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”
Tag Archives: occupational therapy
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”
New project – YouTube?
I’m a BIG YouTube girlie and I absolutely love watching relatable creators while I’m doing chores or crafts! Over the past few years I’ve debated starting a YouTube channel but haven’t been able to figure out what I want to share as my niche – today I posted a YouTube short as my first stepContinue reading “New project – YouTube?”
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”
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”
Building a OT busy board
One of my favourite things about the place that I work is that anything is a possibility and I get to say yes to my colleagues all the time! I work as an Occupational Therapist (OT) in a day program with children, teens and adults who have a variety of different diagnoses, MOST of themContinue reading “Building a OT busy board”
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”
Quote of the day 🤍
Today’s quote of the day is one that I found comforting in this busy time where I’m completing midterms for my placement students and interviewing future ones. As an Occupational therapy student, we were painted this picture of constantly growing yet also the idea that after a certain amount of practise time you’d no longerContinue reading “Quote of the day 🤍”
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A few Occupational therapy favourites
***amazon affiliate links are in this post just for transparency!*** I was looking through my drafts this morning while I was having some me time, and realized that I had started putting together this list of OT tools I really enjoyed in the month of November 2023…. and it is now February 2024. Time hasContinue reading “A few Occupational therapy favourites”
Be Your Own Sunshine 