improving depression
• Why we need to reframe how we view movement
• How belonging and connection impact our mental health
• Why nature captures our attention
• Where to start with social prescribing

...and so much more.

Episode show notes:

https://open.substack.com/pub/courageouslyu/p/julia-hotz-a-new-way-of-prescribing?r=29mstw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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