Episode # 165: Prescribing Community, Healing Together
Dear Rosies,
In a world where loneliness has become an epidemic and healthcare often feels impersonal, Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Markle and her organization, Open Source Wellness, offer a revolutionary approach: prescribing community as medicine.
This model challenges traditional healthcare approaches by introducing a revolutionary "Community As Medicine" approach. She explores how social connection, movement, nutrition, and stress reduction can heal more than pharmaceuticals. Through Open Source Wellness, Liz has developed innovative group programs that prescribe community support, demonstrating significant improvements in participants' physical and mental health. Join us as she shares with us how community can be the most powerful medicine.
In this episode, we cover:
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What Community-Based Peer Support for Health Can Do
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The Concept of a Behavioral Pharmacy
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Shortcomings of the Healthcare System
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Training and Implementation of Community as Medicine
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Partnership with Health clinics, YMCAs, and other Organizations to deliver the Community as Medicine Model Far and Wide
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Choice of Individual Coaching
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How Groups Form
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Answering Loneliness
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Outcome Data
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Social Connection and Well-being in Modern Society
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Challenges and Future Directions
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Forming Lifelong Connections
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How to Become a Coach
Helpful links:
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Elizabeth Markle, Ph.D. Co-Founder, Executive Director of Open Souce Wellness a nonprofit devoted to equitable health and wellbeing. To donate, visit this LINK
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Are you interested in being a Health Coach? Apply here
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Connect with Liz @dr.eliz.markle on Instagram and on LinkedIN
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