『Integrating Creativity and Spirituality in Occupational Therapy: Embracing Arts, Science, and Ancestral Wisdom with Libby Lamb OT, Poet, and Creativity & Spirituality Coach』のカバーアート

Integrating Creativity and Spirituality in Occupational Therapy: Embracing Arts, Science, and Ancestral Wisdom with Libby Lamb OT, Poet, and Creativity & Spirituality Coach

Integrating Creativity and Spirituality in Occupational Therapy: Embracing Arts, Science, and Ancestral Wisdom with Libby Lamb OT, Poet, and Creativity & Spirituality Coach

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Here is a voice-over of the article for those who prefer audioHi everyone! I’m thrilled to share this episode with you today. If you’ve been following this podcast since it started in 2023, you might know it grew out of my doctoral capstone project during my time in the University of Utah’s Post-Professional Clinical Doctorate program from 2019 to 2023. This journey unfolded during the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, which highlighted the global impact that devaluing public health initiatives has had on collective on health and well-being, and made deeply evident the barriers and costs to humanity created by maintaining dynamics of scientific elitism, and the lack of accessible frameworks for translating impactful health interventions and knowledge from the academy to the field, especially frameworks informed by disability and occupational justice.After navigating two stalled capstone projects due to pandemic-related challenges, I shifted my focus to creating resources for field clinicians to develop occupational science literacy for direct practice. Over three years, I poured my heart and all my spare time into building a fully virtual introduction to occupational science, using innovative online learning tools and best practices in adult education. If you’re curious, you can explore this project at engage.evolvelivingnetwork.com, and just by subscribing to this Substack, you can get free access to the OS 101 guide, which includes a glossary of all foundational occupational science terminology. My journey back into occupational therapy higher education began after feeling disillusioned during my first two years of clinical and school-based practice as a travel therapist. I was searching for a space where I could thrive using holistic approaches that integrated mental and physical health. Initially, I hoped to work in pediatric and school-based settings, but I quickly encountered policy limitations that narrowed the focus of occupational therapy to handwriting and fine motor skills. This was disheartening, especially since my master’s research centered on executive dysfunction supports for adolescents and assistive technology in schools, areas that were largely controversial for occupational therapists in traditional settings at the time.These challenges revealed deeper issues within the field, including limited access to occupational science developments and foundational frameworks like the “Occupational Therapy Practice Framework Fourth Edition.” I realized through my my more in-depth study that these barriers were tied directly to historical inequities, such as structural sexism in higher education and healthcare leadership sourcing all the way back to the 1500s. This understanding fueled my passion for creative problem-solving and building community around these issues. I have a free training in the evolved living collaborative skool community on how Occupational Science is integrated with the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework Fourth Edition for anyone who is looking to get caught up on out latest practice guidence updates. After graduating, I launched this podcast to raise awareness about Occupational Science and my capstone course. Later, I collaborated on a textbook chapter proposal for the “Occupational Therapy Without Borders” third edition, exploring innovative ways to circulate knowledge beyond traditional academic institutions. While the chapter ultimately missed the publication deadline, the experience taught me valuable lessons about resilience and navigating academic challenges.Since then, however, I have been challenged in relation to this podcast by writer’s block, perfectionism, shame around missing the deadline, and a lack of direction without the structure of a prompt, deadline, or institutional affiliation to prove the value of my work to or rebel against. I’ve been on a personal journey of healing and rediscovery, exploring the roots of occupational therapy in the moral treatment and arts and crafts movements, and deepening my understanding of decolonial healthcare frameworks. This has included honoring the wisdom of indigenous and folk healers whose contributions have often been suppressed or commodified by modern healthcare systems. To support my own recovery, I created a podcast and community called “Rewilding the Mythic Self,” where I’ve been reconnecting with creativity, spirituality, and interdisciplinary collaboration outside of formal institutions. Over time, however, I have come to realize that fracturing out these parts of myself wasn’t really possible and was actually disconnecting me from the type of integrative work I am passionate about reviving in Occupational Therapy practice throughout the world and thank goodness I am not alone in this mission! One of the most transformative moments in this journey recently has been discovering the work of Libby Lamb an occupational therapist and poet (Author of the Acacia Project) based ...
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