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Movement and Meaning: John Wilson's Self-care

Movement and Meaning: John Wilson's Self-care

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 “We get a lot of meaning from creating spaces where people can come and connect, and feel like they’re in a place where they’re welcomed, and that some good things can happen.” ~ John Wilson, Co-director, Online EventsIt was SUCH a joy to talk to Online Events’ co-director, John Wilson. As well as talking about his own ideal and actual self-care, Self care and collective care practices, he shares some of what he’s learned through co-creating such a nourishing online community for therapists, counsellors and supervisors.Chapters0:01–2:26 Introduction, movement and nervous system support2:26–3:38 Welcoming John Wilson of Online Events3:38–6:22 John’s work, community building and setting the context6:22–9:10 The Feel part: movement, walking, and self-regulation9:10–12:16 Sleep, flexibility, and adapting self-care when plans change12:16–14:04 Letting go of perfection and allowing partial practices14:04–16:59 The Love part: nature, presence, and remembering connection16:59–19:01 The Heal part: community, meaning, and shared purpose at work19:01–22:38 Leadership, slowing down, and staying connected under pressure22:38–24:04 Advice to a younger self and sustaining long-term projects24:04–26:39 Closing reflections, where to find John, and final notesLinksWhere to find Online Events:Website:https://OnlinEvents.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Online Eventscpd/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Online EventsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Online Events/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Online Events_sazEpisode 86: Tracy Otsuka on the 43% of ADHDers with Excellent Mental HealthFULL TRANSCRIPTDefinitely movement is helpful for me. I’m not really a stationary person so anything that has movement in it is helpful for me. And that’s both physically and psychologically.Hi, I’m Eve Menezes Cunningham, and you’re listening to the Feel Better Every Day Podcast. You can find out more, and access older episodes, at thefeelbettereverydaypodcast.com, and you can also access loads of free resources, and find out more about the book 365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-care Ideas for Embodied Wellbeing, the column I write for Platinum every month, other titles I contribute to, my work, loads of free resources I’ve created over the years.I really hope you enjoy this episode, and if you haven’t already signed up for my free newsletter, it goes out on a Monday, Míle Buíochas Mondays. Míle Buíochas means a thousand thank yous in Irish, which I’m very slowly learning.It’s polyvagal informed journal prompts, to help you each week. There’s the gratitude practice element, figuring out more of what brings you joy on a daily basis, what helps you feel in that ventral vagal, what I call Purr! when I use the rescue cats, with the Polyvagal Purrs approach and I also share some of my own gratitudes, some of the things that have helped me feel more in the ventral vagal that week. Some of those will be resources that might benefit you.I also share news about upcoming events, special offers, things like that, but the journal prompts also include encouragement to look at what is creating sympathetic survival responses (that Hiss! with the Polyvagal Purrs approach) and, potentially, the dorsal vagal (Freeze!).It’s really helping you learn to map your own nervous system, get to know yourself, and get to support yourself, and it’s all free. So if you haven’t already, you can sign up at selfcarecoaching.net, and if you have any questions, again let me know eve@selfcarecoaching.netI hope you enjoy this episode.Welcome John Wilson, thank you so much for joining me!Thank you, yes, thank you for having me on the podcast.My absolute pleasure. I know you through Online Events, I was one of the presenters at the conference last year for neurodivergence around the rescue cats [Polyvagal Purrs – selfcarecoaching.net/feline], and I just think you’ve done so incredibly with what you’ve created, and providing so much support to so many people. And I also, really obviously, I don’t know you very well, but you seem to embody this calm, or you exude this calm, where I imagine your life is anything but, with all you’re dealing with.I ask my guests about their ideal and actual self-care, but I’ll start by just asking you to introduce yourself, and maybe say a little bit about Online Events, and anything you want to allow people to find, where they can find you online, or anything you want to plug or promote.Thank you Eve, well, thank you for having me on the podcast, that’s very generous, and it’s lovely to be here, and be in the conversation with you, and the listeners as well. As you say, I’m part of Online Events, I’m one of two directors, a director with my sister Sandra Wilson, so we’re a sibling team. What can I say about Online Events, we started in 2009, so we were really early in the online learning space, particularly in the helping professions, so we’ve had ...
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