self-control, The Occuplaytional Therapist

Galaxy Thoughts

January 10, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

When I think to myself I do not think with an inner dialogue. My thoughts don’t sound like words until I translate them. When I think to myself, it’s in a big empty void (I […]

Muffin Cone

August 2, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

There’s an episode of Bluey called “Muffin Cone” (s2 e43). The girls’ little cousin, Muffin, who’s three years old, comes over to play at their house. She won’t stop sucking her thumb, so her mom […]

Drumroll

June 19, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

This post needs a content warning. I am talking about violence against children—not in the present tense, thankfully, but in the past tense. I am also talking about defusing anger responses against children instead of […]

One Hundred

April 11, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

Something I’ve been trying out lately is counting to a hundred. I do it when I’m impatient with my kids for no actual reason. So I’m not saying this is for when you actually have […]

Half Donut

March 6, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

When I was ten years old, my family was helping start a new church. This is something we did often when I was a kid. The church had a pastor and many of the other […]