24/07/2025
Some journeys are hard to put into words and attending my first World Conference with .social is one of those experiences! I landed back in Canada on Monday afternoon and I’m still finding the ground after a whirlwind 5 days in New Orleans connecting with other clinicians, learning from other presenters and delivering a workshop with my beloved colleagues .psi & . A highlight was taking the stage to perform a skit (full of brilliant satire) for the Follies with 4 other women about how women are sometimestreated in the world of behaviour science.
Some things I takeaway from this conference:
• community is everything - we are stronger together
• hope is a muscle that we can build again & again with intention (even in dark times)
• do the scary thing because it’s important to you - move with the fear (most of the time our brain’s overdramatize the outcome)
• thank goodness for them ACT skills… my mind had lots to say in the hours leading up to delivering our workshop 😬
• our brain’s are complex & often helpful but also often not ;)
• meeting colleagues in-person that I’ve worked with virtually is a special kind of joy
• the ability to be flexible in our behaviour is a powerful tool that I can continue to support myself in building alongside my clients with OCD and other challenges
