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 United Church of Canada, Reverend Michiko Bown-Kai. There’s a brief introduction of our series of interviews in the area of spiritual wellness. Michiko tells us about fasting and spirituality from the perspective of Christianity, as a United Church Minister.

[0:25:08] Adventures of the Starving Artist: Making lemonade out of lemons? How about honking ear training?

[0:30:10] Move Your Body: Sheila and Sammy talk about yoga – how they got into it.

[0:35:16] Running Popup: John talks about why he doesn’t see wellness as a zero sum game.

[0:38:03] Flipside of the Coin: Sheila and John talk about how parents may not know what they’re doing all the time, even if their children believe that they do.

Guest Information: Reverend Michiko Bown-Kai is a Minister of the United Church of Canada. They studied Social Justice and Peace Studies and Political Science at the University of Western Ontario before attending Emmanuel College for their Master of Divinity program.

Over the past decade Rev. Bown-Kai has engaged in ministry in many forms: as a Sunday School coordinator, program coordination at The United Church’s General Council Office, a youth group leader, an intern minister at East End United Regional Ministry, and most recently as the minister at Saint Luke’s United Church.

Rev. Bown-Kai is always excited to learn more about cultures, languages, and nature. You can often find them biking, highland dancing, or befriending as many dogs as possible

Rev. Michiko Bown-Kai’s website (with their contact page): https://michikobownkai.wixsite.com/ministry

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