Hello and welcome to my first blog post! My name is Dominique and I am very excited and grateful that you are here reading this. I want this blog to be fun yet informational as it will include a variety of topics ranging between occupational therapy, fitness, and health! All of my favorite things. 

As a quick background, I just finished my fieldwork for OT school and officially graduated earlier this month (!!!). I am currently taking some time off before I study for boards so here I am creating a blog instead. 🙂 Before the quarantine in 2020, I was a competitive weightlifter and CrossFitter. I now continue weightlifting and strength training for fun and in hopes of competing again in the near future. I hope to combine fitness/exercise into OT as it is a HUGE occupation that a lot of clients look to return to engaging in post-injury/disability/surgery/etc. I mean, who wouldn’t want to return to moving their body and improving their health? Exercise can be used as both a top-down and bottom-up approach for helping the client perform their other desired occupations… buttt that’s another post for another day!

I also just want this blog to be an overall “safe space” for other fellow OTs or OT students who are looking to gain more information, advice (or even give me and others advice!), and tips on the field, as well as on fitness, health, and exercise. I had a lot of struggles in school and there were many times I wasn’t sure I would make it but by the grace of God I did. Because of those struggles, I can now feel confident that I will be a competent practitioner who can lift and uplift others. See what I did there?

Peace, love, & OT,

Dominique