Healing Through Nature: Julia Hotz Author Presentation and Panel Discussion 

Join us for an evening with Julia Hotz as we discuss social prescribing, the healing power of nature, and an example of one local program stepping into this world. The program will include an author talk and a panel discussion with Julia Hotz.

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Thursday, October 10th, 6-7:30pm

$10 per person

Have you ever heard the term Social Prescribing? If the answer is no, you are not alone!  

Join us for an evening with Julia Hotz as we discuss social prescribing, the healing power of nature, and an example of one local program stepping into this world. The program will include an author talk and a panel discussion with Julia Hotz, Dr. Ardeshir Hashmi (Section Chief, Center for Geriatric Medicine, Cleveland Clinic), and Beth Kelly (Director of Guest Experience, Holden Forests & Gardens).  

As part of an expanded medical toolkit, teams of doctors, nurses, therapists & social workers worldwide have recently started to prescribe their patients time in nature and other social and community activities, also known as social prescriptions. These medical professionals are asking “What matters to you?” instead of “What’s the matter with you?” in an effort to promote lasting wellbeing. And science shows that social prescribing is effective in treating symptoms of many of the modern world’s most common ailments – anxiety, ADHD, loneliness, and depression – to name a few. In the first book about this topic, The Connection Cure, author Julia Hotz explores what this practice looks like around the globe and meets people personifying its revolutionary potential.  

The Connection Cure will be available for purchase before and after the event.

Meet the Panel

Julia Hotz

Julia Hotz

Julia Hotz 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. THE CONNECTION CURE is her first book.

Ardeshir Z.  Hashmi, MD

Ardeshir Z. Hashmi, MD

Dr. Ardeshir Z. Hashmi MD, FACP, FNAP, AGSF is the Endowed Chair of Geriatric Innovation and Enterprise Center Director of the Center for Geriatric Medicine and serves on the Board of Governors PAC at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Hashmi’s niche area of interest is the intersection of technology and population health in the service of our most vulnerable populations. He is a Fellow of the American Geriatrics Society, the American College of Physicians and the National Academies of Practice, a graduate of the Clinical Process Improvement Leadership Program and the Value Based Healthcare Delivery program via the Harvard Business School Institute of Strategy & Competitiveness.

Beth Kelly

Beth Kelly

Beth is the Director of Guest Experience at the Holden Arboretum and has been with Holden Forests & Gardens since 2020. She strives to ensure that everyone who visits the Arboretum feels welcome, safe, and has a great experience. Her 20-year museum career has spanned admissions, managing and installing exhibitions, coordinating an executive office, and planning events.

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