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The Healing Power of Arts and Crafts for Mental Health

Occupational therapists (OTs) frequently incorporate arts and crafts into our therapeutic practices, recognizing the powerful role these activities can play in supporting mental, emotional, and physical well-being. In occupational therapy, the primary focus is on helping individuals perform everyday activities or “occupations” that are meaningful and important to them. Arts and crafts can be anContinue reading “The Healing Power of Arts and Crafts for Mental Health”

Art journaling – a Recovering perfectionist’s hobby

What is your favorite hobby or pastime? As someone that sells identifies as a perfectionist, I sometimes have a really hard time engaging in creative hobbies because I put a lot of pressure on myself. I love the process of painting and crafting, but for a long time I avoided doing it because it wasContinue reading “Art journaling – a Recovering perfectionist’s hobby”

Create a dopamine menu with me!

I watched this tik tok this morning about “dopamine menus” and realized, this is what I have focused on both in my personal life and with many of my clients recently ! I just didn’t have a name for it! A dopamine menu is basically, in the most simplest form list of activities that youContinue reading “Create a dopamine menu with me!”

Join me in exploring journalling

Journalling is a common recommendation that you might see when you are looking for strategies to support mental health. It is something that is preached to help you feel happier and more authentic…. but it is something I have always struggled with in my life! As an Occupational Therapist, I know getting your emotions outContinue reading “Join me in exploring journalling”

The Benefits of Colouring for Children

If you’ve stepped into a dollar store, craft store, book store, etc in the last couple years, you must have seen the HUGE variety of colouring books lining the shelves. From Frozen, to Power Rangers and Paw Patrol, to more specifically created colouring books to focus on mindfulness, there is literally a colouring book forContinue reading “The Benefits of Colouring for Children”