Wholistic O.T.

A great snapshot of Occupational Therapy and what we encompass in our work 🌎🦽🌻🎶

People’s challenges and problems defy categorisation into neat little boxes.
That’s why we look through our holistic OT lens, view the whole person, and delve into the depths of their well-being ✨🫶🏼💕

Mental health check in.

These days we need to check in more often. Our mental health is more at risk when we’re stressed.
And we do live with stress in our modern lives.

Is that thought a fact or assumption?

Whenever a thought is causing mental & even physical distress ask this simple question: is this a fact or is this an assumption?

Most likely it’s an assumption about the future, an assumption about the past, or an assumption about someone else’s actions or words.

The best way to deal with a scenario like this:
1. Acknowledge the presence of the assumption and your feelings around the assumption
2. Ask yourself why you made that and what can you do to find the facts
3. Once you have the facts ask yourself how the best version of yourself would act on the facts
4. If facts cannot be found or resolved immediately make a note to revisit the thoughts and do mental “autopsy”

I discussed how to handle assumptions in a recent podcast episode- listen here now: https://anchor.fm/cleaningupthementalmess/episodes/How-to-respond-when-you-dont-get-the-response-you-want-or-need--a-Neurocycle-to-help-identify--eliminate-toxic-assumptions-causing-you-mental-distress-e14l2uq

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