In this episode, Debbie engages in conversation with Johanna Thompson of the Wellness Business Network. When Jo’s friend became a therapist, she offered to help her build her business and consequently started a networking group, bringing together those who work in health and wellness.

Although Jo’s background is not in therapy and wellbeing, she began to learn a lot from the group, becoming passionate about helping others promote their business and share what they do.

From here Jo began to seek funding to run mental health and wellbeing groups, creating the Wellness Network Community Interest Company, this now being her full-time career. Through this she supports others to go on a wellbeing journey to address all areas of their lives.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Online working has opened a whole world of opportunities for people, allowing them to make connections, learn new information, and gain therapeutic support from further afield.
•  Connection is a massively important thing for us to thrive as human beings.
• We can achieve more with community and collaboration.
• We can learn from other people’s stories and life experience by following the journey of where they were, what they did, and where they are now.
• What you eat affects how you think and feel.
• Good quality sleep is vitally important for wellbeing.

BEST MOMENTS

• " I was bored senseless in my day job. It just wasn't doing what I needed to do to fulfil me.”
• “Having the opportunity to find out some really interesting information in an area that I'm interested in anyway, without having to do the study myself.”
• “It might feel safe, but it's not necessarily good fun.”
• “We are social creatures.”
• “When people are really getting why you're trying to do something and you're trying to do it for the right reasons, people are really happy to help.”
• “It's just really understanding it's a different world, totally different world to me.”
• “I'm alright here because that's all I'm about, connecting people.”
• “This is the universe saying, stop talking about it, Jo, get on with it.”

HOST BIO

Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.

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