OT Yourself to Freedom

In this deeply personal episode of the OT Yourself To Freedom Podcast, Beki Eakins shares a truthful reflection on 2025, six years after leaving the NHS as a Band 6 occupational therapist.

This is not a training episode. There is no strategy or framework to follow. Instead, this episode offers an honest look at what it really means to build freedom as an occupational therapist, financially, emotionally and energetically.

Beki reflects on walking away from traditional OT work in the UK, the frustration of rigid systems, paperwork and hierarchy, and the deep inner knowing that she was finished with employed OT work for good. She shares how freedom has evolved over six years, from a risky leap into the unknown to a sustainable, values-led business that supports family life and personal wellbeing.

The episode also explores parts of business ownership that are rarely spoken about. The mental load, the responsibility, the fear during quieter months, and the reality that freedom does not mean less responsibility. It means choosing the responsibility you are willing to carry.

Connect with Beki

Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business

Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief.

Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership:

Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose.

Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease..

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About the Podcast

OT Yourself To Freedom Podcast helps occupational therapists create a life and business they love. Host Beki Eakins shares practical tips, strategies, and real-world stories to inspire your journey to freedom

Love this episode? Subscribe to OT Yourself to Freedom and leave a review! Your feedback helps more OTs break free from burnout and build a business they love.

What’s possible for occupational therapists beyond burnout, rigid systems and traditional career paths?

In this special compilation episode, host Beki Eakins brings together powerful conversations from across 2025, featuring occupational therapists from the UK, Australia, Canada and beyond who have created businesses, roles and lifestyles aligned with their values.

You’ll hear honest stories about leaving the NHS, navigating burnout, overcoming imposter syndrome, building online and private practice businesses, and redefining what success looks like as an OT. From paediatrics and dementia care to leadership, embodiment, social media and ethical business growth, these conversations highlight the depth, creativity and impact of occupational therapy worldwide.

This episode is designed to inspire occupational therapists heading into 2026, whether you’re curious about business, craving more flexibility, or simply wanting to reconnect with why you chose OT in the first place.

• Creating freedom-based OT businesses
• Burnout, boundaries and nervous system regulation
• Online work, private practice and alternative models
• Leadership, confidence and authenticity as an OT
• Ethical income, impact and alignment
• Global OT perspectives and shared professional values

Connect with Beki

Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business

Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief.

Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership:

Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose.

nesses. Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease..

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About the Podcast

OT Yourself To Freedom Podcast helps occupational therapists create a life and business they love. Host Beki Eakins shares practical tips, strategies, and real-world stories to inspire your journey to freedom

Love this episode? Subscribe to OT Yourself to Freedom and leave a review! Your feedback helps more OTs break free from burnout and build a business they love.

Is obsession a flaw or a superpower? In this episode, Beki Eakins explores why hyperfocus, intensity, and drive are essential for Occupational Therapists building an online business and creating freedom.

Why obsession is a strength, not a flaw

The mindset shift from employee to entrepreneur

Why visibility and consistency matter for OTs online

How hyperfocus helps build expertise and momentum

Why freedom comes after intensity, not before

Connect with Beki

Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business

Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief.

Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership:

Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose.

nesses. Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease..

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00:55 – Why obsession and hyperfocus are misunderstood traits for Occupational Therapists
03:32 – How hyperfocus creates flow, productivity, and entrepreneurial momentum
06:49 – The mindset shift from employee to entrepreneur for OTs building a business
10:09 – Why obsession helps you push through failure, rejection, and discomfort
21:41 – Reframing hyperfocus as a gift for creating freedom and long-term success

About the Podcast

OT Yourself To Freedom Podcast helps occupational therapists create a life and business they love. Host Beki Eakins shares practical tips, strategies, and real-world stories to inspire your journey to freedom

Love this episode? Subscribe to OT Yourself to Freedom and leave a review! Your feedback helps more OTs break free from burnout and build a business they love.

A practical guide for OTs ready to build an online business safely while earning alongside their current role.

In this empowering episode, Beki Eakins explains how occupational therapists can start a profitable online business without taking big financial risks. Learn the mindset, strategy and practical steps to build freedom while still working your day job.

So many occupational therapists dream of creating more freedom, increasing their income and enjoying their work again, but fear of financial risk often stops them from getting started. In this episode of the OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast, Beki Eakins answers one of the most common questions OTs ask: “How can I start a business without risking everything?”

Beki breaks down why traditional brick-and-mortar business models are outdated for modern OTs and explains how you can build an online, freedom-based business using your existing OT skills, free tools and just 10–12 hours per week, all while keeping the safety of your current role.

From global client success stories to practical guidance on offers, mindset shifts, and income planning, this episode gives you a realistic and empowering roadmap to start earning online as an occupational therapist. Whether you’re a solo parent, the main earner or simply craving more flexibility, Beki shows how you can grow your business gradually, sustainably and confidently.

You’ll also learn why there’s never a “perfect” time to start, how to navigate the temporary “sacrifice season”, and what to do to protect your financial stability while building your business on the side. If you’ve been waiting for permission to pursue the life you want, this is it.

This episode is perfect for OTs wanting:

Less burnout and more autonomy

A flexible online income stream

Financial security while growing a business

Step-by-step guidance from an experienced OT business mentor

A clear pathway into freedom-based entrepreneurship

Connect with Beki

Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business

Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief.

Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership:

Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose.

nesses. Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease..

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03:45 The problem with outdated OT business models
05:50 How OTs worldwide are creating online income
06:20 Helping OTs design and package profitable offers
06:50 How many hours you really need (and how to find them)
10:00 Starting with free tools (Zoom, Canva, social media)
14:50 Understanding the “sacrifice season”
17:00 Juggling business with parenting and family life
18:35 What happens when an OT finally creates time freedom
20:00 Why rolling income creates safety
22:30 Lean months vs big months
24:10 Imperfect action → faster business growth
26:15 Playing small vs permission to grow
28:50 The cost of not starting
31:00 Your action step: What would you do if you couldn’t fail?

About the Podcast

OT Yourself To Freedom Podcast helps occupational therapists create a life and business they love. Host Beki Eakins shares practical tips, strategies, and real-world stories to inspire your journey to freedom

Love this episode? Subscribe to OT Yourself to Freedom and leave a review! Your feedback helps more OTs break free from burnout and build a business they love.

In this inspiring episode of the OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast, host Beki Eakins reconnects with former client and paediatric Occupational Therapist Alex Viera - now known for her transformational work with mothers through The Regulated Mama and for her bold move into creating a freedom-style OT business.

This episode is essential listening for Occupational Therapists who are burnt out, craving autonomy, or curious about building a flexible, values-aligned OT business. Alex shares how she moved from clinical exhaustion into a life and business led by intuition, nervous system regulation and authenticity.

- burnout among paediatric OTs
- nervous system regulation for therapists and mothers
- OT entrepreneurship and freedom-style business models
- human design and energy-aligned marketing
-  authentic content creation without fear
-  the journey from 1:1 coaching to digital community
- nature-based practice and the emerging Farm OT model
- combining motherhood with meaningful, sustainable work
- healing your nervous system to unlock clarity and confidence

This episode is perfect for Occupational Therapists wanting more control, flexibility, emotional wellbeing, and purpose-driven business growth.

Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business

Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief.

Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership:

Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose.

nesses. Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease..

Follow Beki:

Website: www.bekieakins.com

Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom

Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community

LinkedIn: Beki Eakins

Book an Inspiration Call: Click here

Alex Viera is a paediatric OT and the creator of The Regulated Mama, where she helps overwhelmed mothers and neurodivergent women find calm through nervous system regulation. After leaving the traditional OT world behind, Alex now blends her clinical skills with intuitive, heart-led coaching—and is stepping into nature-led practice with her new Farm OT project.

Instagram: @the.confident.parent

The Regulated Mama App: community, coaching & tools

https://linktr.ee/the.confident.parent

00:00 – Welcome & Introduction

03:20 – Taking the Leap of Faith into OT Entrepreneurship

06:15 – Quitting the 9–5 OT Job & Building an Online Community

10:10 – Human Design, Projector Energy & Making Business Work for You

14:05 – Healing, Fear of Judgement & Posting Authentic Content

17:30 – Ego, Nervous System Patterns & Emotional Safety in Business

21:22 – The Birth of The Confident Parent & The Regulated Mama App

OT Yourself To Freedom Podcast helps occupational therapists create a life and business they love. Host Beki Eakins shares practical tips, strategies, and real-world stories to inspire your journey to freedom

Love this episode? Subscribe to OT Yourself to Freedom and leave a review! Your feedback helps more OTs break free from burnout and build a business they love.

In today’s powerful episode of OT Yourself to Freedom, host Beki Eakins explores a conversation that most occupational therapists rarely hear inside traditional services — yet it’s one of the biggest opportunities for our profession:

Ageing is not decline.
Ageing is an occupational transition.
And OTs are perfectly placed to lead the way.

This episode challenges the fear-based, symptom-obsessed messaging dominating social media and shines a light on what ageing really is: a series of evolving roles, routines, identities and occupations that require skilled, holistic support.

If you’re an Occupational Therapist interested in expanding beyond the paediatric world, building a freedom-based online business, or stepping into a niche with enormous demand, this episode is essential listening.

What This Episode Covers

How social media algorithms distort our perception of ageing

Why OTs’ views on ageing are often unintentionally skewed

The neuroscience behind midlife brain changes

Historical perspectives: When ageing was honoured, not feared

Connect with Beki

Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business

Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief.

Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership:

Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose.

Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease..

Follow Beki:

Book an Inspiration Call: Click here

About the Podcast

OT Yourself To Freedom Podcast helps occupational therapists create a life and business they love. Host Beki Eakins shares practical tips, strategies, and real-world stories to inspire your journey to freedom

Love this episode? Subscribe to OT Yourself to Freedom and leave a review! Your feedback helps more OTs break free from burnout and build a business they love.

If you’re an Occupational Therapist feeling stretched by long waiting lists, high demand, or the emotional weight of supporting neurodivergent families, this episode may be exactly what you need.

In Episode 111, host Beki Eakins speaks with Anna Willis, a highly specialised Paediatric Occupational Therapist and Advanced Sensory Integration Practitioner, about how she transitioned from a traditional, high-pressure clinical service into creating Calm Club - a parent-led online programme that is transforming home life for families.

This conversation explores what happens when we stop focusing solely on “fixing the child” and instead support parents to understand sensory needs and develop their own self-regulation. By shifting the model, outcomes improve, families feel more empowered, and practitioners reduce burnout while reclaiming their time and energy.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

- Why traditional one-to-one OT services often lead to exhaustion and waiting lists
- The importance of supporting the parent’s nervous system as well as the child’s
- How sensory integration can be embedded into everyday family routines
- The practical steps involved in shifting from a clinic-based approach to an online programme
- What sustainable, neuroaffirming practice looks like in real home environments
- How Calm Club creates more capacity, calm and connection for families and practitioners alike

If you’re considering evolving your practice, offering support online, or simply want deeper insight into sensory regulation within families, this episode will be valuable, grounding and inspiring.

Connect with Beki

Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business

Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief.

Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership:

Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose.

nesses. Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease..

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Meet Anna 
Anna Willis is a highly specialised occupational therapist and Advanced Sensory Integration Practitioner. She is the director of Active Play Therapies, an independent Dorset based occupational therapy and clinical psychology practice. Anna set Calm Club up following the never ending demand for sensory-based support for neurodiverse children, and her own experience of becoming a parent and experiencing overwhelm, requiring her to put her regulation theory and skills into direct practice for herself and her family. 

 Anna loves being creative and playful, and following this passion to support neurodiverse families is creating a growing platform to support parents to tap into this for themselves. Calm Club pulls on sensory integration theory, emotional regulation techniques and play - for all ages. Anna is passionate about combining her ‘bricks and mortar’ and online worlds together to create a truly excellent service for families to feel supported, whilst allowing Anna the time to spend with her own family. 

You can follow Anna at @annawillisot on Instagram and Anna Willis OT on Facebook. To find more about Calm Club, click here.

01:25 – Starting Active Play Therapies
Anna shares how and why she moved from the NHS into independent paediatric OT practice.

04:53 – The Waiting List Problem
The moment Anna realised the traditional model was no longer sustainable for her or for families.

06:17 – The Birth of Calm Club
How becoming a parent and experiencing overwhelm reshaped her understanding of regulation and support.

10:38 – Supporting the Family System, Not Just the Child
The shift from intervention on the child to empowerment with the parent.

31:52 – Money Mindset & Sustainable Practice
Anna reflects on pricing, accessibility, and why charging appropriately allows better quality support.

About the Podcast

OT Yourself To Freedom Podcast helps occupational therapists create a life and business they love. Host Beki Eakins shares practical tips, strategies, and real-world stories to inspire your journey to freedom

Love this episode? Subscribe to OT Yourself to Freedom and leave a review! Your feedback helps more OTs break free from burnout and build a business they love.

If you have ever felt exhausted, overwhelmed, or like you are constantly pushing yourself to keep up in your business or workplace, this episode will feel like a powerful exhale.

In this conversation, Beki sits down with Renae Fieck, Occupational Therapist, cycle alignment mentor and author of Cycle Sync Your Business. Together, they explore why so many women in business (especially OTs transitioning online) struggle with burnout, lack of consistency, emotional highs and lows, and ongoing fatigue.

The truth is this:
Your hormones are not the issue.
Your business model is.

Most productivity systems, business strategies, and workplace structures were designed for male hormonal patterns (a consistent 24-hour cycle). Women’s bodies function on a 28-day cycle with phases that shift energy, focus, emotional capacity, and creativity.

When you learn to work with your cycle instead of against it, your business becomes easier, more spacious, more aligned, and more successful.

This episode is perfect for:
• Occupational Therapists feeling burnt out or overwhelmed
• Female entrepreneurs wanting more ease and sustainability
• Women craving success without sacrificing wellbeing
• OTs transitioning to online private practice or coaching
• Anyone who wants to understand their hormones, energy and workflow more deeply

Connect with Beki

Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business

Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief.

Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership:

Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose.

nesses. Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease..

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Renae Fieck is an Occupational Therapist, cycle alignment specialist, podcast host and author of Cycle Sync Your Business. She supports women to grow their income and impact by aligning their work with their menstrual cycle, nervous system and natural energy patterns. Her work blends neurophysiology, hormonal awareness and feminine leadership to help women build sustainable, fulfilling businesses without burnout.

Instagram: @renaefieck
Website: https://www.renaefieck.com
Book: Cycle Sync Your Business
 

Link to order:
http://members.renaefieck.com/a/2148108413/JCQ27Lzo

Cycle Sync Your Business by Renae Fieck
A practical guide for women who want to work in alignment with their biology, not against it.

Order here:
http://members.renaefieck.com/a/2148108413/JCQ27Lzo

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction

1:02 How Beki discovered Renae’s book

2:18 Renae’s background as an Occupational Therapist

3:00 The personal experience that shifted her entire approach to work and life

5:30 The problem with “hustle culture” and constant output

7:15 Why women burnout more in business and healthcare roles

9:26 How cycle syncing improves productivity and energy

12:01 What happens when women push through instead of resting

14:30 Understanding the four phases of the menstrual cycle

18:12 How to structure work tasks around your natural rhythm

About the Podcast

OT Yourself To Freedom Podcast helps occupational therapists create a life and business they love. Host Beki Eakins shares practical tips, strategies, and real-world stories to inspire your journey to freedom

Love this episode? Subscribe to OT Yourself to Freedom and leave a review! Your feedback helps more OTs break free from burnout and build a business they love.

In this episode of OT Yourself to Freedom, host Beki Eakins ( Business Mindset Coach, and Lifestyle Mentor for OTs) speaks with Sarita Sloane, Occupational Therapist, Yoga Therapist, and founder of Sunshine OT & Yoga. Sarita is also the creator of The Embodied OT Program - a transformational training that weaves somatic awareness, yoga philosophy, and nervous-system science into the core of occupational therapy practice.

Sarita invites OTs to return to their bodies, reclaim presence as their most powerful therapeutic tool, and build practices that are grounded, sustainable, and aligned. Her work directly addresses the burnout so many OTs experience, offering pathways back to nourishment, ease, and meaningful impact.

Together, Beki and Sarita explore how OTs can transition from traditional service delivery into freedom-based, online practice models that allow more spaciousness, creativity, and autonomy. They discuss human design, somatic attunement, the emotional realities of business-building, and the importance of creating work that feels good for both therapist and client.

This episode is for any Occupational Therapist seeking more flexibility, deeper fulfilment, and a practice rooted in authenticity rather than overwork.

In this Conversation:
• The Embodied OT approach to presence and nervous system safety
• Supporting OTs to move beyond burnout into aligned, nourishing practice
• Integrating somatic wisdom and yoga into occupational therapy
• Creating a freedom-based online OT business model
• Human Design as a tool for clarity and energetic alignment
• Moving from 1:1 work into scalable programmes
• The balance between passion, sustainability, and grounded business strategy

Connect with Beki

Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business

Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief.

Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership:

Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose.

nesses. Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease..

Follow Beki:

Book an Inspiration Call: Click here

Meet Sarita

Sarita Sloane is an Occupational Therapist, yoga therapist, and founder of Sunshine OT & Yoga. She is the creator of The Embodied OT Program—a transformational training that weaves somatic awareness, yoga wisdom, and nervous-system science into the heart of occupational therapy. Her work invites OTs to return home to their bodies, reclaim presence as their most powerful therapeutic tool, and lead from inner alignment rather than exhaustion. Blending evidence-based practice with embodied wisdom, Sarita guides therapists to move beyond burnout and into grounded, authentic service - where their work becomes not just sustainable, but deeply nourishing and impactful for themselves and their clients

https://www.facebook.com/groups/somatic.embodied.ot

Key Timestamps

01:58 Sarita’s journey from dance and yoga into occupational therapy
05:14 Building a freedom-led occupational therapy business
09:47 Using Human Design to understand alignment in business
12:04 Inside The Embodied OT Programme
23:46 The honest challenges and growth edges in entrepreneurship
34:17 Sarita’s vision for the future of embodied OT practice

About the Podcast

OT Yourself To Freedom Podcast helps occupational therapists create a life and business they love. Host Beki Eakins shares practical tips, strategies, and real-world stories to inspire your journey to freedom

Love this episode? Subscribe to OT Yourself to Freedom and leave a review! Your feedback helps more OTs break free from burnout and build a business they love.

In this empowering episode of the OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast, host Beki Eakins talks with Lynsay McFarlane-Shaw, a pioneering Occupational Therapist and supervision specialist who’s redefining what true professional support looks like.

Lynsay shares how she rebuilt her career after burnout, creating an Occupational Therapy supervision model that prioritises well-being, reflection, and growth rather than endless workload demands. Together, Beki and Lynsay explore how OTs can thrive in practice, strengthen their boundaries, and lead change across the profession.

If you’re an Occupational Therapist in the UK looking for ways to prevent burnout, deliver better supervision, or build a values-led OT business, this episode is a must-listen.

- How to transform supervision into a driver of well-being and retention
- The mindset shifts every OT needs to grow with confidence
- Practical strategies for sustainable OT business and private practice
- How effective supervision prevents burnout and supports career longevity
- Why upskilling supervisors strengthens the entire Occupational Therapy profession

Connect with Beki

Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business

Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief.

Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership:

Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose.

nesses. Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease..

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Meet Lynsay: 

With 30 years of experience as an Occupational Therapist, Lynsay McFarlane-Shaw is widely regarded in her field. After dedicating 20 years to the NHS, Lynsay transitioned into independent practice, founding her own OT business to support children, young people, and families in school and community settings.

Lynsay’s passion for Occupational Therapy extends to professional occupational therapy supervision, where she has become a key figure supporting therapists inside and outside statutory healthcare roles. Recognising the critical role of supervision in job satisfaction, retention, and well-being, she provides tailored supervision that meets the unique needs of therapists in diverse practice settings, including sole practitioners, emerging roles, and occupational therapy business leaders.

In 2024, Lynsay presented her innovative Long Arm Occupational Therapy Supervision Model at the Royal College of Occupational Therapy’s Children, Young People, and Families conference, sparking widespread interest. In November 2025, she will present at the OT Show, highlighting the role of OT supervision in wellbeing and burnout prevention. She continues to advocate for the importance of supervision through podcasts, social media, and efforts to publish her model.

Lynsay’s reputation as a sought-after OT supervisor is built on her dedication to empowering therapists through accessible, high-quality supervision. With the imminent launch of supervision skills training for healthcare professionals, she is advancing her mission to elevate professional standards and support the well-being of therapists across the UK and beyond.

From Basics to Brilliance Supervision Skills Training, join the waiting list and get 25% off the first cohort of the training in 2025.

www.otsupervisor.com/ot-supervisors-toolkit

Contact Lynsay across social media:

www.instagram.com/lynsayotsupervisor

www.facebook.com/Lynsay.McFarlaneShaw

www.linkedin.com/in/lynsay-mcfarlaneshaw

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.OTsupervisor.com

[02:15] — Lynsay’s turning point: from surgery and burnout to founding her supervision practice.
[07:30] — Mindset over mechanics: what holds most OTs back from sustainable success.
[14:10] — Supervision as the secret to burnout prevention and therapist well-being.
[27:45] — Introducing From Basics to Brilliance: Lynsay’s OT Supervision Skills Training.
[44:20] — The future of Occupational Therapy supervision - scaling well-being across the profession.

About the Podcast

OT Yourself To Freedom Podcast helps occupational therapists create a life and business they love. Host Beki Eakins shares practical tips, strategies, and real-world stories to inspire your journey to freedom

Love this episode? Subscribe to OT Yourself to Freedom and leave a review! Your feedback helps more OTs break free from burnout and build a business they love.