Occupied

191 – Leadership, Inclusion & Impact ft Angus Buchanan

22 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Occupied, Jess sits down with occupational therapist Angus Buchanan to explore a career that has spanned clinical practice, academ...

190 – Born to be a Pediatric OT ft. Greg Santucci

30 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Santucci is an internationally recognised paediatric occupational therapist with over 26 years experience. He is a clinical leader, educator and ...

189 – From PhD to Practice: Evidence, Occupation & Knowledge Translation

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this solo episode of Occupied, Dr Jessica Levick reflects on her PhD journey and explores what evidence-based practice really means for occupation...

188 – The Nitty-Gritty about Burnout

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Burnout gets talked about a lot — but rarely with clarity. In this episode, Brock and Jess unpack the biology of burnout and challenge the floo...

187 – 12 Months of Following Along the Newgrad Experience ft Courtnee Bertucci

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

More than a year in the making, this episode follows Courtnee Bertucci across three check-ins throughout her first year as a new graduate Occupational...

186 – Intimacy, Identity, and OT Practice ft Emilie Chong

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sex and intimacy are core parts of everyday life—but they’re often left out of healthcare conversations. In this episode, we chat with Emilie Cho...

185 – An Incredible Career in the Greatest Profession ft Prof Mandy Stanley

25 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode of Occupied, we sit down with Professor Mandy Stanley to reflect on an extraordinary career in occupational therapy as she ...

184 – 2025 in Review & Setting Intentions for 2026

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this reflective end-of-year episode of Occupied, hosts Brock and Jess take a moment to pause, look back, and make sense of 2025 — both perso...

183 – Lived Experience and Practice: A Conversation with Mental Health Nurse Ayden Riethmuller

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Occupied, Dr Jessica Levick sits down with mental health nurse Ayden Riethmuller to explore the powerful intersection between live...

182 – Doing, Being, Becoming Collective ft Brad Williams

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Brock sits down with Brad from The Becoming Collective to unpack what it really means to come into alignment with...

181 – Leading Change and Shaping the Future of Occupational Therapy with Professor Elspeth Froude

02 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Occupied, Dr Jessica Levick chats with Professor Elspeth Froude — Professor of Occupational Therapy and National Head of the...

180 – Knowledge Translation and Lifelong Learning with Dr Kieran Broome

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Occupied, Dr Jessica Levick is joined by Dr Kieran Broome — occupational therapist, educator, and researcher, to explore how we ...

179 – Private Practice with a Recovering People Pleaser ft Joey Peppas

20 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I’m joined by Joey Peppas, an occupational therapist running her own private practice. Together, we dig deep into the less-talked-...

178 – Life and Leadership with the new AOTA President – Dr Arameh Anvarizadeh

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Arameh Anvarizadeh, the newly elected president of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). We div...

177 – A New Clinical Reasoning Model with Dr Craig Greber

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join Brock and Jess as they chat with Dr Craig Greber about an exciting new model of clinical reasoning he’s helped to develop. Craig shares insight...

176 – Reflections from the 2025 Occupational Therapy Australia National Conference

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Brock and Jess chat and explore her firsthand experiences attending the 2025 Occupational Therapy Australia National Conference. She explores the high...

175 – Academia Highs and Lows

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this candid conversation, Brock and Jess dive into the rewarding yet challenging world of academia within occupational therapy. They discuss the ge...

174 – Recovery-Oriented Practice in Mental Health with Martin Staines

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 174 of Occupied, host Dr Jessica Levick speaks with Martin Staines, an Advanced Occupational Therapist with a deep commitment to recovery-...

173 – OT Australia’s Chief Occupational Therapist Michelle Oliver

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Occupied, I sit down with Michelle Oliver, Australia’s first-ever Chief Occupational Therapist, for an inspiring and insightfu...

172 – Navigating Complex Clinical Environments with Dr Theo Theodoros

18 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 172 of Occupied, co-host Dr Jessica Levick speaks with consultant psychiatrist Dr Theo Theodoros to explore the realities of working in ch...

2 Fast 2 Curious: Occupied Reloaded

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Occupied Podcast! After a significant hiatus, we’re rebooting with fresh perspectives, exciting content, and most importantly, a...

170 – Digital Identity Influencers and Mental Health ft Dr Jessica Levick

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I sit down with Dr. Jessica Levick to explore the intersection of identity, social media, and the commercialisation of mental health. ...

169 – EquipMeOT ft Lindsay DeLong

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this inspiring episode of Occupied, I sit down with the multi-talented Lindsay DeLong, an occupational therapist and online content creator known f...

168 – Critical Thinking 101

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest episode of our podcast, we delve into the fascinating topic of Critical Thinking and its significance in our daily lives. We aim to unra...

167 – How to improve your Interviewing

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode is all about mastering interviews, whether you’re sitting in the hot seat or the one steering the conversation. We’re unpacking ...

166 – Call out your Whiteness ft Helen Harrington and Marielle Turner

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the latest episode where we explore the intricate dynamics of racial identity, privilege, and the role of white individuals in addressing s...

165 – Celebrate the Little Wins

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Never in my wildest dreams did I see us getting here. Last night we clocked over….half a million downloads!! That’s right…500,000 🫣 164 ep...

164 – OTAus2023 Reflections

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

1 Month on from the OT Australia National Conference in Cairns and these are some reflections from the event!  Look after yourself, look after oth...

163 – Do we all need to be Occupational Scientists?

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Was listening to OT & Chill recently and something from this episode triggered my brain into thought! Occupational Scientists are important but do we...

162 – Trauma Informed Occupational Therapy ft Marie Bell

15 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I explore my friend, Marie’s, journey into working with kids with trauma and some of the considerations that need to be made by clinicians when work...

161 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Assoc Prof Genevieve Pepin

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Genevieve Pepin Associate Professor Higher Degree Research Director Deakin University, Australia  Session title Occupational Therapy and Eatin...

160 – Catching Up with Ms OT Flourish ft Mandy Chamberlain

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re on social media and don’t know Mandy then are you really on social media? Mandy is not only a beautiful person but has been in the onlin...

159 – The Independence Myth

17 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What does being Independent mean? why does it always seem to be an OT’s goal for their clients? Is it even possible? A long time bug bear that I dec...

158 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Karina Sanson-Fisher

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Karina Sanson-Fisher Occupational therapist in Mulubinba (Newcastle), Australia Instagram @doing.therapy  Session title Doing Drugs: Occupation...

157 – Lessons I’ve Learned Pushing OT Into The Digital World

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Absolutely honoured to be asked to deliver the keynote for the Wisconsin OT Association virtual conference. This is that presentation as well as the Q...

156 – The Memory OT ft Allison Brush

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re like me you are aware that memory is a thing. You may even know there are different types etc but for many this is the extent of it. Allis...

155 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Clare Hocking

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Time for a secret sneaky episode! featuring the one and only Claire Hocking doing her All About Occupation Seminar For more and how to register for...

154 – The State of the Profession

01 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

So I’ve been asked a fair bit about where I think the profession is at right now and where I think it’s going. So here is a short and sweet explor...

153 – How To/Not to Enact Change in the Profession ft Clarice Grote

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Clarice and I connected online after a little social media break when I arrived to a bunch of online controversy regarding a movement being pushed to ...

152 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Jaime Leite Junior

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Session Title: Dissident Genders and Sexualities and Life Possibilities  Session Details This seminar aims to create a dialogue about the possibi...

151 – Can Anyone Be a Dope Leader?

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This Episode was recorded around April 2021. Leadership is a topic that everyone has come across during their studies, career, sports engagement or...

150 – Why do we need to talk about Occupational Therapy?

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Occupied 3.0. Some of you may have noticed a lack of episodes recently, and for that unannounced break I apologised. But I’m back and I’...

149 – Rural Practice as a Newgrad ft Holly Gawthorne

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You may have heard her on the Holly the OT podcast and if not then definitely get on that! Holly works in a super remote Australian town called Lighte...

148 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Sakshi Tickoo

22 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Session Title Sexuality as an Occupation  Session Details Human sexuality is an ongoing occupation that develops at each stage of an individual’...

147 – Should Therapy be Conducted Outdoors

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our Roundtable Brad:  Brad Williams is an occupational therapist based in Adelaide, Australia and enjoys thinking deeply about why we do things th...

146 – Eating Disorders Program Followup ft Carissa Gualano

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Carissa returns to the podcast! During her last episode (OCCUPIED 123) she discussed her personal experience with eating disorders and was about to em...

145 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION – ft John Knight

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Session Title  Digitally Occupied: Alienation, Autonomy and Resilience  Session Details This session will cover the learnings from a number o...

144 – THE OT ROUNDTABLE – Should Every OT Practitioner Be A Fieldwork Educator?

12 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our Roundtable Guest:  Nancy is an occupational therapist in Maryland who has worked in a skilled nursing facility for 3 years, the first year as ...

143 – An Exploration of Creativity ft Moo Smith

05 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I am a fan of Moo Smith. A YouTube creative who’s style and attitudes towards creativity align quite closely with my own. I’ve observed Moo’s de...

142 – THE OT ROUNDTABLE – Do Occupational Therapy Practitioners Make Good Entrepreneurs?

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our Roundtable Guest:  Tomeico is an occupational therapist in North Carolina and entrepreneur extraordinaire. She is the host of the Therapy Entr...

141 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Dr Allison Sullivan

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Session Title  “How Did I Get Here? One Occupational Therapist’s Search for Meaning”  Session Details (TW // sexual violence) The purpo...

140 – OT and Pain ft Natalie Khan

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Natalie has an amazing breadth of experience for such a young clinician. This ep we have a look at that experience and then funnel down into her inter...

139 – WFOT Congress with WFOT President Samantha Shann

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today is a VERY special episode! Firstly I got the opportunity to talk with our WFOT President Samantha Shann. We explored her journey through the pro...

THE OT ROUNDTABLE – 138 -Who is the Imposter?

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our Roundtable Guest:Alondra is an occupational therapist in Bay Area California and currently, she provides services via Hippotherapy, which entails ...

137 – BecomingOT ft Dr Tailor Blaine

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You may know Tailor best as @BecomingOT on instagram, an account she started to share the transition from “anxious OT student to growing practitione...

136 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Dr Daniela Castro De Jong & Dr Georgia Pike-Rowney

20 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniela Castro de Jong, Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra (Australia) & Georgia Pike-Rowney, Practitioner an...

135 – MOHO 101 ft Ruth Hambling

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I’m the first to admit that I never used the MOHO much in clinical practice for a number of reasons. Conversations with Ruth started to get me to re...

134 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Dr Danielle Hitch

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Outcome measurement in Occupational Therapy – What are we scared of?  Dr. Danielle Hitch, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, Deakin Unive...

133 – An OT’s Perspective of His Own Traumatic Injury ft Collin Hernandez

04 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Collin Hernandez loved working with his hands. Building things was a job that continued as a hobby. That was until he had a traumatic accident that se...

THE OT ROUNDTABLE – 132 – What Impact is Isolation Having on People’s Habits, Routines and Health

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our Roundtable Guest:Tegan McKay is a provisional psychologist who owns The Mindful Hub and is also one half of the Strong Minds Club podcast. He...

131 – Political Competency in OT ft Dr Nick Pollard

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Nick Pollard is a senior lecturer in occupational therapy at Sheffield Hallam University, teaching occupational therapy students at undergraduate a...

130 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Moses N Ikiugu

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding Meaningful Occupation and its Healing Qualities  Moses N Ikiugu, PhD, OTR/L, Professor and Director of Research, Occupational Therap...

114 – All About Occupation Series ft Karen Whalley Hammell

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OCCUPIED is proud to announce a partnership with the All About Occupation series of seminars being hosted by Rebecca Twinley from the University of Br...

111 – Happy Birthday Occupied

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A nice, short and sweet episode reflecting on the last 3 years of this podcast. So much work but for me personally its resulted in so much growth. Tha...

108 – Creativity V Depression ft Erik Johnson

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

DURING THIS PODCAST TOPICS SUCH AS SUICIDE, SELF HARM AND MENTAL ILLNESS ARE DISCUSSED. IF THIS IS A TRIGGER OR MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE, LOOK AFTER YO...

054 – Mental Wellbeing and Occupational Therapy

01 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This episode I wanted to reflect on an idea that I’ve been playing around with for a few weeks and that’s the difference between Mental Health and...

015 – Occupational Interviewing

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As requested! an expansion of Episode 009 – How Do Values Fit with OT Practice by having a chat about how I’ve used these concepts in practice....

010 – The Grey Revolution: Aged Care’s Young Leaders

26 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

009 – How do Values fit with OT practice?

16 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

008 – Dr Jessie Wilson and the Co-Op approach

06 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

007 – Why SMART Goals are Dumb

26 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

006 – The Business of Women’s Health and Occupational Therapy

16 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

005 – What can Minimalism teach Occupational Therapists

05 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

004 – Newgradoccupationaltherapy.com with Dom

25 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

003 – Reflecting on Reflection

12 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

002 – Occupation based Pediatrics with the Rocket OT

28 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

001 – Operation Occupation

18 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Intro

15 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas