Occupational Therapy is a holistic profession that blends well with integrative health approaches. Some examples of OT and integrative health include: 1. Preparatory Methods – i.e. breath work, guided imagery, or yoga for stress reduction for ADL’s 2. Occupations – i.e. mindfulness or meditation for pain reduction 3. Activities – i.e. standing yoga poses…
Holistic is Related to Wholes
“Holistic is related to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts.” – Webster’s Dictionary What is Holistic Occupational Therapy? Occupational Therapy is already a holistic field that addresses many aspects of a person’s life; their Activities of Daily Living or occupations, from the individual…
Building Your Own Holistic OT Practice
Rhiannon Crispe, OT of The OT Lifestyle Movement interviews Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, seasoned occupational therapist and the founder of Holistic OT about Building Your Own Holistic OT Practice. Just imagine for a moment creating the Holistic OT practice of your dreams. What would it look like? What would it feel like? What kind of complementary…
Healthy Lifestyle Tips
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews thought leaders and health care practitioners about integrative health, wellness, prevention, spirituality, and consciousness. Listen to Healing Connections on YouTube, ApplePodcasts, and Spotify. Healthy Lifestyle Tips Emmy Vadnais interviews Rhiannon Crispe, Occupational Therapist about “Healthy Lifestyle Tips” on the Healing Connections Podcast Rhiannon shares lifestyle optimization tips, how to engage…
Bundle and Save – Two Coaching Class
In April for OT Month you can bundle and save on two coaching classes: “OT and Coaching: Skills and Confidence for OTs as the Original Life Coach” “Marketing Essentials for the Occupational Therapist: How to Promote Your Coaching, Private Practice, and Program Development” Both classes are recorded in video format full of great information with 18…
Trust and Confidence with Intuition Class – May 8
You are invited to a class “Trust and Confidence with Intuition” on May 8 via Zoom based on the Intuitive Development book by Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L. Date: May 8, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Central Time Location: Zoom Live Video Price: $59 Build your confidence listening to your intuition that is always there to guide you. Trust you…
OT Well-Being Summit
The OT Well-Being Summit will be available on April 29! It is organized by Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L and Rhiannon Crispe, OT. Holistic OT Members receive 20% off with code from members page. REGISTER NOW The OT Well-Being Summit empowers occupational therapists around the globe to have confidence with holistic health and wellness skills for their OT practice. The OT Well-Being Summit…
The State of Integrative Health Today
The state of integrative heath care is shared from my perspective––one that has evolved over 20 years through consistent study, practice, teaching, writing, and consulting––including supporting a whole profession of occupational therapists to embrace what may be known as holistic health or has formerly been known as complementary and alternative medicine. For the sake of…
Following My Heart’s Intuition for Health and Wellness
By Maria Serbus, OTR/L My journey back to the heart began in 2016 when I started working with Emmy Vadnais in her professional course on The Power of the Mind in Healing. My goal was to expand my understanding of wellness for my occupational therapy skillset as well as navigate my professional journey forward as…
Free Info Session – OT and Coaching Class – Aug 18
Join the Free Info Session – “OT & Coaching Class” with Ana Hernando, OTR, MOT, MBA and Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L on August 18 at 12 p.m. Central Time via Zoom. Register under Classes. OT and Coaching: Skills and Confidence for OTs as the Original Life Coach Instructors: Ana Hernando, OTR, MOT, MBA and Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L,…