This week’s guest is Cathy Nesbitt, Worm Advocate and Laugher Ambassador based in Ontario, Canada. 

What is a Worm Advocate? Someone who sees worms as useful in the fight against climate change for one! Cathy is actually the founder Cathy's Crawly Composters which is a worm-based composting business. In fact, she is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her company. 

New to composting or not sure what it is? Listen up because we talk about that in the first 5 minutes.

Did you know worms have no eyes? Cathy mentions this and other interesting facts about them. 

Before starting her business, Cathy was a social worker, focused on adults living with challenges. She continues to serve that community through education as part of her business.

Cathy also does laughter yoga. It is part of her personal wellness practice but also something she shares. She holds her own online group you can join, and she teaches a special needs class. Laughter yoga is intentional laughing. We chat about the origin of the practice in 1995 and how Cathy has incorporated this into her life and work. In 2016, she got trained as a teacher.

Have a listen and get to know Cathy!

Note from Rabiah (Host): 

I was skeptical about laughter yoga before this chat but in hearing about it from Cathy, I get it. Admittedly, I haven’t practiced it yet though I think I do a form of it when I rewatch old Robin Williams clips…

This chat reminded me that I am often skeptical of things I hear about but when I dig deeper and remove my own ignorance, people are doing really cool things that work for them. It’s not much different than the sentiment of the adage, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” In editing, I always reflect on my conversations even more and Cathy made me think a lot about living with intention and purpose and being brave enough to pivot to fulfil that purpose when what we’re doing initially is no longer service us. I hope you get something out of the chat too.

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Find Cathy

Website

Facebook

LinkedIn

Twitter

YouTube

TedX Talk

Cathy's Laughter Yoga Club 

Cathy's Sprouts 

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Mentioned in this episode:

Laughter Yoga

Dr. Norman Cousins 

Greta Thunberg

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