The OT Flourish Podcast (previously known as the Seniors Flourish Podcast) with Mandy Chamberlain MOTR/L showcases interviews with Occupational Therapy influencers, answers questions and discusses relevant topics for OT practitioners working with older adults. Let's get EXCITED for OT when working with older adults while getting practical, actionable ideas that you can use in their own practice right away. The OT Flourish podcast mission is simple: Helping OT practitioners be the best they c ...
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A creative project exploring all things Occupation, Occupational Science, and Occupational Therapy
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The PT Show tackles society's most pressing issues head-on. Bringing together people, communities, and inspirational concepts debated within an impartial platform of rationale. The PT Show will endeavour to cover some of the key and current topics for discussion and debate. There is no story too big or small to warrant discussion or attention. We cover subjects such as politics, culture, current affairs, finance, business, to local community issues that matter.
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The mission of The Voice of the Patient is simple: To change lives, that is, to improve the care and quality of the lives we touch by improving healthcare through not only hearing, but truly listening to the voice of the patient.
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In this inspiring episode of Occupied, I sit down with the multi-talented Lindsay DeLong, an occupational therapist and online content creator known for her innovative videos on assistive technologies. Lindsay shares her journey of merging her passion for occupational therapy with her creative flair, offering listeners a unique perspective on how a…
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In the latest episode of our podcast, we delve into the fascinating topic of Critical Thinking and its significance in our daily lives. We aim to unravel the mysteries of this crucial skill set, often overlooked yet essential for personal growth and informed decision-making. We’ll discuss practical strategies for nurturing a critical mindset, share…
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Today’s episode is all about mastering interviews, whether you’re sitting in the hot seat or the one steering the conversation. We’re unpacking everything from breaking down interview myths to post-interview protocols in a way that’s easy to digest and even easier to put into action. First off, we’re tackling what really happens in an interview, sh…
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166 – Call out your Whiteness ft Helen Harrington and Marielle Turner
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Welcome to the latest episode where we explore the intricate dynamics of racial identity, privilege, and the role of white individuals in addressing systemic racism. In this episode, I’m joined by Helen Harrington and Marielle Turner and we embark on a journey of self-reflection and understanding. We delve into the concept of white privilege, and i…
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Never in my wildest dreams did I see us getting here. Last night we clocked over….half a million downloads!! That’s right…500,000 🫣 164 episodes 500,000+ downloads 98 amazing guests 174+hours of original content released 225+hrs of recording 556gig of raw audio files 160 countries reached 58 different podcast apps 2.5 websites 2 MacBook Pro’s 4 Mic…
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1 Month on from the OT Australia National Conference in Cairns and these are some reflections from the event! Look after yourself, look after others, and always keep Occupied Brock @brockcookOT brock.cook@me.comBy Brock Cook
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163 – Do we all need to be Occupational Scientists?
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Was listening to OT & Chill recently and something from this episode triggered my brain into thought! Occupational Scientists are important but do we all need to be qualified occupational scientists? Look after yourself, look after others, and always keep Occupied Brock @brockcookOT brock.cook@me.com…
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162 – Trauma Informed Occupational Therapy ft Marie Bell
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I explore my friend, Marie’s, journey into working with kids with trauma and some of the considerations that need to be made by clinicians when working in this kind of area. Look after yourself, look after others, and always keep Occupied Brock @brockcookOT brock.cook@me.comBy Brock Cook
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161 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Assoc Prof Genevieve Pepin
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Genevieve Pepin Associate Professor Higher Degree Research Director Deakin University, Australia Session title Occupational Therapy and Eating Disorders…. Seriously, it is that hard to understand? Session details (CW & TW // eating disorders) The main aim of this presentation is to share the evolution of the role of occupational therapists in the f…
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160 – Catching Up with Ms OT Flourish ft Mandy Chamberlain
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If you’re on social media and don’t know Mandy then are you really on social media? Mandy is not only a beautiful person but has been in the online space helping therapists and students grow and learn into the profession. https://www.instagram.com/p/CsAJU7lOA9L/ Look after yourself, look after others, and always keep Occupied Brock @brockcookOT bro…
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What does being Independent mean? why does it always seem to be an OT's goal for their clients? Is it even possible? A long time bug bear that I decided to have a deeper look into. Part of this ep looks at info from the included article.By Brock Cook
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158 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Karina Sanson-Fisher
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Karina Sanson-Fisher Occupational therapist in Mulubinba (Newcastle), Australia Instagram @doing.therapy Session title Doing Drugs: Occupational therapy and alcohol and other drugs Session details This session explores an occupational therapy role working with people who use alcohol and other drugs, and provides my own experiences of finding and ma…
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157 – Lessons I’ve Learned Pushing OT Into The Digital World
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Absolutely honoured to be asked to deliver the keynote for the Wisconsin OT Association virtual conference. This is that presentation as well as the Q&A at the end of it for your consumption.By Brock Cook
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156 – The Memory OT ft Allison Brush
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If you're like me you are aware that memory is a thing. You may even know there are different types etc but for many this is the extent of it. Allison Brush IS the Memory OT. I came across her page on Insta where she puts out awesome content around the OT's role when working with people whose memory has been impacted. It seemed like something that …
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155 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Clare Hocking
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Time for a secret sneaky episode! featuring the one and only Claire Hocking doing her All About Occupation SeminarFor more and how to register for future seminars, see: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/occupation/By Brock Cook
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So I've been asked a fair bit about where I think the profession is at right now and where I think it's going. So here is a short and sweet exploration of that exact topic.....or is it....By Brock Cook
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153 – How To/Not to Enact Change in the Profession ft Clarice Grote
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We explore OT's role in politics and how Clarice's background makes her the perfect therapist to break this down for me. We look at various practice areas and the impact the medical model is having on them as well as our opinions on the positive or negative aspects of this impact.By Brock Cook
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152 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Jaime Leite Junior
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This seminar aims to create a dialogue about the possibilities of life faced by the population who experience dissidence of genders and sexualities.By Brock Cook
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Leadership is a topic that everyone has come across during their studies, career, sports engagement or just general life but how’s your knowledge about what it actually is?By Brock Cook
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150 – Why do we need to talk about Occupational Therapy?
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A hot topic every April during OT month. Why does no-one know what we do? I want to look deeper into how this became a problem and what can we do to fix it.By Brock Cook
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149 – Rural Practice as a Newgrad ft Holly Gawthorne
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You may have heard her on the Holly the OT podcast and if not then definitely get on that! Holly works in a super remote Australian town called Lightening Ridge. Her experience of the newgrad transition on top of working super remote is unique and one that everyone can take lessons from.By Brock Cook
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148 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Sakshi Tickoo
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his session will focus on understanding the basics of sexuality and the various ways it translates into human occupations.By Brock Cook
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147 – Should Therapy be Conducted Outdoors
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For some students virtual learning and, in turn, virtual therapy is the only option available. Zoom fatigue, anyone? ?♀️ This got us thinking…is this really the best way for students to be learning and what are some alternative means for providing client centered therapy. What about using resources that all of us have right at our fingertips: Natu…
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146 – Eating Disorders Program Followup ft Carissa Gualano
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Carissa returns to the podcast! During her last episode (OCCUPIED 123) she discussed her personal experience with eating disorders and was about to embark on her doctoral project. She has now completed that project and has come back to talk about how it went.By Brock Cook
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145 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION – ft John Knight
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This session will cover the learnings from a number of years research into digital workers’ occupational experience.By Brock Cook
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144 – THE OT ROUNDTABLE – Should Every OT Practitioner Be A Fieldwork Educator?
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Is being a fieldwork educator a skill?What are traits that make a good educator?Importance of communication Navigating safety and expectations Educators knowing their roles in fieldwork educationWhen do you know that you are ready to take students?How we can prepare to be a fieldwork educatorBy Brock Cook
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143 – An Exploration of Creativity ft Moo Smith
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In this episode Moo and I explore creativity and where the mental and physical benefits of creativity might lay as well as how Moo manages the balance between using creativity for self expression as well as a business.By Brock Cook
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142 – THE OT ROUNDTABLE – Do Occupational Therapy Practitioners Make Good Entrepreneurs?
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What makes OT practitioners good (and bad) as entrepreneursNavigating the ins and outs of business without a business degree Importance of understanding finances Can anybody be an entrepreneurSocial entrepreneurshipBy Brock Cook
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141 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Dr Allison Sullivan
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Session Title “How Did I Get Here? One Occupational Therapist’s Search for Meaning” Session Details (TW // sexual violence) The purpose of this session is to provide my personal perspective as a practitioner, educator, and researcher on the topics identified as the focus of this seminar series. In these roles, I have attempted to understand people …
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This ep we have a look at that experience and then funnel down into her interest and experience living and working with chronic pain.By Brock Cook
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139 – WFOT Congress with WFOT President Samantha Shann
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We explored Samantha's journey through the profession, how she got involved with WFOT, how she made it to the position of President and we explore the upcoming WFOT Congress in Paris.By Brock Cook
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THE OT ROUNDTABLE – 138 -Who is the Imposter?
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Alondra is an occupational therapist in Bay Area California and currently, she provides services via Hippotherapy, which entails incorporating horses And utilizing the movement of the horse Within the treatment sessions. She has a keen interest in imposter syndrome given her own personal experience of it.…
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137 – BecomingOT ft Dr Tailor Blaine
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Her passion for improving those around her and assisting people to learn from her experiences is infectious. But how did it get to this stage? How did she get to share her content with thousands of OT's? How does she cope with modern day stressors of being a content creator? These are just a couple of the things we explored.…
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136 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Dr Daniela Castro De Jong & Dr Georgia Pike-Rowney
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This session will introduce the participants to the community-based Music Engagement Program, which aims to create opportunities for social interaction and wellbeing for all of those who are involved through sharing songs.By Brock Cook
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I'm the first to admit that I never used the MOHO much in clinical practice for a number of reasons. Conversations with Ruth started to get me to revisit some of the thoughts I'd had for a long while.By Brock Cook
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OCCUPIED PLUS+ CLIP – Essentialism and Productivity
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So recently I embarked on a challenge with a few friends. We read Greg McKeown's Essentialism: The disciplined pursuit of less. The common feeling through the group was that we all often take on way more projects than we might have the capacity to handle.By Brock Cook
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134 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Dr Danielle Hitch
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Outcome measurement is crucial to proving the effectiveness of occupational therapy, but remains scarce in many areas of practice. So what’s holding us back?By Brock Cook
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133 – An OT’s Perspective of His Own Traumatic Injury ft Collin Hernandez
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In this episode we explore the injury and his rehabilitation up to this point from an occupational perspective.By Brock Cook
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This episode we are diving into the effects we have been experiencing recently due to the COVID-19 pandemic and “safer-at-home” restrictions. We looked at how it has impacted our habits and routines and also what we can do to adjust to these changes to maintain a sense of positivity and mental wellbeing.…
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OCCUPIED PLUS+ CLIP – The Stress-Vulnerability Model
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This is a model that I have used for many years with a massive variety of clients, friends, family and myself to help explain how a variety of concepts interrelate and can impact on our ability to cope with life.By Brock Cook
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131 – Political Competency in OT ft Dr Nick Pollard
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Dr Nick Pollard is a senior lecturer in occupational therapy at Sheffield Hallam University, teaching occupational therapy students at undergraduate and post graduate level, and course leader of the MSc pre-registration programme. He was previously professional lead in occupational therapy, vocational rehabilitation and dietetics on an interim basi…
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130 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Moses N Ikiugu
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Session Details In this seminar, we will discuss the following: - The nature of meaningful occupations - The difference between meaningful and psychologically rewarding occupations - The postulated healing properties of meaningful and psychologically rewarding occupations - Future research to clarify the nature of meaningful and psychologically rew…
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129 – The Occupational Narratives Project ft Dr. Gail Whiteford
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You know her. You love her. I'm honored to have the phenomenal Professor Gail Whiteford back on the podcast. This time we got to talk about a project thats very close to her heart and we lay out a challenge to you all to get involved!By Brock Cook
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128 – THE OT ROUNDTABLE – What are the Occupational Implications of COVID-19?
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As occupational therapy practitioners, we know the importance of community; so please reach out and let us know how you are navigating this challenging time. We here at the OT RoundTable want to support you and band together as an OT community.By Brock Cook
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Just a short update about where I've been, what I've been up to, and what the plan is for 2022!By Brock Cook
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126 – The Neurodivergent Experience in a Neurotypical World ft Jacklyn Googins & Greg Boheler
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We discuss the wider societal acceptance of neurodivergence, their personal experiences, and how B3 is pushing the way forward for an all-inclusive future.By Brock Cook
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125 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Dr Paula Kramer
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COVID has drastically changed the critically important occupations of many and has enhanced our understanding of occupational disruption experienced by clients with disabilities. Occupational therapists profess to understand disruption, but now have a personal experience of disruption. The pandemic provides a unique perspective on our clients’ expe…
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OCCUPIED Plus+ clip – What do I Need in a Contract
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Been asked a few times recently for tips on the kinds of things new graduates should think about when going in to negotiate their first contract. This is NOT LEGAL ADVICE but rather some points to keep in mind. Should you need legal advice for your contract most definitely see a professional.By Brock Cook
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124 – Lessons from a Career in Occupational Therapy
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What I would want to know if I was about to step into the world as an OT for the very first time. So here it is, my lessons from a career in OT.By Brock Cook
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123 – The Real Life Impact of Eating Disorders ft Carissa Dyer
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rs. How does this hyper focus on food, eating, comparison, judgement and hiding all of the above from your closest people impact your life?By Brock Cook
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