Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 85
Date: September 12, 2023

Participants: John Webster, Elise Seifert, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster
Guest: Jodi Skeates

Start Times and Segments:

[0:00:35] What’s On Your Mind: Article: “People who live longest share these 2 traits, say authors who studied Japanese ‘secret’ for ‘a long and happy life’”, by Renée Onque (June 3 2023). The two traits are (1) a positive attitude; and (2); a high degree of emotional awareness.

[0:11:24] Expanding Minds Interview: [Mental Wellness] We interview Jodi Skeates in the area of Mental Wellness.⁠ Jodi’s outlook changed in an instant in 2017. Her husband Scott was enjoying a hobby he loved - scuba diving. He suffered an anoxic brain injury from which he did not recover. It’s the first of two interviews. This first explores what happened. They were in a remote area, with Jodi far from the incident. It took nine hours to reach Scott’s bedside, by which time he was in a coma. He never woke up. Jodi faced a number of decisions, while being confronted with traumatic events. She introduces us to Soaring Spirits Canada and Camp Widow Toronto. We’ll talk more about them next week.

[0:34:18] Adventures of the Starving Artist: The artist becomes a tourist in his own city, when Cameron hosts out of town guests.

[0:38:36] Move That Body: What is “diet culture” and why is it harmful? We found an article with helpful insights: “You can kick diet culture out of your diet, experts say. Here's where to start”. By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (March 21, 2022).

[0:43:13] Running Popup: What is “diet culture” and why is it harmful? We found an article with helpful insights.

[0:44:41] Flipside of the Coin: A great quote by Carl Jung: “Know all the theories. Master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul just be another human soul.”

Guest Information: Over her career, Jodi has provided legal support to the life and health insurance industry. She has served as in-house Senior Counsel for several Canadian financial institutions as well as the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association. As a government lobbyist, she’s represented the industry on timely issues such as privacy, genetic testing, medical assistance in dying, gender identity and expression discrimination. Jodi retired from full-time in-house legal practice earlier this year and is now working part time as a litigator with Fasken, a large Canadian law firm with offices across the country and affiliations with firms around the world.  She lives in Burlington, Ontario. Jodi is a founding Director and Chair of the Board of Directors of Soaring Spirits Canada and serves as Secretary to the Board of Director of the Niagara Grape and Wine Festival.

Links to further information:
Soaring Spirits Canada
Camp Widow Toronto
Soaring Spirits International Regional Social Groups
Soaring Spirits International Men’s Community Specific Group
Soaring Spirits International LGBTQ+ Community Specific Group
Soaring Spirits International Widowed & Black Community Specific Group

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