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Staying Conscious & Mindful Through Meltdown

June 22, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Staying Conscious & Mindful Through Meltdown

(Another post where I just walk you through my thought processes during a particular day.) I pull up in the driveway expecting an evening at home, but my son is already in the driveway asking […]

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Asking for Playfulness

June 15, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Asking for Playfulness

A post originally from two years ago, of a time when I “got it right” with playfulness, and with seeing “misbehavior” as a plea for playfulness. *** My 2yo and I were sitting at the […]

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Statistics

April 19, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Statistics

“Did you know,” he tells me, his feet kicking off the ground to push the swing again, “that if you wake up before 3 AM, there’s a 1 in 3 chance it’s because you heard […]

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Reflections on Christmas Eve

December 24, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Reflections on Christmas Eve

Hey! This post is going to be about Jesus, and child development, and the kind of Christianity I grew up in, that I’ve moved away from, and where I see myself now. I recognize that […]

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