Journaling has always been a hobby I wanted to get into since I was a small child. I had tons of collections of notebooks and even electronic diaries from the 90s – (aging myself but does anyone remember these?) Despite owning a stationary store size collection of notebooks, I never got into journaling because IContinue reading “Low pressure journaling ideas for tired humans”
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Creating a board for joy 🩷
In the present day, it can take a lot of effort to keep yourself in a state of happiness and calm with the amount of negative news that is available for us to consume. Everywhere you look, wars are happening, billionaires are creating policies and actions that harm the lower and middle class people, andContinue reading “Creating a board for joy 🩷”
Dance it out; exploring the most beautiful coping tool
The highest form of resistance is to enjoy life, even in the face of oppression. If you can find a way to live a life of joy in the face of danger, if you have not let them crush your spirit, then you have defeated them. They can affect our bodies, but not our spirit.Continue reading “Dance it out; exploring the most beautiful coping tool”
A little parallel play friend date 🩷
Glimmers – bringing small moments of joy to our conscious
When people think of therapy, I feel like a lot of people imagine talking to someone and then feeling like their life is sorted out and fixed. As an occupational therapist, I get this a lot, where clients and their families expect immediate change from just working with or talking to me for a fewContinue reading “Glimmers – bringing small moments of joy to our conscious”
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 🍁🌻”
Appreciating the little things, a practice of gratitude
Practicing gratitude daily is something that I have tried to implement not only in my own life, but in the days of my clients at the therapeutic day program I work at ! The adult group of clients I work with head to the forest for my forest program each day for 30 minutes, andContinue reading “Appreciating the little things, a practice of gratitude”
Junk journal beach day🩷
Quote of the day ✨
It’s been a while since I’ve shared a quote of the day, but it has been an interesting journey of life as of late and I thought this was an appropriate one! Today’s quote of the day comes from Jim Rohn – In the last while I have been going through some personal challenges asContinue reading “Quote of the day ✨”
Be Your Own Sunshine 