If you’ve been following along with my blog posts, you may have read my blog about Occupational therapy and where you might find us (click here to read). I have reached out to some friends and colleagues to help share their roles and scope of practices in the occupational therapy profession. My hope is thatContinue reading “The Role of Occupational Therapists : Nature based practitioners”
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Living life with meaning and purpose
Today’s Bloganuary prompt connects perfectly not only with my own life plans but also my career as an Occupational therapist. So here we are, January 8th: What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? When I was in my early 20s I wanted to live until 125. I don’t knowContinue reading “Living life with meaning and purpose”
A gentle reminder to rest
As the Bloganuary prompt of the day came out, I’m lying on my couch for day two of mandatory rest – aka my body decided I need to slow down so I’m sick. With this being the moment I read the prompt, I instantly had a response; If you had a freeway billboard, what wouldContinue reading “A gentle reminder to rest”
The importance of play for kids AND adults
Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you? “Playtime” sounds like something you would expect children to do. Many adults forget that there is importance in playing for us too! As an occupational therapist that works with children, teens and adults, I am lucky to constantly be reminded of the importanceContinue reading “The importance of play for kids AND adults”
Self care checklist
My goal this 2024 year is to continue working on expanding my therapeutic knowledge and insight to be able to share it with others! I shared this post on my instagram and thought I would share it here as a reminder about the importance of self care and what self care looks like! Feel freeContinue reading “Self care checklist”
A cute way to self care
“Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.”–Deborah Day As humans, we are our own harshest critic. We are the ones that hold ourselves to impossible standards and who hold the longest grudges. We are often so compassionate towards our friends and family, and so hard on ourselves in challenging timesContinue reading “A cute way to self care”
The Role of Occupational therapists: Regional Treatment centre
If you’ve been following along with my blog, you know I’m an Occupational therapist that works with kids with neurodiversity. In 2020 I started mentoring in my role as a preceptor for Occupational therapy and Occupational therapy assistant students in their programs. I remembered how big and scary the world can be graduating from schoolContinue reading “The Role of Occupational therapists: Regional Treatment centre”
Self care over the holidays
Can you believe it’s already the holiday season of 2023? I feel like just yesterday we were celebrating the end of 2022! As a professional that works with many individuals with high anxiety, it’s important to remember how anxiety provoking this time of year is. Many of us LOVE the holidays and can’t imagine whyContinue reading “Self care over the holidays”