2024-04-24 00:59
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… Read More
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I am an occupational therapist and yoga instructor based in Canada, writing this blog to share my opinions, experience and research on health and wellness (with a focus on mental health and pediatrics)
2024-04-17 01:45
I’m a BIG YouTube girlie and I absolutely love watching relatable creators while I’m doing chores or crafts! Over the past few years I’ve debated starting a YouTube channel… Read More
2024-04-06 20:57
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… Read More
2024-04-04 00:01
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… Read More
2024-04-03 23:58
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… Read More
2024-03-17 00:42
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… Read More
2024-03-10 21:07
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 o… Read More
2024-03-03 14:02
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… Read More
2024-03-02 13:18
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2024-02-18 15:43
***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 tog… Read More
2024-02-09 01:05
Today’s quote comes in a time where the scope and role of Occupational Therapists in British Columbia is being challenged and, in my opinion, threatened. Recently I reposted this Linke… Read More
2024-02-09 00:02
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 w… Read More
2024-02-05 02:23
2024-01-27 22:08
What books do you want to read? I haven’t written my January blog posts over the last couple weeks because they didn’t really inspire me. I don’t want to write just to writ… Read More
2024-01-14 14:48
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 fri… Read More
2024-01-08 17:37
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… Read More
2024-01-08 01:18
What could you do differently? I am currently sitting at home on day 3 of having a fever on and off, with headaches and chills. I saw this prompt and was unsure where it was meaning to go. I… Read More
2024-01-06 18:09
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… Read More
2024-01-05 16:43
Take a moment to stop and bring attention to your breathing. Breathe in, and then a big sigh out. Where is your brain taking you right now? Today’s Bloganuary prompt will take us on a… Read More
2024-01-04 13:02
What is the greatest gift someone could give you? Today’s prompt for Bloganuary (the blog challenge in the month of January) proved to take some time for me to consider the GREATEST gi… Read More
2024-01-03 21:38
Today’s Bloganuary post is very on point for my inspiration for starting my blog which was making the contents of occupational therapy accessible knowledge for potential clients and fu… Read More
2024-01-02 18:50
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 import… Read More
2024-01-01 15:50
It’s 2024! A whole year has flown by and I don’t know about you but I definitely can say it’s been a roller coaster of a year. Obviously the state of the world is a dark on… Read More
2023-12-30 15:30
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 sha… Read More
2023-12-29 03:16
“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 imp… Read More
2023-12-29 02:57
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 precepto… Read More
2023-12-24 16:14
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 an… Read More
2023-10-29 14:31
2023-10-22 19:46
2023-10-14 12:27
Did you know October is Occupational therapy month? Occupational therapy (OT) is one of those jobs that is amazing and very needed once people know about it, but many people don’t know… Read More
2023-10-11 17:56
In September, I had the opportunity to explore a new area in my practice! I am an Occupational therapist that works in a day program with individualized programming for children, teens and a… Read More
2023-10-10 02:12
2023-09-28 11:24
2023-09-16 17:57
2023-09-14 00:20
Today is the “last day” of my self care challenge, but hopefully I can continue my intentional self care moving forward! It’s been a great reminder of how many intentional… Read More
2023-09-13 01:40
It is day 9 of 10 days of self care and you best believe I won’t be stopping here! I won’t be blogging about it every day but it feels like I’ve really started shifting per… Read More
2023-09-12 01:55
Today was my first day back to work since I started my 10 day self care challenge , and like I had anticipated, it was a busy day! There wasn’t as much chaos as I would have thought, b… Read More
2023-09-11 00:53
It’s Sunday! My favourite day for self care as I feel like I can really make a difference in my week by actively choosing activities to prepare myself for my week. I just recently real… Read More
2023-09-10 02:17
If you’ve been following along my self care challenge, or if you’re new to this post, 6 days ago I decided to challenge myself to 10 days of self care activities. The hope was to… Read More
2023-09-09 19:41
2023-09-08 21:01
Five days ago I was inspired to challenge myself to 10 days of self care, with the hopes to start setting myself up for a good pattern of self care for the new school year. I really just int… Read More
2023-09-08 02:36
Today is my fourth day of trying to focus on self care! It’s been quite the roller coaster of three days to be honest because of emotions and reflection, but today was a good one. Like… Read More
2023-09-07 16:54
This is going to be a shorter blog post than usual, as I just wanted to share a couple resources that I have come across recently that I think are super beneficial for parents with autistic… Read More
2023-09-07 02:33
Today’s self care post comes from a different space. Yesterday’s post above was about working through challenges to do nice things; my neon green manicure is still bringing me so… Read More
2023-09-06 22:41
2023-09-06 03:21
Yesterday I decided to give myself a 10 day self care challenge! The post is linked down below, but basically I am going to try to intentionally do nice things for myself all this week to re… Read More
2023-09-04 16:52
A little different than my usual post, so perhaps I’ll re-introduce myself if new humans find me! Hi! My name is Kristina, I am an Occupational therapist from Ontario Canada! As much a… Read More
2023-09-02 19:39
Today’s quote of the day comes as I am on a long weekend between the transition from summer camp programming to more structured “school year” programming at work! At the ou… Read More
2023-08-27 17:03
2023-08-25 18:20
As an occupational therapist, I don’t like to call myself an expert of anything, because my role is so broad. Not only do I work in two different jobs, But in one of my jobs, I work wi… Read More
2023-08-24 22:54
2023-08-22 00:15
A while ago I had the idea to start a little OT Journal Club where I would read an open access article, summarize it briefly and share my insight. My first one was something I was super prou… Read More
2023-08-20 19:51
The countdown is on! In less than a week I’ll be flying to the United States to meet up with 24 other nature based Occupational Therapists for a weekend of connection and professional… Read More
2023-08-13 22:54
2023-08-12 15:49
Happy day everyone! I posted this on my Instagram account and I thought I’d share this here as a bit of an interactive conversation starter! In one of my previous Quote of the Day post… Read More
2023-08-12 00:03
2023-08-07 18:00
In August 2022, I went with my manager and another colleague on a very small nature based retreat run by Occupational Therapists. We flew out to Chicago and met 20 other OTs who utilize natu… Read More
2023-08-07 15:00
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… Read More
2023-08-06 17:27
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2023-07-22 18:40
2023-07-22 17:42
As a child, some of my fondest memories revolved around books and reading. When I was a small child, my mom would read me a bedtime story every night, which translated into us exploring vari… Read More
2023-07-19 02:04
2023-07-19 02:02
Today’s quote of the day I found online somewhat randomly while looking for ideas for a blog post, but very much matches the past weekend. Today’s quote is a reminder that your e… Read More
2023-07-18 00:47
2023-07-11 01:11
2023-07-09 14:16
This morning I woke up not feeling the greatest, and was feeling down about “ruining the weekend” up North. Often times as an occupational therapist, I’ll catch myself not… Read More
2023-07-08 13:21
2023-07-01 23:01
Quotes are something I use very often in my occupational therapy practice, and one of my favourite blogs focuses on different quotes each week. So I thought it might be interesting to have a… Read More
2023-07-01 21:26
2023-06-14 22:53
2023-06-14 22:49
In 2020 I started my Coffee date catch up posts as a way to connect a bit with my readers and to reflect on my own thoughts and experiences from the last little while. I don’t actually… Read More
2023-06-10 22:08
2023-05-21 01:18
If you are lucky enough to have walked through a forest, big or small, in your lifetime, you may have been lucky enough to experience the magic it holds. Hearing the word forest, you might b… Read More
2023-05-06 02:05
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2023-04-03 16:04
2023-04-01 12:34
2023-03-19 13:49
As a kid, I was never an outdoor girl. I had a hard time coping with the weather, and I didn’t know how to connect with the outdoors….unless I was out in nature. I have very cle… Read More
2023-03-18 22:34
As I get further into my career as an Occupational Therapist (OT), I find myself interested in different areas of practice and how we can better help our clients. I have been able to explore… Read More
2023-03-10 16:42
If you’re new to my blog, welcome! My name is Kristina and I am an Occupational therapist! While I do some private work on the side, My full time job is at a nature based day program w… Read More
2023-03-10 16:40
2023-03-03 01:19
2023-02-19 18:37
2023-02-09 23:45
2023-02-05 16:17
2023-02-04 23:43
January is clearly over, so Bloganuary is over as well, but I did like this blog prompt even if I didn’t post about it on time! Day 12’s Bloganuary prompt was: What chore do you… Read More
2023-02-04 22:02
As an Occupational therapist, I often find myself using my yoga teacher skills and passions to engage my clients in self care. Some of my clients are non mobile or have challenges exploring… Read More
2023-02-04 03:23
2023-01-31 02:50
2023-01-29 16:25
2023-01-29 14:57
As someone who works with kids with disabilities, I am learning DAILY! Not only am I learning more about how to support them as an occupational therapist, but also about myself. Janu… Read More
2023-01-28 23:35
It’s day 28 of Bloganuary and although I’ve missed quite a few days, I have to admit I’ve actually posted way more than I expected to! As it’s the weekend, I am back… Read More
2023-01-28 20:20
2023-01-22 21:43
It’s been A LONG WHILE since I’ve actually posted a Bloganuary post – and I have no excuse or big reason to share. One of my goals for 2023 is to try to continue habits tha… Read More
2023-01-22 21:29
2023-01-15 22:50
It’s a sunny Sunday while I’m writing this, which means I’m in a great cozy mood and also quite positive today. In that cozy mood, reflection is something I really like to… Read More
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