January 2022 Update: I'm working on new music episodes, and also some about VR. So keep an eye out for new content coming soon!
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This is The Society Life Podcast where I believe in being mindfully healthy, whether it's through fitness, nutrition, or different meditations while providing help and value along the way. We interview those who excel and are thriving in achieving their life's passion. Being healthy starts with a having a healthy mindset.
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We are an occupational therapy (OT) podcast striving to narrow the research gap and help practitioners translate research into practice as simply as possible. We are shifting perspectives in OT research and practice from what happened, to how to make good things happen. We tell stories, portray OT culture, and identify principles for practitioners to improve the health outcomes of their clients.
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Doctoral Research of Micki Kleven - Exploring Feedback Used in Training Efficient Manual Wheelchair Propulsion
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Micki and discuss how effective training of manual wheelchair (MWC) propulsion during rehabilitation may make enormous impacts on the incidence of pain, overuse injuries, and independence for MWC users. She shares techniques and tips she researched in her training program that can be quickly implemented to improve the learning of new and experience…
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Doctoral Research of Elena Bishop - Community Mobility After Driving Cessation for Adults with Dementia and their Caregivers
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Today we discuss Elena Bishop's work in the driving and community mobility research lab at Washington University in St. Louis. She studied occupational therapy's role in helping prepare people with dementia and older adults in general prepare for the transition to driving cessation. and what practitioners can do to decrease caregiver stress.…
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Doctoral Research of Abby Hellmann - The Comfortable Cafeteria After School
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Abby shares how she and her research team adapted the comfortable cafeteria program to promote positive mental health in students with developmental disabilities. We discuss how positive mental health promotion can impact this population and how Abby was able to see positive outcomes by pairing the comfortable cafeteria training with enjoyable expe…
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A Model to Support Occupational Therapists & Healthcare Workers with Disabilities Featuring Leanna Namovic
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If you want to learn more about Leanna's Model and see a visual depiction of it in action please reach out to her at: leanna.namovic@gmail.com
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Doctoral Research of Sarah Pease - Self-management for Aging Adults with Vision Loss
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Sarah shares her experiencing helping to train clinicians on a self-management program for patients with vision loss. She also developed an entire practice model to help practitioners treat adults aging with vision loss holistically. Resources mentioned on the show: Ensminger, D., Scaffa, M., & Reitz, M. S. (2015). Program evaluation. In M. Scaffa …
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Doctoral Research of Taylor Grootwassink - Pediatric Curriculum for ISL
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Taylor shares with us her experience as a participant and as a group leader on the Washington University in St. Louis International Service Learning (ISL) trip to Guatemala. Taylor developed pediatric modules to help prepare her and fellow group members to provide occupational therapy intervention to diverse populations in Guatemala.…
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Doctoral Research of Courtney Weber - Performance and Successful Aging for PAWLTPD
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PAWLTPD stands for People Aging with Long Term Physical Disabilities. We discuss how this population is impacted by a variety of factors and Courtney shares a practice model she developed to assist clinicians when working with PAWLTPD. NCHPAD website: https://www.nchpad.org/ Cedar Midwest website: https://cedarmidwest.org/…
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Doctoral Research of Ariana Gonzalez - Sleep and Programming for Underserved Populations
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Ariana is completing her post professional doctorate at WashU. She's researched Sleep in people experiencing homelessness and program development for underserved populations including people experiencing incarceration. A list of resources mentioned during the episode is found below: AOTA Sleep Sheet: https://www.aota.org/About-Occupational-Therapy/…
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Doctoral Research of Maggie Armstrong and Eric Yamakado - Neurodiversity
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Maggie and Eric teamed up to conduct a research project titled Program Development for Neurodiverse Students in Higher Education. We discuss topics related to neurodiversity in higher education, outline their project, and the implications their research could have for occupational therapy practice. Resources mentioned during the show: https://colle…
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Doctoral Research of Melanie Hubbuck - Predictors of Discharge in Under and Uninsured Populations
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The full title of Melanie's research is The Patient's Journey: Predictors of Baseline and Discharge Disability, Pain, Work Ability, and Global Health after Occupational Therapy for Upper Extremity Dysfunction in Under and Uninsured Patient Population.We discuss her work with the WashU student hand clinic, her study design and outcomes, and how her …
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Doctoral Research of Karen Schnedl - Outcomes of International Service Learning
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Karen conducted research measuring how WashU's international service learning experience to Guatemala impacts alumni practice up to a decade after the trip. We talk about her experiences in Guatemala, the results of her study, and what they tell us about the importance of service learning in occupational therapy.…
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Doctoral Research of Sarah Kalishman - CST for Individuals with Parkinson's
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Sarah's doctoral research project is titled: Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Individuals with Parkinson's Disease and Dementia. She shares how she lead a group intervention for people with PDD and their caregivers, what outcomes she found, and how it can influence daily practice. Visit the website below to find more resources related to the topic…
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Masters Research of Nina Sasser - Sex, Contraception, and Fertility Options for People with SCI
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Nina's research project is titled: Safe Sex, Contraception, and Fertility Options for People with SCI: What Clients Want and the Role of OT in Ensuring Access to Knowledge and Services A list of resources mentioned in the episode is below: SCIRE (Spinal Cord Injury Research Evidence): https://scireproject.com/ Model Systems Knowledge Translation Ce…
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Doctoral Research of Ronald Drummond - Health Management and Maintenance for the Homeless
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We discuss OT's role in working with people experiencing homelessness, the development and implementation of an occupation based program in the St. Louis homeless community and how Ron plans to work in this emerging field moving forward
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Doctoral Research of Maggie Fleita - Improvisational Movement for People with Parkinson Disease
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Maggie studied how participation in a group improvisational dance class called Improvment can bring physical and cognitive benefits to people with Parkinson disease. We discuss her study design, interventions, results, and even hear a sample of how class may go.
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Doctoral Research of Allison Doerpinghaus - Diversity and Advocacy
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Advocacy is essential in occupational therapy, but most practitioners don't learn how to advocate until they're thrust into an advocacy role late into their career. Allison shares her OTD research including her personal experience serving on the board of a local non-profit organization, and the development of programs to promote diversity and the a…
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Doctoral Research of Hannah Brooks - Pediatric Functional Cognition
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Hannah Brooks is a member of the OTD 2020 cohort at Washington University in St. Louis. As part of her doctoral research she developed an assessment tool to measure the functional cognition of school aged children and youth. We talk about the evidence supporting her work, breakdown how her tool can be used, and highlight the ways this research can …
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Over the coming months I will be interviewing my classmates in the Washington University in St. Louis program in Occupational Therapy about the research and projects they've completed. Some of the brightest future occupational therapists in the country lost the opportunity to share their amazing work due to Covid-19. Join us as we bring some of the…
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Stephanie Stegman - Primary Care OT Practitioner Perspective
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Stephanie Stegman boasts years of clinical experience as an occupational therapy practitioner and explains her involvement in providing primary care and community based services. For more information visit: otservices.wustl.edu
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Conversations with Al: What Do You Think of the XFL?
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Sometimes I feel like my perspective is to narrow. Or I have tunnel vision on specific views. To break from this I like to think about the import little things and how that attention can maybe bring value to someones life. Im going off the cuff today and talking about the XFL. Never heard of it? It's a football league. Bear with me. As many of you …
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Dr. Sherry Muir - Occupational Therapy in Primary Care
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We explore primary care as an emerging area of practice for occupational therapy practioners, discuss how you can break into the field and how to demonstrate your OT skillset to other professions. Resources: World Health Organization definition of health: https://www.who.int/about/who-we-are/constitution AJOT Primary Care Articles:https://ajot.aota…
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Conversations with Al: The Domain of the Soul
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Enter "The Domain of the Soul" and excerpt from Ryan Holidays new book "Stillness is the Key". Why self-awareness and having patience is important along with experiencing struggle and perseverance. The excerpt above is outlining Tiger Woods great accomplishments on what he was able and still able to do on the golf course.Off the the golf course, he…
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Dr. Beth Skidmore - Effectively Implementing Metacognitive Strategy Training Interventions
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On today’s episode of How to OT we discuss how to effectively implement meta-cognitive strategy training interventions, such as the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) model, into your practice working with clients who have cognitive deficits. Resources: Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance in OT: Usin…
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Dr. Susy Stark - Environmental Interventions for Function and Fall Prevention
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We speak with Dr. Suzy Stark about how she developed a new science measuring the impact of environmental OT interventions on occupational performance and participation. She goes into detail and provides clinical recommendations for how a practitioner can improve a client’s function and help prevent them from falling. Additional research done in Dr.…
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Dr. Ben Philip - Connecting Neuroscience to People's Lives
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On today’s episode of How to OT we interview Dr. Ben Philip about the importance of neuroscience in working with people who have had brain or nerve injuries. Resources mentioned during the interview: Zink PJ, Philip BA. (2020) Cortical plasticity in rehabilitation for upper extremity peripheral nerve injury. American Journal of Occupational Therapy…
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Conversations with Al: Effective Short and Long Term Goal Setting
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When was the last time you sat down and figured out what you want to accomplish in 5 years? 1 year? Or even 90 days? Welcome to episode number 36 and on this episode I am breaking down a goal system I'm currently using for my business and personal life. Keep in mind there's a bunch of different ways to break down your goals. This is one structure p…
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Dr. Diane Smith - Advocacy, Policy, Sustainability and Climate Change
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On today’s episode of How to OT we talk with Dr. Diane Smith about her non-traditional OT journey (0:47-7:40), summarize some of her research on advocacy and policy (7:41-12:30) and go over recommendations for focusing on the environment (12:31-14:30), increasing work participation (14:31-21:47), adaptive childcare (21:48-28:37), sustainability and…
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Dr. Wanda Mahoney - Participation and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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On today's episode we hear clinical recommendations and examples of working with clients who have intellectual and development disabilities from Dr. Wanda Mahoney. To see more of Wanda's research refer to her faculty information page and CV found here: https://www.ot.wustl.edu/about/our-people/wanda-mahoney-162Resources:AOTA Special Interest Sectio…
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Understanding Human Performance and Literally Becoming a Better Person with Elliot Kleven
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Welcome to episode #35 of the SLP. Today I’m proud and happy to finally have Fitness Professional Elliot Kleven on the show. If I had to pin exactly what I thought was the most import theme of this episode it is being a good human and love your family. What does this have to do with your fitness and health? Everything. “If your family is good, then…
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Dr. Carolyn M. Baum - Functional Cognition
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Dr. Carolyn Baum details the development of the Activity Card Sort (ACS) occupational profile process, along with the creation of a number of cognitive assessments. She emphasizes the importance of functional cognition, considerations when working with clients who have cognitive deficits and shares how the medical system is looking for what the occ…
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Conversations with Al: The Structure to Any Business
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Have you ever considered starting a business but not sure where to start? Today’s discussion is all about breaking down my 5 phases I used to build my gym Society Fitness and future projects I’m getting into. Over the past 5 years I’ve gone from not exactly sure where to start or running a business. To then structuring the business from learning an…
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Dr. Catherine Piersol - Evidence Based Intervention for Dementia Care pt. 2
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We hear from practitioner, researcher, educator and Dementia care expert Dr. Cathy Piersol. Her vision is to promote best practice in dementia care and emphasize the role that OTPs can play in dementia care moving forward. Resources: Skills 2 Care training: https://www.jefferson.edu/university/rehabilitation-sciences/jefferson-elder-care/profession…
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Dr. Laura Gitlin - Evidence Based Interventions for Dementia Care pt. 1
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Dr. Laura Gitlin issues a call to OT practitioners to lead the changing of dementia care within the United States. She details interventions that provide strategies for caregivers to enhance the ability of people with dementia to engage in activities, reduce agitation and behavioral symptoms, reduce the functional disability of the client with deme…
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Cognitive Support Tech and Ergonomics with Dr. Karen Jacobs
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On today’s episode of How to OT we interview Dr. Karen Jacobs. She tells us about some of her new projects, explains the literature and research that went into her work on Project Career and breaks down how cognitive support tech can be used in therapy and to make connections that lead to interprofessional collaboration. She then dives into the erg…
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Conversations with Al: Starting a Morning Routine
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From time to time I would do different morning routines that I would hear high achieving people do to prime their dayWhat I discovered.. It’s all prescription based on what someone is ether suggesting to you or a hack of some sortI personally don’t buy hacks. They sound cheap and bring only short term value. I believe in effective and ineffectiveNo…
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Occupation and well-being in OT education with Dr. Steve Taff
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In preparation for the Occupational Therapy Education Summit we interview Dr. Steve Taff, a leader in OT education, about the importance of philosophy in higher education and daily practice. Links to resources mentioned on this episode are found below: Taff, S.D., Babulal, G.M., & Bakhshi, P. (2014). The accountability-wellbeing-ethics framework: A…
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A Solo Cast: Workouts that Fit a Busy Lifestyle
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**For the video version click link**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ld1_8bBcw&t=18sA little different format for the podcast today. Im recording the main pieces of this but attaching the audio to the podcast version. Be sure to check out both. My view on working out has evolved and changed as I go through different phases of my life. Starting bac…
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Increasing the Quality of your Life with Dr. Corey Cohen
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"We recommend tune ups or maintenance every 4-6 weeks and people get this concept that I have to go for the rest of my life. Its the same concept as putting oil in your car. If you don’t change your oil consistency break you down. Same thing with the human body.” Dr. Corey Cohen of Canyon Lake Chiropractic Has skepticism ever crossed your mind or m…
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Propulsion and exercise in a mobility Device - Dr. Kerri Morgan
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Literature mentioned in the episode: Clinical Practice guidelines: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1808273/ Link to the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability website: https://www.nchpad.org/ Link to the Rehabilitation, Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of Northern American website: https://www.resna.org…
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Dr. Quinn Tyminski - Mental health practice and applications
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On this episode we talk to an OT in mental health trailblazer, Dr. Quinn Tyminski. We discuss how to treat marginalized populations and steps to working with them in all occupational therapy settings, how to find a niche as a practitioner in mental health, how to find and connect clients to community resources and how to promote positive mental hea…
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Low Vision and Productive Aging Pt. 2 - Dr. Stacy Smallfield
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Dr. Smallfield is a fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) with an extensive background in low vision and geriatric rehab. She shares with us some of her research and recommendations and resources for working with these populations.
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9 - Heroes of Might and Magic 1 & 2
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Tracklist:Heroes IV - DesolationHeroes I - Main Theme, Sorceress City, Combat 4Heroes II - Fields Theme, Sea Theme, Main ThemeHeroes IV - A Wise TailAv Josh Kleven
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OT practitioners want to provide the best client centered and evidence based care to the people they treat. But if it currently takes 17 years for research to translate into practice how evidence based can the care we provide really be? We identify some barriers to implementing research into practice and propose one way to overcome them. Tell us wh…
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Low Vision and Productive Aging pt. 1 - Dr. Stacy Smallfield
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Dr. Smallfield is a fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) with an extensive background in low vision and geriatric rehab. She shares with us some of her research and recommendations and resources for working with these populations. A link to the practice guidelines on productive aging mentioned in the interview with Dr. Sma…
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Music:IntroSimone's ThemeTraveler from Long AgoSpreading out the Map (from Shining in the Darkness)Battle on the ShipDarksol BattleTown ThemeAv Josh Kleven
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All music composed by Koichi SugiyamaDQVIII: Heavenly FlightDQI: Overture, Kingdom of Alefgard, Tantegel CastleDQIV: Battle for the Glory, The Warrior Conquers Alone, Weapon Merchant TornekoDQVIII: Overture, Strange World, Healing Power of the Psalms, Friar's DeterminationAv Josh Kleven
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Mortal Kombat - Encounter the Ultimate by the ImmortalsStreet Fighter II - Ken Stage theme remix by A_Rival and ProzaxMetal Gear Rising - I'm My Own Master Now by Jamie ChristophersonBlood Dragon - Power Core, Resurrection by Power GloveScott Pilgrim vs The World - Another Winter, Shrine Bros by Anamanaguchi Sleeping Dogs - Hot Thursday by Bei Bei …
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Chrono Trigger - Guardia Millenial Fair, Wind SceneChrono Cross – Radical DreamersFinal Fantasy X - BesaidSuper Mario World – Ending ThemeDragon Quest IV MedleyDragon Quest I and II - Endless World, Chateau LadutormAv Josh Kleven
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Golden Axe II - Castle Gates, Tower, Ravaged VillageNHL 94 - Organ Music 1, Theme, Pause Screen MusicShining Force - Battle 3, Battle SceneMoonwalker - Smooth Criminal, Another Part of Me, Billie JeanCastlevania Bloodlines - 3 RemixesMega Man: The Wily Wars - Themes from 1,2,3, Wily Stage 1Av Josh Kleven
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Guild Wars 2 - Super Adventure Box: Commercial MusicWorld of Warcraft - Totems of the Grizzlemaw and Wisdow of Yu'lonFinal Fantasy VIII - Balamb Garden (remix) and Blue Fields (remix)The Elder Scrolls IV - All’s Well and Harvest DawnMass Effect 2 - New WorldsDestiny - Traveler’s Theme and DeconstructionCivilization V - Menu Music from Brave New Wor…
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