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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”

Art journaling – a Recovering perfectionist’s hobby

What is your favorite hobby or pastime? As someone that sells identifies as a perfectionist, I sometimes have a really hard time engaging in creative hobbies because I put a lot of pressure on myself. I love the process of painting and crafting, but for a long time I avoided doing it because it wasContinue reading “Art journaling – a Recovering perfectionist’s hobby”

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”

Create a dopamine menu with me!

I watched this tik tok this morning about “dopamine menus” and realized, this is what I have focused on both in my personal life and with many of my clients recently ! I just didn’t have a name for it! A dopamine menu is basically, in the most simplest form list of activities that youContinue reading “Create a dopamine menu with me!”