Tag Archives: relaxation

Day 8 of my self care challenge: short and sweet

Today was my first day back to work since I started my 10 day self care challenge , and like I had anticipated, it was a busy day! There wasn’t as much chaos as I would have thought, but I definitely was mentally tired after the day! It took me a while to relax myContinue reading “Day 8 of my self care challenge: short and sweet”

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 🏖️”

Falling back in love with reading after university

As a child, some of my fondest memories revolved around books and reading. When I was a small child, my mom would read me a bedtime story every night, which translated into us exploring various novels together as I got older. She fostered my love of reading and introduced me to many of the interestContinue reading “Falling back in love with reading after university”

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”

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”