Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 123
Date: June 4, 2024

Participants: Elise Seifert, Sheila Webster, John Webster, Cameron Earnshaw and Julie Wilson
Guest: Fiona and Mike Roth

Start Times and Segments:

[0:00:16] What’s On Your Mind: Elise tells us about the concept of the Growth Mindset. It’s an important approach in the educational world. It’s about putting your brain in a good learning space. It overcomes a fixed mindset where, for example, someone says, “I can’t do this. It’s too hard.”

[0:10:11] Expanding Minds Interview: [Social and Mental Wellness] We interview Fiona and Mike.⁠ It’s beyond tragic to lose a family member to mental health disease. Kaitlyn Roth sought joy in her life, including through student council, choirs, band, sports and more. She was a go-getter, who was amazing at getting people involved to help good causes. Sadly, she lost touch with her joy at times as she struggled with mental health. Today we are joined by Kaitlyn’s parents, Fiona and Mike Roth. They’re motivated to bring good out of the tragic loss of they daughter, who died by suicide in 2022. They tell us about Kaitlyn – who she was – and challenges she faced in seeking help to address the disease she experienced.

[0:29:30] Adventures of the Starving Artist: A cajón is a box-shaped percussion instrument played by slapping it with the hands. Cameron used it to accompany a friend at open mic, which led to a gig with a band.

[0:33:04] Move That Body: ChatGPT spit out a great quote - The only bad workout is the one that didn’t happen. We talk about it.

[0:37:11] Running Popup: John heard a fact about bees that has him saying, “thank you bees”, every time he has a spoonful of honey.

[0:38:56] Flipside of the Coin: Getting “sir’d” on a shopping experience, where once again Sheila showed great taste.

Guest Information: Fiona Roth has been a social worker for 25 years. She has worked in the children’s mental health field for her entire career. She’s committed to a community where anyone struggling with mental health is met with hope and compassion at every stage of their journey and where no one falls through the cracks.

Mike Roth has been a Registered Kinesiologist for more than 27 years. He has treated and managed multi-disciplinary health care clinics in the community and is currently supporting employees returning to work from occupational and non-occupational injuries.

Mike and Fiona’s daughter, Kaitlyn, faced many barriers to receiving continuity of care before dying by suicide. Fiona and Mike are passionate about making sure the difficulties that their family faced in finding services for Kaitlyn do not happen to anyone else.

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