Dealing with Death in the Workplace

How are you so happy doing a job that involves people dying around you? This is probably one of the...
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The Mental Health Series: Mental Wellbeing and Recreation Therapy

For my recreation therapist readers, we all know the question that comes after introducing ourselves to new people. We're going...
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Breaking Down Self-Care

We talk about self-care a lot. You'll hear about it on the radio, the TV, the news, in magazines, in...
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A Year in Review & 2020 To Dos

A Year in Review Well 2019, you were quite the year. I entered this year excited, motivated and a little...
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Rec Therapy Instagrams To Follow

In honour of TR Awareness Month, here are 28 TR Instagram accounts that you should follow! These wonderful individuals advocate...
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The APIE Process

While the majority of my followers are in the rec therapy field themselves, I have a lot who aren’t. As...
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Virtuous Leisure – The Power of Giving

As I said in the post introducing myself, I absolutely love the power of Virtuous Leisure. For those of you...
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Benefits of Homes Having Live in Dogs

If you follow me on Instagram (@confessionsofarectherapist), you would know that the facility where I work has a live in...
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101 Exercises for the Soul: Attitude is Everything

“Others can stop you temporarily, you are the only one who can do it permanently” -Zig Ziglar This chapter really...
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It’s Not Blue Monday

Well, today is the day. It's going to pop up on the news, you're going to hear about it on...
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