Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 112
Date: March 19, 2024

Participants: John Webster, Elise Seifert, Cameron Earnshaw, Julie Wilson and Sheila Webster
Guest: Eric Davis

Start Times and Segments:

[0:00:16] What’s On Your Mind: We talk about the list of activities from John’s book (Accidentally Well) that enhance intellectual wellness. It’s all about exercising the mind, not about getting a higher.

[0:09:01] Expanding Minds Interview: [Social Wellness] We interview Eric Davis about the importance of local government, which impacts wellness in many ways. Municipal government has the most direct impact on everyday life, yet ironically it is the level of government which most people pay the least amount of attention to. Some municipalities put much emphasis on health, wellness and livable communities, and less on keeping the car king. Others show they are not interested in that. People need to understand they can have an impact on what their local community looks like, that is if they get engaged. Each of us can make a difference by learning about how local government works, who’s interested in what, who supports the wellness type initiatives we want to undertake, then voting.

[0:24:58] Adventures of the Starving Artist: Cameron took time from a busy schedule to work on a personal project, which included trying to get his chops back up with an 8-string guitar.

[0:29:25] Move That Body: We found a list of ways to exercise while doing other things, so you may not even realize you’re exercising. It includes kids roughhousing, or with them. Another is playing video games that make you work.

[0:33:40] Running Popup: John wonders why he imagines having conversations with famous people?

[0:34:38] Flipside of the Coin: Sheila was intrigued by an internet post about 3 core components of relationships: mutual respect, mutual trust and mutual affection.

Guest Information: Eric Davis is a Partner at SmithValeriote Law Firm LLP. He practices Municipal & Planning Law. He’s an Law Society of Ontario Certified Specialist in Municipal Law: Local Government / Land Use Planning & Development. Throughout his over 17-year career, he has acted for both private- and public-sector clients on all manner of issues related to municipalities. He is a Director on the Board for KidsAbility, a Trustee of the Waterloo Region Law Association, and a Member of the Ontario Bar Association’s Municipal Law Section Executive. In 2019, Eric was awarded the Waterloo Award, the City of Waterloo’s highest civic honour, for his involvement in the community.

Eric’s page at SV Law: Eric Davis

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