Podcast

123 – The Real Life Impact of Eating Disorders ft Carissa Dyer

rs. How does this hyper focus on food, eating, comparison, judgement and hiding all of the above from your closest people impact your life?

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122 – You Are Not Client Centred

Are you client-centered? Are you sure? Does your initial reaction to a situation indicate that you are too? After coming across a little video of a man learning to use his new prosthesis with no supports outside on the grass. He falls multiples times but gets back up and keeps trying. Unfortunately, the original video has been removed so I can’t show you all but I still wanted to share with you my reflections on the reaction to this video.

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121 – All About Occupation ft Michael Sy & Pauline Gail Martinez

Describe the group culture of people who desire to be “beautiful” through the world of beauty pageants
Discuss the different perspective on pageantry work
Discuss essential and hidden occupations performed within the context of beauty pageants

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OCCUPIED Plus+ clip – Why do we need to talk about Occupational Therapy

An exclusive sample clip of one of the Occupied Plus+ Patreon episodes. If you like it and want to get access to the rest of this episode and many more go to patreon.com/occupiedplus and sign up today!

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119 – Trauma and Healthcare Practice ft Dr Allie Watkins

Connecting with Allie has been an absolute blessing. You may know her better as @patchesofot and the host of the Patches of OT podcast. Her content is super unique and deeply personally engrained. This engrained passion is what initially drew me to her. We discuss all things trauma and her experience she had through researching it through her doctorate.

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118 – All About Occupation Series ft Dr Nedra Peter

The aim of this session is to show how social assistance recipients experience lack of opportunity and resources to make everyday choices and to have decision-making power as they participate in occupations. This presentation will also consider my research from a lens that moves away from individualised Western epistemologies and discuss how race/culture has a significant influence on occupation.

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117 – Creativity Vs Science- The Juxtaposition of Occupational Therapy

So recently I was given the opportunity to present to the Royal College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section for Children, Young People and Families. At the time I was toying around with the concept of the “Art & Science of OT” so as part of my looking into that I built this presentation that looks at where that came from and what it means for modern occupational therapists.

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115 – Student to Podcaster to OTR ft Amy Tippol

Amy Tippol cohosts The Occupation Station podcast with her friend Ana Milanese. Today we explored Amy’s journey though OT school, starting a podcast and now transitioning into the profession.

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