Category Archives: General blogs

What is the occupation in occupational therapy?

Did you know October is Occupational therapy month? Occupational therapy (OT) is one of those jobs that is amazing and very needed once people know about it, but many people don’t know about it! In my masters degree for OT, we spent a lot of time talking about how to explain OT to people andContinue reading “What is the occupation in occupational therapy?”

“I only want Chicken Nuggets!” : Exploring New Food with Hesitant Eaters

In September, I had the opportunity to explore a new area in my practice! I am an Occupational therapist that works in a day program with individualized programming for children, teens and adults… aka I am NOT a specialist! I am always trying to learn something new and to expand my knowledge as an OTContinue reading ““I only want Chicken Nuggets!” : Exploring New Food with Hesitant Eaters”

Day 10 of my self care challenge: social downtime

Today is the “last day” of my self care challenge, but hopefully I can continue my intentional self care moving forward! It’s been a great reminder of how many intentional choices I can make to be kind to myself and take care of myself, and something I think I should repeat in the future asContinue reading “Day 10 of my self care challenge: social downtime”

Day 9 of my self care challenge: long days and screen time

It is day 9 of 10 days of self care and you best believe I won’t be stopping here! I won’t be blogging about it every day but it feels like I’ve really started shifting perspective about intentional self care and self compassion. Today I wanted to share something that I feel is a bigContinue reading “Day 9 of my self care challenge: long days and screen time”

Day 8 of my self care challenge: short and sweet

Today was my first day back to work since I started my 10 day self care challenge , and like I had anticipated, it was a busy day! There wasn’t as much chaos as I would have thought, but I definitely was mentally tired after the day! It took me a while to relax myContinue reading “Day 8 of my self care challenge: short and sweet”