The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service an

Description: The Connection Cure by Julia Hotz, Lessa Lamb In this combination of diligent science reporting, moving patient success stories, and surprising self-discovery, journalist Julia Hotz shows us how to think about health outside of healthcare, and discover lasting and life-changing medicine in our own communities.Traditionally, when we get sick, healthcare professionals ask, "Whats the matter with you?" But around the world, teams of doctors, nurses, therapists, and social workers are starting to flip the script, asking "What matters to you?" Instead of solely pharmaceutical prescriptions, they offer social prescriptions--referrals to community activities and resources, like art classes, gardening groups, and volunteering gigs. By helping us rediscover our sources of joy, meaning, and relationships, social prescriptions address the root causes of our sicknesses and help us feel better. The results speak for themselves. Science shows social prescribing is effective for treating symptoms of the modern worlds most common ailments--depression, ADHD, addiction, trauma, anxiety, chronic pain, Parkinsons, diabetes, and more. Other research finds that social prescribing also helps our healthcare systems--reducing patient wait times, saving money, and even reversing health worker burnout. And as loneliness continues to infect more of us, social prescriptions can help us feel healthier than we felt before we got sick. From photography courses in the Netherlands to tea-making groups in South Korea, Hotz tours the globe to investigate the revolutionary potential of social prescribing through its five most common categories: nature, movement, art, service, and belonging. We see their prescriptive power personified through a range of healing journeys--a mother prescribed an art workshop for PTSD, a young man prescribed a fishing club for ADHD, a woman prescribed a sea swimming course for depression, a grandmother prescribed farm work for dementia. Their success stories bring a long-known theory to life: if we can change our environment, we can change our health. As healthcares de facto cycle of "diagnose-treat-repeat" reaches a breaking point, Hotz uncovers why social prescribing has spread to more than thirty countries--and continues to grow every day. By reconnecting to what matters to us, we can take our health into our own hands and embark on the path to lasting wellness. CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Julia Hotz is a solutions-focused journalist based in New York. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, WIRED, Scientific American, The Boston Globe, Time magazine, and more. She helps other journalists report on evidence-backed solutions at the Solutions Journalism Network. The Connection Cure is her first book. Being an audiobook narrator is literally Lessa Lambs dream job. Seriously, she used to have actual dreams about it. When she was a kid, her mom used to read to her. Then she started listening to audiobooks. She never thought she could be "one of those people," though, because she didnt have a big, fancy acting degree. What she did have, however, was an incredibly deep passion for listening to and analyzing the way people talk. Not just the way they communicate (by which she is also fascinated, and has studied extensively), but the way they actually speak. How do peoples mouths form the words they say? Do they have an accent? If so, from where, and how can you tell? What makes some peoples words sound different from others? What makes mens and womens voices different? In short, what makes people sound like "themselves?" The investigation of this fascination has taken Lessa all over the world, and led to countless hours of video reference study, discussions with linguists and speech pathologists, conversations with native speakers . . . the list goes on. When Lessas cousins wife started writing and self-publishing her books, she was let in on this whole world of self-made authors and narrators . . . and she started thinking that she might actually be able to do this thing she had dreamt of for so long. She started narrating and producing her audiobooks, and slowly built a small portfolio. But the big turning point came when she got fired from her job at the time (the nicest thing they could have done for her, honestly), and decided to pursue audiobook narration full-time. With the help of her stunningly supportive partner (and his masters degree in mechanical engineering), she embarked on her full-time narration adventure, and she eventually built a sound booth in their office. Lessa has now narrated more than thirty projects, and she honestly plans to do this work until she literally can no longer speak . . . which, if shes good to her vocal folds, she hopes to prolong until shortly before her ultimate demise. She imagines that to be a good few decades hence, so shes hoping there are hundreds more audiobooks in her future. Lessas aim, always, is to read a story the way an author hears it in their own head. Her ultimate goal as a narrator is to render the content in so enthralling a manner that even its original creator becomes completely engrossed in listening to their own story. With that in mind, she hopes to transport every listener who encounters her work as fully as possible into the authors creative vision. It is Lessas most sincere hope that her narration will transport you, too. Details ISBN1797180916 Author Lessa Lamb Publisher Simon & Schuster Audio Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781797180915 Publication Date 2024-06-25 Imprint Simon & Schuster Audio Subtitle The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service and Belonging Audience General Narrator Lessa Lamb Playing time 683 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161186988;

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