Something you should know…

What’s something you believe everyone should know. You are worthy of good things. You are smart in your own way. You are caring and compassionate. Your opinion matters. You are capable. You are deserving of love. You are strong. You are important. You make a difference to someone. You are enough. You matter. 🩷

Autumn falling leaf guided visualization 🍁🌻

As an Occupational therapist, I often find myself using my yoga teacher skills and passions to engage my clients in self care. I am a big advocate for using nature as a co-therapist as well as a tool for self care. I have been reading a lot about forest bathing, experimenting with various nature basedContinue reading “Autumn falling leaf guided visualization 🍁🌻”

Mindful relaxation technique – Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Occupational therapy is all about the balance of work, play and relaxation in order to create a live of quality and wellbeing. Often times our modern society fixates a lot on productivity in work, volunteering, home life etc, and our stress levels can fly through the roof. Self care and mindfulness are important practices toContinue reading “Mindful relaxation technique – Progressive Muscle Relaxation”

Enchanted Forest guided meditation for kids

As an Occupational therapist, I often find myself using my yoga teacher skills and passions to engage my clients in self care. I am a big advocate for using nature as a co-therapist as well as a tool for self care. I have been reading a lot about forest bathing, experimenting with various nature basedContinue reading “Enchanted Forest guided meditation for kids”

Past, future, and living in the present

Take a moment to stop and bring attention to your breathing. Breathe in, and then a big sigh out. Where is your brain taking you right now? Today’s Bloganuary prompt will take us on a journey of mental health and the importance of living in the present ; Do you spend more time thinking aboutContinue reading “Past, future, and living in the present”

Self compassion challenge

Happy day everyone! I posted this on my Instagram account and I thought I’d share this here as a bit of an interactive conversation starter! In one of my previous Quote of the Day posts I shared a bit about self compassion and how we can incorporate that more in our lives instead of selfContinue reading “Self compassion challenge”

Summer guided visualization 🏖️

As an Occupational therapist, I often find myself using my yoga teacher skills and passions to engage my clients in self care. I am a big advocate for using nature as a co-therapist as well as a tool for self care. I have been reading a lot about forest bathing, experimenting with various nature basedContinue reading “Summer guided visualization 🏖️”

Quiet rain guided visualization

As an Occupational therapist, one of the things I like to explore with my clients every couple months is visualization. As meditation can be quite difficult for most of my clients that struggle with keep still or focusing for long, I prefer creating calming visualizations to engage their imaginations and help them focus on theContinue reading “Quiet rain guided visualization”

Looking for community amongst other blog readers

How many times in a day do you want to do things and just can’t get the energy to do it? Before I get too far into this post I must clarify- I KNOW that the “energy” I’m talking about is actually my struggle with executive functioning. If you’re new to my blog, my nameContinue reading “Looking for community amongst other blog readers”