We all know about it, we all talk about it, but do we really do it? Downtime or taking time for ourselves, RnR whatever you want to call it, is important and allowing time to take it is also important. Our lives are busy and we are increasingly finding it hard to turn off the…
We have all heard it, change, something needs to change, someone needs to change, and there is so much change. Change, change, change, change, change. Yes, there is but for many of us our lives very much stay the same, we see the same people, we participate in the same routines, we have the…
What does this mean for our children and for future generations? While playing a game of handball with a 9 year I was struck by how many rules there are in a game of handball. Honestly…. Dubs, ever-ready, linesies, underlegs, there were about 20 more terms that I did not know, nor did I…
This post is to help you understand why an OT is offering coaching and what OT coaching is: Most OTs use a coaching approach as part of their therapeutic interventions to increase occupational performance without even realising it, whether they are working with individuals, groups, organisations, and communities. There aren’t that many OTs using an…
Tick Tock… Tick Tock…. 2 minutes to go and the next appointment will start. 3 minutes and the bus will be here…. 8 minutes its time to pick up the kids… 5 minutes late for the grocery delivery….. Hmmm, who would have thought that a post like this would pop up? As you…
We all have dreams, it doesn’t matter whether they are at night when we sleep or something that we are aiming for, a surreal moment in our day or life. Have you ever had one of those dreams that was so surreal that it could have been when you were asleep or awake but it…
Lisa Wilkinson!!! What a woman… All the speculation around Lisa Wilkinson leaving channel 9’s today show is amazing, but at the crux of the speculation is equality… Where would we be without equality? In discord. And Wow! Let’s have a look at that…. Channel 9 is in discord, the middle east is in discord, American…
Have you been in a state of utter focus, motivation and flow where time either evaporates or slows down? Its hard to find that focus with so many demands on us at any given time and I bet every single one of you knows the focus that I am talking about, but at times find…
What are these boundaries that people talk about? We have them, we don’t, what are they? Boundaries are like invisible lines that you as an individual have based on your own needs to allow you to: 1. Look after yourself. 2. Determine what you will and won’t accept in terms of how others treat you,…
Time Out From Life! How often do you take time out from your day to day life? I am guessing not often enough….. I certainly don’t, but recently so many things happened, nothing significant but definitely accumulative in nature and I had to say enough! So the week before we were due to go on…