The Invisibly Aware OT

06/21/2025

June is Migraine Awareness Month. Migraine is more than JUST a headache! It is a complex, neurological condition that can cause a variety of debilitating symptoms affecting daily life, relationships, school or work, and mental health.

💖Be kind. Be patient. Be aware.
🎗 Let’s lift up those living with invisible conditions like migraine and create a world where they feel seen, supported, and believed.

05/11/2025

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms experiencing their own and/or parenting invisible chronic illnesses! Wishing you a day of love, peace, and appreciation!

04/16/2025

Happy OT month!!!🎉

What is an occupational therapist?

It’s in the name…. Occupation!

OTs help individuals improve skills needed for meaningful life occupations- life skills!

03/23/2025

March is Autoimmune Awareness Month!

There are over 100 autoimmune diseases and many with growing research evidence to support autoimmunity. To learn more and support awareness consider visiting:

-Autoimmune Association at: https://autoimmune.org
-Global Autoimmune Institute at: https://www.autoimmuneinstitute.org/resources/autoimmune-disease-list/

02/28/2025

It’s Rare Disease Day!

02/06/2025

Let’s bring awareness to talking about mental health!

This February let’s take the time to reach out and connect with those around us.

Let’s redefine our thinking of health as only being physical and emphasize the mind and body as one. And let’s not forget the spiritual connection of nature and community. Everyone can benefit from talking about mental health, but those living with unseen, invisible illnesses especially benefit. When we talk, we can build understanding, compassion, and acceptance strengthening our resilience.

So…start a conversation, lend a listening ear, show support, strengthen our connection to one another and make mental health a part of overall health.

01/18/2025

Starting this January….
Resilience will be the theme for 2025!

Resilience is not a one time achievement for those of us with invisibly chronic illnesses, it’s work every single day!

Most of these chronic illnesses are present for a lifetime, there are good days and flare days, but it’s always there.

Intentional resilience requires an awareness and practice of a mind, body, spiritual, and community connection! A holistic nervous system approach is this year’s goal for resetting that whole connection to be resilient over and over again throughout 2025 and the years following.

12/15/2024

December can be quite challenging when you live with or care for invisibly, chronic conditions!

It has been challenging with the shorter, darker days; colder weather; pressure changes; and busy schedules which has lead to more fatigue, sickness, and flares for us! So we have worked to be intentional with rest and recovery and look forward to finding the positives, which will soon be quality time with extended family.

Wishing all those impacted by invisibly, chronic conditions a holiday season focused on restful recharge and times of comfort, peace, love, and joy. 💖

11/18/2024

No-vember is a time to say no without the guilt! Take time to pause and consider your needs. It’s not selfish to say no when you can to prioritize your health and wellbeing.

11/01/2024

Living with an invisible, dynamic disability as a kid is especially challenging! It’s not easily seen by others, but most days are pushing through pain and fatigue just to survive the school day. It doesn’t leave a lot in the battery to then just be a kid with other kids. It can be more isolating than others realize.

But Halloween is a time we can plan ahead to try and save energy for the goal- trick or treating, of course! We can adapt by using a wheelchair to help pace ourselves to go further and stay out longer. Plus Halloween makes it so we can embrace our mobility aid as something fun and fitting to the costume theme.

And it worked, there were less stares and more, “cool pirate’s ship!” To those neighbors, thank you! These are the type of positive and accepting words kids need to hear to boost their self-confidence and overall mental wellbeing.

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from the girl all grown up and still with POTS! 😂

I’m convinced she has POTS for sure. Can’t you see all the signs?!

🧦 Compression leggings/socks to reduce blood pooling
🧂Salt to reduce orthostatic tachycardia
🧠 Spilling the salt indicates brain fog
☔️ Holding an umbrella in the rain represents those rainy day flares

Have a safe and happy Halloween no matter your ability!

10/27/2024