Self-care is the intentional practice of taking actions to preserve, enhance, and prioritize one’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. It involves recognizing one’s own needs and actively engaging in behaviors that promote health, relaxation, and overall quality of life. Self-care encompasses a wide range of activities, from basic hygiene practices to more intentional actsContinue reading “Self care in the little routines”
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Occupational Therapists, Allied Health Care Professionals and Burnout
As an Occupational therapist, I know burnout is an experience that is not atypical. How do I know this? I have been SO burnt out this past two months! Today I finally feel some semblance of normal energy (which is quite odd with my current pile of situations) so I thought I’d try to shareContinue reading “Occupational Therapists, Allied Health Care Professionals and Burnout”
Energy conservation and Occupational therapy
In the hustle and bustle of modern life, much of our society values hard work and what is known as “hustle culture”. We are blasted on social media with people promoting multiple streams of income, becoming influencers, having a side hustle…. and whether you want to be a millionaire or just manage to afford theContinue reading “Energy conservation and Occupational therapy”
A gentle reminder to rest
As the Bloganuary prompt of the day came out, I’m lying on my couch for day two of mandatory rest – aka my body decided I need to slow down so I’m sick. With this being the moment I read the prompt, I instantly had a response; If you had a freeway billboard, what wouldContinue reading “A gentle reminder to rest”
A cute way to self care
“Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.”–Deborah Day As humans, we are our own harshest critic. We are the ones that hold ourselves to impossible standards and who hold the longest grudges. We are often so compassionate towards our friends and family, and so hard on ourselves in challenging timesContinue reading “A cute way to self care”
The Role of Occupational therapists: Regional Treatment centre
If you’ve been following along with my blog, you know I’m an Occupational therapist that works with kids with neurodiversity. In 2020 I started mentoring in my role as a preceptor for Occupational therapy and Occupational therapy assistant students in their programs. I remembered how big and scary the world can be graduating from schoolContinue reading “The Role of Occupational therapists: Regional Treatment centre”
Returning back to the gym!
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”
Day 5 of my Self care challenge: completing passion projects
Five days ago I was inspired to challenge myself to 10 days of self care, with the hopes to start setting myself up for a good pattern of self care for the new school year. I really just intended to share it in blog posts to normalize self care looking different than fancy spa activities.Continue reading “Day 5 of my Self care challenge: completing passion projects”
Day 4 of my self care challenge: productivity CAN be self care
Today is my fourth day of trying to focus on self care! It’s been quite the roller coaster of three days to be honest because of emotions and reflection, but today was a good one. Like I planned yesterday, it was a quiet indoor day today, with taking the dogs out every once in aContinue reading “Day 4 of my self care challenge: productivity CAN be self care”
Be Your Own Sunshine 