Prescribing Community: Healing Together with Open Source Wellness Leader, Dr. Elizabeth Markle

In a world where loneliness has become an epidemic and healthcare often feels impersonal, Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Markle offers a revolutionary approach: prescribing community as medicine.Dr. Elizabeth Markle, a licensed psychologist and co-founder of Open Source Wellness, challenges traditional healthcare approaches by introducing a revolutionary "Community As Medicine" model. 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:Benefits of Community-based peer support for HealthThe Concept of a Behavioral PharmacyShortcomings of the Healthcare SystemTraining and Implementation of Community as MedicinePartnership with low-income Health clinics, YMCAs, and other Organizations to deliver the Community as Medicine ModelChoice of Individual Coaching Formation of Groups and Group Accountability Helping people who are suffering from lonelinessCreation of Open Source Wellness and collecting outcomes dataNeed for Structural changes to support Social Connection and Well-being in Modern SocietyChallenges and Future DirectionsForming Lifelong Connections and Support Networks that Created Sustainable StructuresHow to join as a coachHelpful links:Elizabeth Markle, Ph.D. Co-Founder, Executive Director of Open Souce Wellness a nonprofit devoted to equitable health and wellbeing. To donate, visit this LINKFull Service Health CoachingFood as Medicine Program SupportAre you interested in being a Health Coach? Apply hereConnect with Liz @dr.eliz.markle on Instagram and on LinkedINDavid Whyte’s Poem - Everything is waiting for youBowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American by David PutnamThe HolomovementLiving Tantra - A 6-week immersive journey into sacred embodiment, pleasure, presence, and energetic intimacy (virtual Course)Christine Marie Mason+1-415-471-7010 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.