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 Health
• The Concept of a Behavioral Pharmacy
• Shortcomings of the Healthcare System
• Training and Implementation of Community as Medicine
• Partnership with low-income Health clinics, YMCAs, and other Organizations to deliver the Community as Medicine Model
• Choice of Individual Coaching
• Formation of Groups and Group Accountability
• Helping people who are suffering from loneliness
• Creation of Open Source Wellness and collecting outcomes data
• Need for Structural changes to support Social Connection and Well-being in Modern Society
• Challenges and Future Directions
• Forming Lifelong Connections and Support Networks that Created Sustainable Structures
• How to join as a coach

Helpful 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 LINK
• Full Service Health Coaching
• Food as Medicine Program Support
• Are you interested in being a Health Coach? Apply here
• Connect with Liz @dr.eliz.markle on Instagram and on LinkedIN
• David Whyte’s Poem - Everything is waiting for you
• Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American by David Putnam
• The Holomovement
• Living Tantra - A 6-week immersive journey into sacred embodiment, pleasure, presence, and energetic intimacy (virtual Course)

Christine Marie Mason

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Marianne Williamson is a luminous voice in spiritual thought, conscious politics, and transformative healing. For more than four decades, she’s been a leader in spiritually progressive circles. She’s the author of 16 books, four of which have been #1 New York Times best sellers. A quote from the mega-bestseller A Return to Love, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure…” is considered an anthem for a contemporary generation of seekers.

Williamson founded Project Angel Food, a non-profit organization that has delivered more than 19 million meals to ill and dying homebound patients in the Los Angeles area since 1989. She has also worked throughout her career on poverty, anti-hunger and racial reconciliation issues. In 2004, she co-founded The Peace Alliance and supported the creation of a U.S. Department of Peace. She’s run for president twice, to add the voice of love into the political conversation. Her most recent book is The Mystic Jesus, and she has an upcoming course that we are excited about, Tye Magnificent Crone.

In this deeply personal episode, we cover:

• The Evolution of Love in Action
• What’s Changed in the Structural Economics of America
• How Clergy and Spiritual Counselors Are Increasingly Playing Cleanup on Broken Systems
• The Hippies Were Right
• The Inseparability of Personal Awareness and Structural Change
• On Turning 70
• Grandmothering
• Intergenerational Conversations
• The Magnificent Crone
• Mothering the World: All the Children, The Planet as Home
• The More Compassionate and Just Society.
• The Importance of Community and Connection
• Activating the Inner Sisterhood

Helpful links:

• Marianne Williamson - For updates, follow her on IG @mariannewilliamson
• NEW Course by Marianne: The Magnificent Crone: Spiritual Emergence for Women: in Our 50s, 60s, 70s & Beyond
• NEW book by Marianne: The Mystic Jesus: The Mind of Love
• A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles”
• Subscribe: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com
• 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
• Diana Athill
• Episode 61: Creating Forever: Life Lessons from Beatrix Ost
• Valerie Von Sobel

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Today on the Rose Woman Podcast, social psychologist Lucy Caldwell joins us and shares how small groups can create transformative social change, bridging divides and reimagining our collective potential. She is passionate about bringing people together, even in tough times. She believes that despite living in a culture of fear and facing countless challenges, we have a powerful way forward: by connecting with each other and building grassroots momentum. Her approach isn't about dwelling on problems, but creating an optimistic movement that unites people and helps them discover their collective strength. By drawing communities together and empowering them from the ground up, she sees real potential for positive change.

Join us as we explore Lucy's inspiring work of awakening human potential, fostering empathy, and creating a more compassionate, inclusive world—one collaborative circle at a time.

In this episode, we cover:

• The Formation of Impact Circles and Lucy’s Focus on Social Psychology
• The Role of Social Media and Polarization
• Empathy and the Polarization Effect in Group Dynamics
• The Impact of Social Media Algorithms on Societal Polarization
• COVID-19 Pandemic and The Burning Man Experience
• The Structure and Goals of Impact Circles and Community Building
• The Future of Human Connection and Technology
• The Potential of AI to Enhance Human Potential and the Importance of Maintaining Authenticity
• The Need for Innovative Experiments and Research on Resource Distribution and Community Resilience
• Vision for Impact Circles as a Global Community Platform Supporting Changemakers

Helpful links:

• Lucy Caldwell - Founder of Life Revealed
• John Hagel
• Yarrow Kraner
• Dale Dougherty
• Gary Wolf
• Bending the Bow: How Ordinary People Spark Visionary Social Movements by Christine Mason

Christine Marie Mason

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@christinemariemason

@rosebudwoman

Founder, Rosebud Woman, Award Winning Intimate and Body Care

Host, The Rose Woman on Love and Liberation

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