Tag Archives: self love

Diving deep into self-care

It has been a while since I have had the time and energy to write a blog post, but this prompt of the day connected well with me right now. ****amazon affiliate links present**** What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being? As an occupational therapist, I am constantly learning and creatingContinue reading “Diving deep into self-care”

Occupational Therapy Resources

It’s been a wild journey of a last couple months and I am finally taking a step to move into a new part of my life…. personal life changes aside, I am putting together a resource library 🙂 I have watched a special education teacher on Tik Tok for years and she has over theContinue reading “Occupational Therapy Resources”

Self care in the little routines

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”

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”

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”

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”

Speaking kindly to yourself

Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. I love a random blog prompt that fits with my ideas and who I am! Sometimes we talk to ourselves in a way that we would never speak to our friends or family, thus hurting ourselves. We take a scenario that happened to us and get upset atContinue reading “Speaking kindly to yourself”

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 🤍”