Dr. Michelle O.

That’s so good! Love it!!!

A good latte feeds the soul!!

I talk all day too! To teens and young adults in a mental health setting! 💕

Love it!! 🤩

What are y’all doing to maintain your mental health these days? I want to know. I’ll go first… I go surfing and I play volleyball with a lovely group of ladies (we’re not too shabby either). #mentalhealthmatters #mentalwellness #selfcare

Me too! One time on a report card from my 1st grade teacher she wrote that “Michelle likes to practice her social skills” 🤣 I’m 41 now and I still remember that - kind of strengths based way to say I talk a lot 😁

I 2nd this from an OT/neuro perspective! They’ve expended brain energy for 6-7 hours already that day and then to come home and be asked open ended questions to synthesize all the info can be overwhelming! Specific questions can be extremely helpful!

Made a BLT with tomatoes and lettuce from my garden for dinner 🤤 I was gonna take a pic but I accidentally ate it first 👀

Two things I love: bread and surfing 🤣

I’ve heard the term “compassion fatigue” and have even experienced it myself. Today I learned the term “compassion satisfaction” which hit with me! Helping others to succeed in their mental health and life goals is so satisfying!

And a sunset off the Oregon coast 😍 Nature is beautiful!

This makes me so sad and mad, in a long list of things that just keep coming that make me sad and mad!

Meet Ginger 😍 she’s either judging me or plotting my demise (or both, probably both) with this look 🤣

You mean his neck pillow?? 🤔

Meet Frosty! 😻

It’s so embarrassing… and terrifying 😳

Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"

Peer support is so powerful!

It’s so cringe every time he refers to the “beautiful 11 year old baby girls” I physically recoil 🤮

I am at Costco and I did not get a basket! I am here for one thing!!!! 🤣 Wish me luck! 😬

Yay! It’s a hefty textbook!! 😂

What an incredible experience to be a co-author of a chapter for the new edition of occupational therapy for mental health textbook! Kinda wild to see my name in a book 😱

Me too!!

Some days you gotta call in well and go surfing!🏄‍♀️

What a little menace! 😈

Can I add a fourth pillar of engaging in meaningful occupations!?! In other words, do things that bring you joy, are meaningful, are fun, provide connection with others, etc. Intentionally make time for these kinds of activities to feed your soul 🫶

Am I actually going to fix it today 🤷‍♀️ but once I do, imma be ready because I guess I have a plan!! 😆🛠️

Tell me why was I wide awake at 5:30am this Saturday morning and immediately my brain says, Michelle you know that hole in the drywall that’s been there for like 7 years? well you need to make a mental plan for fixing it and now seems like a fantastic time to do that.

Anyone need a calming sunset picture to relax your nervous system!?!