Embracing the Transition: A Graduate OT’s Journey

Embracing the Transition: A Graduate OT’s Journey

Embarking on the professional journey as a new graduate Occupational Therapist (OT) has been both exciting and rewarding, but at times the shift from theoretical learning in academia to applying concepts in real-life situations has posed many challenges.    As a new...

Healthy eating and what does it look like?   The question of ‘what is healthy eating’ is something I get asked a lot and there is so much confusion and misinformation it can be difficult to know exactly what is right and wrong! In a general sense a healthy diet is one...
Neurodiversity: There’s a new movement in town!!

Neurodiversity: There’s a new movement in town!!

What is neurodiversity? Neurodiversity is a term used to describe the differences between the way people think and how their brains ‘work’. It is a way of acknowledging that everyone’s brains are different, and hence everyone has different skills, strengths and needs....
Interoception. How important is the 8th Sense?

Interoception. How important is the 8th Sense?

For long we have tried to describe what it means when a person is unable to organise and understand their intrinsic state. Whether this is a headache, poor sleep hygiene or a sore stomach, we know that our tolerances to various stimuli in our environments or events in...