Prevention, not Prescriptions

Have you heard of Kathleen Slattery–Moschkau? She’s a mom, wife and former drug-pusher (her words, not mine) who’s reformed, and using her zeal against big pharma to promote all things healthy, whole and fun. She’s gone from rebel with a cause to writer, radio talk show host, and movie producer–still with a cause.

Well, one of her creative and great ideas is Prevention, Not Prescriptions Tuesdays, which is a jazzy blog idea to cultivate conversation, inter-blog promotion, and promote holistic and preventative health care.

Well, the outlook of Natural Family Planning and Fertility Awareness advocates definitely jives with Kathleen’s sassy and smart pro-woman, pro-wellness outlook, so I thought I’d spread the word. I’ll be doing my darndest to jump on the PNP Tuesday train. If you have a pro-fertility blog, whatever your focus is, I’d encourage you to consider it, and jump on board. Here’s the deal:

What is Prevention Not Prescriptions?
It’s a simple blog carnival held every Tuesday specifically organized around the idea of ‘Prevention Not Prescriptions’. It’s information and inspiration. It’s for the bloggers, doctors, journalists, moms, dads, teachers, alternative health practitioners and everyone else who has had it up to here! with the status quo of a society pushing and turning to prescription drugs as a quick fix for their bodies or their lives.

If it relates to healthier living, we want to hear it. Here are a few ideas of things you can post…

• Advice/suggestions
• Your personal anecdotes
• Commentary on related headlines
• Film/media reviews
• The politics of pills and health (as it relates to prevention)
• Fitness, stress, nutrition related information (and yes, even recipes)
• Anything that might get others fired up to think twice before they pop that next Rx pill

We’d love to hear from and offer up a variety of voices and topics. There are no weekly themes. And participation is super easy…

Here’s how it works:

If you have a blog entry or article related to healthy living that you’d like to share, email us the link at anytime.  If your post is from your archives, please repost it so it’s a current entry on your site, or write a new entry directing people back to your archived post.

There’s only one hitch…you must include a link back here so that others can find out how to participate.  If you don’t provide a link back to this page, you will not be included. We’ll compile all links that come in during the week into one blog entry that we’ll post on The Kathleen Show blog the following Tuesday.

• • Links must be received by Noon CT on Monday to be included in Tuesday’s post.
  • And don’t forget to join the conversation.  Create a personal Typepad profile and leave a comment about your post once it’s up.  You’ll be able to find your entry and create a profile directly at The Kathleen Show blog the Tuesday after you submit your link.
  • We’ll also have a running archive below where you’ll be able to find past week’s posts.