Let's Be Well Together

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 25 Date: July 19 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Clarence Cachagee and Laurie Flanagan Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sheila chats with her sister Laurie about energy takers and energy givers. The energy takers can exhaust you. Bring on the energy givers. [0:12:38] E...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 24 Date: July 12, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Dr. Shirish Nathwani Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : John talks to Sammy about a continuum, with extreme dogmatism on one end and extreme skepticism on the other. [0:11:49] Expanding Minds Interview : [Spiritual W...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 23 Date: July 5, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Alex “Sandy” MacFarlane and Brad Mills Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : When people say, “That’s just how Sammy is”, or “That’s just how John is”, are they missing an opportunity to see that there’s much more to it?...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 22 Date: June 28, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Stephanie Sutherland and Elise Webster Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sammy and John discuss a post about high functioning anxiety. What we see on the outside often doesn’t match what’s going on inside. [0:10:39]...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 21 Date: June 24, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Julie Wilson, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Hillary Fitzgerald and Laurie Flanagan. Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Julie and John chat about an article about “How to become more resilient, according to the research”, by Sandee LaMotte [CNN Health, Dec. 7, 2...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 20 Date: June 14, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Rev. Anne Anderson Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sammy and John chat about a quote: “It is much easier for us to give advice to other people than to ourselves” [Ethan Kross], and that we forget that it’s okay to...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 19 Date: June 17, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guests : Shirley Madill and Brian Peyton Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : John and Sammy have a conversation about areas of wellness and approaches to wellness, comparing thoughts to the approach John’s working on that inv...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 18 Date: May 31, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Tova Davidson Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sammy and John love the environment. There are little things each of can do ourselves to help: keeping our community clean, not littering, not putting contaminants in w...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 17 Date: May 24, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guests : Ruby Konkol and Elise Webster Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sammy and John came across tips for active listening on the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s Instagram feed, which reminds Sammy of a Ted Talk by B...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 16 Date: May 17, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Rev. Jessica Purple Rodela and Charles Volk Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sammy and John discuss social support networks. [0:08:06] Expanding Minds Interview : [Spiritual Wellness] We interview Rev. Jessica Purpl...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 15 Date: May 10, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Elisa Brewer-Singh Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sammy and John talk about resilience. People are often more resilient that they think. We all make mistakes and fail. That’s okay. That doesn’t mean we need to giv...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 14 Date: May 3, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Julie Wilson, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Elisa Brewer-Singh Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sheila and Sammy explore the giver syndrome. Human givers are expected to give time and money and love and more. Others benefit from it. Givers feel t...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 13 Date: April 26, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Julie Wilson, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Adrian DeCoo Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Julie and John chat about a quote by Zora Neale Hurston: “There is nothing to make you like other human beings so much as doing things for them.” [0:10:0...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast – Episode 12 Date: April 19, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Alex “Sandy” MacFarlane (from the Rusty Nail Comedy Club, which runs regular comedy shows at Crazy Canuck Restaurant in Kitchener, Ontario) Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sheila continues her interview of Sammy,...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 11 Date: April 12, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Tova Davidson Start times and Segment Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sammy and John start what they hope will be an ongoing discussion about environmental wellness and living in harmony with our planet. Link to Pachamama Alliance - a g...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 10 Date: April 5, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Michael Herman Start times and Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : John and Sammy explore concepts like “Nirvana” and work-life balance, and how John’s approach touches on these concepts. [0:10:53] Expanding Minds Interview : [Mental Wellnes...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast – Episode 9 Date: March 29, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Julie Wilson, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guests : Michael Herman (interview) and Zach Gerber (Adventures of the Starving Artist) Start times and Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Julie sat down to do a Move That Body segment and noticed her coffee mug said “They are all per...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 8 Date: March 22, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guests : Julia Heyens and Jonathan Gascho Start times and Segment Summaries : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sammy and John talk about a quote from John’s quote list: “History is mostly guessing, the rest is prejudice.” - Will (1885-1981) and Ariel Durant...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 7 Date: March 15, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guests : Julia Heyens and Jonathan Gascho Start times and Segment Summaries : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sammy and John talk about one of the activities listed in John’s book, in connection with mental wellness: keeping an eye on your state of mind, e...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 6 Date: March 8, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Rev. Michiko Bown-Kai Start times and Segment Summaries : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Part 1 of Sheila’s interview of Sammy. Get to know our co-host. [0:08:55] Expanding Minds Interview : [Spiritual Wellness] We interview a Minister of the Unite...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 5 Date: March 1, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Jill Melanson Start times and Summaries of Segments : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sammy describes an evolving relationship with money and finances. [0:09:01] Expanding Minds Interview : [Economic Wellness] Jill Melanson talks about the 5 C’s of...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 4 Date: February 22, 2022 Participants : Julie Wilson, John Webster, Cameron Earnshaw, Sheila Webster and Sammy Damaren. Guest : Scott Williams Start times and Segment Summaries : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Co-Host Julie Wilson and John recall how they connected on a shared interest in wellness. Julie talks about workplace initiatives to bring attentio...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 3 Date: February 15, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webstr Guest : Scott Williams Start times and Segment Summaries : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sammy and John talk about the Arts, which are important to wellness in their lives. [0:09:16] Expanding Minds Interview : [Social Wellness] Part 1 of our discussio...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast – Episode 2 Date: February 8, 2022 Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Beth Beattie Start times and Segment Summaries : [0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind : Sammy and John talk about the masks we wear and how we notice some of them, but maybe not all of them. [0:09:51] Expanding Minds Interview : [Mental Wellness] Part 2...

Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 1 February 1, 2022  Participants : John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster Guest : Beth Beattie Summary : It’s the debut episode. Our podcast grew from concepts in John’s book, Accidentally Well. He’s developing a framework to seek balance and fulfillment, taking into account eight categories of wellness: Physical, Mental, Econ...