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Building a Practice That Works for You (and Your Family): A Mentoring Conversation with “Hazel”
In this episode of OT Coaching Confidential, Alyce Svensk shares a real mentoring conversation with Hazel a mature-age early career OT who brings deep lived experience, clarity, and care to her sole trader...
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OT Week 2025: Building a Business You’d Actually Want to Work For: A Mentoring Conversation with “Ella”
In this episode of OT Coaching Confidential, Alyce Svensk shares a real mentoring conversation with Ella, a paediatric and young adult OT who brings deep intentionality to her solo practice.
Together, they unpack how...
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Season 3 Episode 8: Building Confidence in the Early Years of Practice with Nikki
In this episode, we chat with Nikki an early career OT who’s navigating her first year in practice with confidence, reflection and a clear sense of direction.
After entering the profession with previous experience in...
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Season 3 Episode 7: From Side Hustle to Something Bigger Tanya’s Accidental Business Expansion
In this episode of OT Coaching Confidential, we meet Tanya an experienced OT who made the shift from public health to private work in search of better balance and flexibility. What started as a handful of clients...
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Season 3 Episode 6: From Burnout to Boundaries Michelle's OT Evolution
In this episode, we meet Michelle, a regional paediatric OT who transitioned from burnout in a large organisation to building her own therapy service. We explore the early years of business setup without clear...
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Season 3 Episode 5: Seven Weeks In and Fully Booked - OT, Play Therapy and Doing It All Solo with Jane
In this episode of OT Coaching Confidential, I sit down with Jane, an experienced occupational therapist and trained play therapist who has just launched her own private practice. Seven weeks in and already full, Jane...
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Season 3 Episode 4: Claudia’s Story: Reclaiming Clinical Identity and Evolving with the Sector
In this episode of OT Coaching Confidential, I chat with Claudia, an Occupational Therapist whose journey into OT began later in life and has taken some fascinating turns. From setting out to be a brilliant clinician,...
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Season 3 Episode 3: Falling Into Private Practice: Anna’s Shift from Health to Business Owner
In this episode of OT Coaching Confidential, I chat with Anna, an Occupational Therapist working in the adult space with a growing private practice focused on chronic fatigue, Long COVID and invisible illness.
We...
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Season 3 Episode 2: Building Something Different, On Your Own Terms with Jamie
In this episode, we chat with Jamie - a regional paediatric OT who’s blending community therapy with the launch of a sensory-friendly café. Jamie shares her unique career journey. From early roles in aged care and...
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Season 3 Episode 1: Redefining Success in Private Practice with Lisa
In this episode, we chat with Lisa, an experienced OT working in the neuro, palliative care, and driving assessment space, who took the leap into private practice after recognising the traditional model wasn't...
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Season 2 Episode 10: Growing a Team, Holding Your Values: A Conversation on Leadership and Change with Isabelle and Paige
Summary
For the final episode of Season 2, I’m joined by Isabelle and Paige. Co-founders of a paediatric OT service built on shared values, strong team culture, and thoughtful, reflective leadership.
We explore the...
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Season 2 Episode 9: Finding Your Clinical Voice: Boundaries, Confidence, and Doing Things Differently with J
Summary:
In this episode of OT Coaching Confidential, I sit down with J, an early-career paediatric occupational therapist who is working hard to bridge the gap between clinical training and real-world therapy. J...
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