We are kicking off Occupational Therapy Month with a special guest!

In this episode, I had the incredible opportunity to meet and chat with Rhiannon Crispe — the founder of the OT Lifestyle Movement.

Rhiannon reflects on her early days on her discovery of occupational therapy, her experience as a student, and navigating her first few years as a new graduate occupational therapist. Additionally, she shares about her current work with 1-on-1 mobile pediatric therapy, parent coaching, and the reason why she started the “OT Lifestyle Movement”

Timestamps:

(3:22) What was occupational therapy school like for you in Australia? | reflecting on uni days

(8:42) OT settings you were interested in early on?

(11:01) If an OT student is currently struggling with fieldwork 2 or occupational therapy school overall —  what might be something you share with them?

(19:25) Navigating your first job as an occupational therapist | subsequent jobs afterwards

(23:24) Currently — 1-on-1 mobile pediatric therapy and parent coaching | what is this experience like?

(29:48) What do you like about your current OT role versus previous jobs you’ve held?

(30:58) What might you tell someone interested in pursuing a route  similar to yours or thinking about starting their own OT business?

(33:07) What is the OT Lifestyle Movement? | what was the motivation behind this pivot

(37:59) Looking for occupational therapy inspiration? | Consider checking out Rhiannon’s free resources — including an OT e-book, OT movie, OT podcast.. & more!

https://otlifestylemovement.com/

*BONUS LIGHTNING ROUND*

• What are some of your personal/meaningful occupations?
• What do you believe makes a successful occupational therapy session?
• If occupational therapy did not exist as a profession, what other career/job might you pursue instead?
• What is your occupational therapy pitch?