091 – Falls Prevention and OT

Some of you will remember Erin from the Occupied 2020 Guide to Job Interviews....Well she's back! and this time we are delving into her true passion, falls prevention. This...

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090 – Exploring Graffiti as an Occupation

This episode the lovely Clarissa Sorlie joins me again to shed some light on her interest in the occupation of graffiti. Considering this occupation using the concept of the...

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089 – Leading a Mindful Life with Jess Leggatt

Jess is a phenomenal OT and a great friend of mine. She has often explored the road less travelled in this profession and has developed into a clinician with...

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088 – Starting a New Hobby

In these unprecedented times, many many people are experiencing occupation disruption on a large scale. Many people are starting or looking for new occupations in order to maintain their...

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087 – Get a Dose of Support with Dr Vanessa Kasper

We highlight some things health practitioners should be aware of and what they can do to help maintain their own mental wellbeing.

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086 – The 2020 Occupied Guide to Job Interviews

You asked for it, so here it is! The 2020 Occupied guide to job interviews. How can you give yourself the best chance of landing that job!

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085 – Occupational Transition from Professional Sportsperson

Jesse recently retired from his professional rugby career and it seemed like an opportunity too good to pass up to pick his brain about navigating that transition into civilian...

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084 – What I Wish I Knew When I Was A New Grad

I put it out to you guys and many of you requested to know about: What I wish I knew when I was a new grad.

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083 – OT’s Role in Harm Minimisation

Exploring the Dark Side of Occupation in more detail this episode, Rina and I delve into the world of harm minimisation. A question that I've been asked by many...

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082 – Danielle Delorenzo Talks Infant Mental Health

Danielle Delorenzo is well known to much of the online OT community and may be better known as @MorningswithanOTmom on Instagram. Danielle has a phenomenal personal story about becoming...

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081 – Promoting Strength through Adaptive Training

This episode we discussed the progression of adaptive training focusing mostly on the functional fitness world. Exploring the training of those with a disability from a coaching to a...

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080 – From Depression to Advocacy for an Unbreakable Woman

Ciara and I discuss depression and other mental illnesses, training, resilience, emotional flexibility and recovery. I hope you enjoy as much as I did!

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079 – Conversations with an OT Student Through her Final Placement

We discuss what she learned, hows she grows, how she overcomes some of the challenges associated with placement and at the end have a discussion on what she feels...

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078 – Detrimental Language and Documentation

Language is important. Documentation is important. The people we work with are important. But with all these “important” factors splitting our focus, have we lost the point? Zara Mills...

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077 – The Importance of Language in Disability

Having this discussion about language and how we as therapist use it to frame and situate our therapeutic relationship, power and recovery for the people that we work with....

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076 – Surfing the Spectrum

It’s a beautiful thing seeing a therapist incorporate something they're really passionate about into their Occupation Based Practice

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075 – Life, Death and Mental Illness

In this episode, we explore Gabe's lived experience of BPAD, his experiences with health services, the impact mental illness has had on his life and EVERYTHING in between.

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072 – Successful Telehealth with Melissa LaPointe

An episode discussing how therapists can make this transition to telehealth more successfully in this ever changing world we are currently in.

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071 – The Entrepreneur Mindset

In recent times I’ve come across some absolutely amazing OT private practices. Becoming an entrepreneur is rapidly becoming a valid career progression for OT’s around the world and I...

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