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Julia Hotz

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Author of THE CONNECTION CURE (@simonschuster @hachetteUK)-- science and stories of #socialprescribing, OUT NOW! Journalist 📣 @soljourno
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Hobbies can improve your health – here are four tips for choosing one

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By Julia Hotz
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‘Research has long linked hobbies involving exercise, arts and nature to a wide range of health benefits.’ Illustration: Guardian Design/Getty Images In 2020, the year Amanda lost her mother, husband, job and pre-pandemic normalcy, she was diagnosed with major depressive disorder. “My life was just spiraling down and down and down,” she says.
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Hobbies can improve your health – here are four tips for choosing one

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By Julia Hotz
| MSN UK Verified
In 2020, the year Amanda lost her mother, husband, job and pre-pandemic normalcy, she was diagnosed with major depressive disorder. “My life was just spiraling down and down and down,” she says. To help with her symptoms, in addition to an antidepressant prescription, Amanda was given a “ social prescription ”: a referral to a non-medical, community-based activity, typically involving movement, nature, art or service.
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'You're not just recalling words, but an emotion': The lifelong benefits of making music

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By Julia Hotz
| BBC Verified
Getty Images From helping people cope with age-related disorders to altering our perception of physical pain, music's impact on our bodies can ring loud. Every Friday morning, in a sun-filled classroom in Limerick, Ireland, Cathy McGlynn and Ann Blake, two music therapists, greet a group of singers sitting in a circle. After leading them in scales, stretches, and vocal trills, McGlynn picks up her guitar and begins strumming, You Are My Sunshine.
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