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 of our discussion with Beth Beattie, a lawyer who revealed her bipolar disorder at work after keeping it secret for 14 years.

[0:25:34] Adventures of the Starving Artist: Instead of practice makes perfect, what about practice makes habit?

[0:28:54] Move That Body: Differences between core and strength training.

[0:34:51] Running Popup: Poets ask the questions and philosophers try to answer them.

[0:37:00] Flipside of the Coin: Sheila and John talk about budgeting when they were starting out in their careers, and the importance of economic wellness.

Guest Information: Beth is Senior Counsel at the Ministry of the Attorney General Civil Law Division, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Long-Term Care Branch.  She has a broad litigation practice. Beth Beattie “came out of the mental illness closet,” as she puts it, after 14 years of working as a lawyer with bipolar disorder. Her story has been broadly featured on television, newspaper and other media. Beth has made presentations to thousands of people, including professionals and the public at large. Beth works hard and volunteers much time to help improve the lives of those living with mental illness as well those who care for them.

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Thanks for joining us,
(-(-_(-_-)_-)-)   Your wellness check-in team
John, Sammy, Cameron, Sheila and Julie