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”
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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”
Becoming an Occupational therapist : my experience
Today’s Bloganuary post is very on point for my inspiration for starting my blog which was making the contents of occupational therapy accessible knowledge for potential clients and future aspiring occupational therapists (OT) ! Something that I absolutely love doing is mentoring OT students as a preceptor and this has extended to being connected toContinue reading “Becoming an Occupational therapist : my experience”
Self care checklist
My goal this 2024 year is to continue working on expanding my therapeutic knowledge and insight to be able to share it with others! I shared this post on my instagram and thought I would share it here as a reminder about the importance of self care and what self care looks like! Feel freeContinue reading “Self care checklist”
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”
Self care over the holidays
Can you believe it’s already the holiday season of 2023? I feel like just yesterday we were celebrating the end of 2022! As a professional that works with many individuals with high anxiety, it’s important to remember how anxiety provoking this time of year is. Many of us LOVE the holidays and can’t imagine whyContinue reading “Self care over the holidays”
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”
Be Your Own Sunshine 