Journalling is a common recommendation that you might see when you are looking for strategies to support mental health. It is something that is preached to help you feel happier and more authentic…. but it is something I have always struggled with in my life! As an Occupational Therapist, I know getting your emotions outContinue reading “Join me in exploring journalling”
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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”
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”
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 🤍”
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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”
Give yourself a break: scheduling rest into your week
Every once in a while after this January blog challenge (Bloganuary) I’ve realized, 4 years into this blog, that there continue to be prompts given daily ! Yes I definitely dove into writing without the full understanding of this platform. But today’s blog prompt somewhat supports why I’m not the ultimate blog expert ! DoContinue reading “Give yourself a break: scheduling rest into your week”
Be Your Own Sunshine 