We wish you and yours a blessed holiday season. Thank you for supporting the Holistic OT Community by reading our blog, sharing our information, and to those who take our classes, and are members. We also acknowledge all of the native and indigenous cultures who contribute to our learning and practicing holistic and integrative health…
Learn Holistic OT Skills
Frequently, I am asked what are the holistic and integrative health techniques I use the most. A few years ago I created a program that teaches these techniques. The results are often outstanding for the therapist and client. The Holistic Healing Certificate Program will teach you how you can enhance your skills. You can learn…
Spirituality, After-Death Communication, and OT
By Rebecca Austill-Clausen, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA Occupational therapy practitioners have included spiritual components in treatments since the mid-1990s and often previously (Humbert, 2016). Near-death experiencers describe spiritual, emotional, physical, and psychological after effects. With the recent recognition of near-death experiences being considered scientifically valid, John Hopkins University Press published an entire journal called Closing the…
Meet a Holistic OT Practitioner – Shelley Latendresse
We feature Holistic OT Community Practitioners to help you understand how occupational therapy can be combined with complementary and integrative health. Research indicates it can improve client outcomes, satisfaction, and the ability to function well. It also enhances the lives of occupational therapy practitioners. Meet Shelley Latendresse, OTR, who is located in British Columbia, Canada….
New Thinking Allowed’s New CoHost, Emmy Vadnais
New Thinking Allowed’s New CoHost, Emmy Vadnais A New Role Model for the Fields of Intuitive Development and Integrative Health By D. J. Rees September 8, 2022 Read or download a PDF of this article here. Marking a historic moment with the highly esteemed production of New Thinking Allowed (NTA), a well-known YouTube channel with…
What’s More Important than Technique?
Techniques are important and many have good research supporting beneficial outcomes. However, not all techniques work 100% of the time. A person’s belief about a technique’s effectiveness can impact its strength of effectiveness. The practitioner’s belief about a technique may also impact its effectiveness. How a practitioner delivers a technique can be modulated by the…
Intrusive Thoughts
Here are some tips that may help you about “Intrusive Thoughts” in this interview with Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L and Dr. David Hanscom on New Thinking Allowed. David Hanscom, M.D. is author of, Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain and Do You Really Need Spine Surgery?: Take Control with a Spine Surgeon’s…
Retreat – Relief from Burnout and Moral Injury
Have you ever experienced burnout or moral injury? It’s estimated that about 70% (or more) of health care professionals have. That’s why the Holistic Healing Retreat for Health Care Professionals was created by Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, Mandy Lubas, OTR/L and Kristen Harte, NP. 100% online, Oct. 22 & 23. LEARN MORE AND REGISTER HERE Join…
Spirituality and Out-of-Body Experience
Have you ever had an out-of-body experience? Here’s a great conversation with Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L and Graham Nicholls on New Thinking Allowed. Graham describes the out-of-body (OBE) as an immersive psychic experience that includes sensations of floating and movement beyond the physical body. OBEs can occur during deep relaxation, exhaustion, sleep, and near-death experiences. A…
Psychopathologizing Psychic Phenomena
We all have them, but don’t always feel comfortable talking about them for fear of judgment. This is an enlightening conversation for those who are concerned about sharing psychic, intuitive, or paranormal experiences. Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviewed Dr. Paul J. Leslie about Psychopathologizing Psychic Phenomena on New Thinking Allowed. Dr. Paul J. Leslie shares that…