In this episode of OT Conversations, Hao explores the growing movement of social prescribing — the idea that connection, purpose, and community can be just as powerful as medicine.

From gardening and art to volunteering and movement, social prescribing invites healthcare professionals to prescribe meaningful activity as part of healing.

If that sounds familiar, it’s because it echoes the very heart of occupational therapy.

Join Hao as he unpacks what social prescribing is, why it’s gaining global attention, and how occupational therapists can claim their place within it.

Through reflection and real-world insight, this episode invites listeners to see how occupation itself is medicine, and why OT has always been — quietly, powerfully — at the centre of that truth.