adaptABLE Occupational Therapy

04/06/2026

04/02/2026

Them: What’s it like being an OTs kid?
Me:

03/31/2026

Looking for Easter activities??
Download my Sensory Motor Easter Activity Guide here --> https://www.adaptableot.ca/easter

02/24/2026

My all time favourite service!

02/22/2026

How’s your nervous system right now? 🏒🥅⛸️

01/22/2026

Trying to understand your kid?
Struggling with a chaotic family?
Need a sensory room designed?

Hit me up, I've got openings tomorrow! (and in the coming weeks as well).

01/19/2026

Crocheting and doing an online course

What’s yours?

01/15/2026

I recently had a client tell me that she was happy to have connected with me because, in her words, “you know all the things, but you’re still a hot mess — and you get me.” I don’t know that truer words have ever been spoken. While it may not sound like the world’s biggest compliment, I absolutely took it as one. She told me that she saw me for who I really am — a mom, a partner, and a human trying to keep it all together while navigating the impossible balance of parenting and working. I felt that she saw, and appreciated, the authenticity I strive to bring to my practice.

Becoming a parent has profoundly changed how I see my clients. I can no longer silo children and parents into separate compartments. A family can’t be broken into parts — it is a gestalt, a living system where each member is woven into a shared web. When the web is pulled in one direction, the rest of it moves too. When one person in the household is having a rough day (or week, or month), everyone feels it.

I feel it in myself, and I see it in my own kids when I’m dysregulated. In fact, it took seeing the impact my stress was having on my family to fully realize just how much of a hot mess I can be.

I’ve also always struggled with the advice we so often give parents: you can’t pour from an empty cup, put your oxygen mask on first, and all the rest. It makes sense in theory, but rarely feels practical in real life. How, exactly, are we supposed to take care of ourselves when there are 100,000 tiny beads to clean up off the floor? (This may or may not be a true story.) I’ve spent a lot of time sitting with this question over the past few years. I’m tired of being pulled in a thousand directions while never feeling fully present with my own family. I started to feel like my kids were growing up right in front of me — and I was watching from the sidelines while cleaning up the trail of destruction in their wake. I know I'm not the only one that feels this way.

All of this is what led me to create a Family Regulation Program, and I’m so excited to finally begin working with families in this way. Together, we'll explore each family member’s unique sensory profile, communication style, and daily routines. We’ll look at what’s flowing well and where the friction points are. We’ll talk about the physical environment, chores, and even how to repair relationships after our nervous systems have gotten the best of us. We'll focus on what's important to you and your family and find ways to get you there.

I’m so excited about this new journey and I truly hope you’ll join me in going from hot mess to hot damn.

01/13/2026

12/28/2025

Anyone else feeling like the grinch this holiday season? I think 95% of the toys here now make noise and my nervous system was not ready for it.

Auditory sensitivity is a real thing and it doesn’t make you a bad parent if you’re feeling a bit (or a lot) on edge because of it.

To help you get through, here are a few strategies:
🎺 use noise canceling head phones/loops/earplugs, whatever you need
🎺 switch off with a partner when you’re starting to get overwhelmed, don’t wait until you’re “in the red”
🎺 ask your kid(s) to play with noisy toys in another room, with the door closed
🎺 give a time limit with an explanation “I’m starting to feel like this is too much for me, in one minute I’m going to ask you to play with something quieter”
🎺 use noisy toys in rooms with lots of blankets, pillows, rugs, carpets, etc - anything that can absorb the noise
🎺 put a piece of painters tape over the speaker to dampen the sound at the source
🎺 when all else fails, send them outside

12/20/2025

Here’s a job hazard they don’t teach us about in OT school. Walking into hanging carabiners 🙈

12/14/2025

Looking for a last minute stocking stuffer? I highly recommend Kanoodle. We leave this game in the glove box of our van and pull it out whenever we’re waiting on something (ie Walmart grocery pick up, like today). It’s awesome for visual perceptual skills and problem solving. The puzzles start super easy and gradually get harder so it’s good for all ages. (It says 7 and up but my 5 year old likes to play). There are 2D and 3D puzzles too.

Get it here ➡️ https://amzn.to/3YpZP4y