Day 6 of my Self care challenge: practicing self regulation and self compassion

If you’ve been following along my self care challenge, or if you’re new to this post, 6 days ago I decided to challenge myself to 10 days of self care activities. The hope was to care for myself in this transition between programs at work, and to get into routines of self care…. But it’sContinue reading “Day 6 of my Self care challenge: practicing self regulation and self compassion”

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”

Day 3 of my self care challenge

Today’s self care post comes from a different space. Yesterday’s post above was about working through challenges to do nice things; my neon green manicure is still bringing me so much joy today 🙂 Today’s overall theme was giving myself grace. This morning I woke up and needed extra time than I had planned toContinue reading “Day 3 of my self care challenge”

Grounded to Grow: professional exploration in Occupational Therapy

The countdown is on! In less than a week I’ll be flying to the United States to meet up with 24 other nature based Occupational Therapists for a weekend of connection and professional development. Last year, four OTs got together and created this love child event in which occupational therapists that practice in nature couldContinue reading “Grounded to Grow: professional exploration in Occupational Therapy”

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 🏖️”

Quote of the Day💛

Today’s quote of the day I found online somewhat randomly while looking for ideas for a blog post, but very much matches the past weekend. Today’s quote is a reminder that your emotions are valid, whether positive or not, and that it is ok not to be ok. This is true for all scenarios andContinue reading “Quote of the Day💛”

The power of a supportive workplace

If you’re new to my blog, welcome! My name is Kristina and I am an Occupational therapist! While I do some private work on the side, My full time job is at a nature based day program with clients ranging from 3-41years old with a variety of different abilities and needs. I have worked hardContinue reading “The power of a supportive workplace”

Productivity at home and challenging chores

January is clearly over, so Bloganuary is over as well, but I did like this blog prompt even if I didn’t post about it on time! Day 12’s Bloganuary prompt was: What chore do you find the most challenging to do? On the day that I started writing this post (January 12th of course), IContinue reading “Productivity at home and challenging chores”