OT Yourself to Freedom

What happens immediately before an OT business finally starts to move? Beki Eakins has seen the same pattern again and again with occupational therapists inside the OT Freedom Collective. A client can spend weeks or months overthinking, perfecting, changing direction and feeling as though nothing is working. Then something shifts. There is a decision, often accompanied by a very noticeable deep breath, and suddenly their visibility, confidence, action and sales momentum begin to change. In this episode of the OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast , Beki explores what she calls the deep breath moment , the point where an OT stops hiding, decides to back themselves and starts taking the actions they had previously been avoiding. Beki talks about the difference between genuine business-building and “busy work”, why visibility can feel threatening, how self-belief affects sales, and why breakthroughs are often followed by a wobble of self-doubt. She also explores the psychology and physiology behind the moment, including breathwork, nervous system regulation, decision-making and the space between what happens to us and how we choose to respond. If you’re an occupational therapist building a private practice, online OT business, programme or high-ticket offer and you feel as though you’ve been working constantly without really moving forward, this episode will give you something important to think about. Because sometimes the next level of your OT business doesn’t need another website, funnel or strategy. It needs you to stop hiding and make the decision. Listen to Episode 155 of the OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast now. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

How can an occupational therapist have 20 or 30 years of experience and still not trust themselves enough to pursue the business idea they really want? Beki sees this constantly. Brilliant, experienced OTs with ideas that could genuinely change lives, but they are still researching, overthinking, looking for permission or convincing themselves they need another qualification before they can begin. In this episode of the OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast , Beki explores the self-trust problem hiding underneath perfectionism, procrastination and imposter syndrome. She looks at why occupational therapy training can make us brilliant clinicians while also teaching us to seek evidence, validation and permission before acting. You’ll hear why waiting until you feel confident has things the wrong way round, how small actions build self-trust, and why your next step might not require more research at all. If you’re an OT with a business idea, a bigger vision or a change you’ve been putting off for far too long, this episode might make you uncomfortable. And that might be exactly why you need to hear it. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

You can have a full caseload, a waiting list and a successful OT private practice, and still be one funding change away from a serious problem. In this episode of the OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast , Beki Eakins talks about something she is seeing again and again with Occupational Therapy business owners across Australia, the UK and the US. NDIS changes. Frozen therapy rates. Insurance restrictions. Commissioning changes. Rising costs. More paperwork. Smaller margins. The problem is not that these OTs are bad at business. Many of them are incredibly successful. The problem is that too much of their income is controlled by somebody else. Beki explores why being fully booked does not automatically mean your OT business is secure, what concentration risk looks like in an Occupational Therapy private practice, and why every OT business owner should be thinking about creating at least one income stream that a funder cannot control. She also shares practical ways to start thinking differently about your existing OT skills, including private-pay services, high-ticket offers and opportunities that sit outside the traditional funding model. In this episode, Beki talks about: Why successful OT private practices can still be financially fragile The risks of relying heavily on NDIS, insurance or other funding bodies Why a full waiting list does not always mean you have a safe business How to work out your biggest concentration risk Finding the support your clients need that funding currently does not cover Creating private-pay and high-ticket offers using your existing OT expertise Why sales and marketing are important skills for Occupational Therapists in business How to start creating income you have more control over If you run an OT private practice, clinic or independent Occupational Therapy business , this episode will help you look at your business differently and ask a very important question: How much of my income do I actually control? Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

Every newly qualified OT hears some version of the same advice. Get a few years under your belt. Build your clinical experience. Wait until you know what you are doing. But wait for what, exactly? And who decided? In this episode Beki Eakins is joined by Rebecca Haythorne, Senior Lecturer and Practice Placement Tutor on the MSc and BSc Occupational Therapy pre-registration programmes at Leeds Beckett University. Rebecca moved into academia from clinical practice, having qualified as a mature student after a first degree in psychology and criminology and a spell working as an OT assistant. She is also currently working towards a PhD at the University of York. Which makes her a useful person to ask, because she is the one preparing students for practice and watching where they actually end up. The conversation covers what has changed in OT education, why placements now put students into settings that barely existed a decade ago, and what that means for the shape of a career. It also covers the part nobody puts in a prospectus: how much of the "wait your turn" message is genuine professional caution and how much is institutional habit that nobody has revisited. Beki is honest about her own route. She qualified, went into the system, stayed thirteen years and left after burning out. Whether she would do it differently now is a question she answers directly. In this episode: Whether a newly qualified OT can realistically start a business, and what has to be in place first Why "get experience first" is sometimes right and sometimes just repeated How contemporary placements are changing what students expect from a career The rise of hybrid roles that sit between traditional practice and something of your own Why mature students often move faster, and what the rest of us can learn from that Where the professional responsibilities sit, and why building a business does not mean abandoning them What Rebecca sees in students now that she did not see in her own cohort This one is for OT students, newly qualified OTs, and anyone further along who has quietly wondered whether they waited longer than they needed to. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otyourselftofreedom/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/otyourselftofreedom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekieakins/ Book an Inspiration Call: https://otfreedom.bekieakins.com/widget/booking/JfKQUgoHVwsRF5gqBs4W About the guest Rebecca Haythorne is a Senior Lecturer and Practice Placement Tutor in the School of Health at Leeds Beckett University, teaching on the pre-registration MSc and BSc Occupational Therapy programmes. She qualified in 2016 and spent several years in clinical practice with an NHS trust, working across care homes, eating disorders and community learning disabilities, before moving into academia. She is currently completing a PhD in Health Sciences at the University of York and has published widely in OT practice journals. LinkedIn About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

Beki Eakins works about 12 hours a week. And she still feels guilty about it. Not because the business is struggling. It's growing, her clients are getting results, and she's built the life she wanted. But she'll open her diary, see the gaps, and hear the voice saying you should be doing more. This episode started as therapy for herself. It turned into an argument. Because the standard advice for growing a business is always the same: double the output, double the hours. Beki has tried it, repeatedly, and every time she burnt out and achieved nothing extra. She traces where the work harder belief came from, a father treated as a superhero for working himself into the ground, and what shifted it, from Tim Ferriss to the world schooling families she met travelling, including one father supporting his family on four hours a week. Then the honest breakdown. Her 12 hours, line by line. Client support, group calls, sales, team, admin. And the weeks it all falls apart, like the fortnight with a hospital appointment, a graduation, seventy Vikings at the house and about five hours of work done. That happens at least once a month, and building it into the average instead of feeling shame was the real breakthrough. You will hear: The full breakdown of what 12 hours a week actually contains Why the business grew while she was in Australia working ten hours a week What Stanford research says about output past 50 hours a week Why she thinks full time should mean 20 hours and part time 12 The six months of doing nothing, and what it taught her If your business is quietly becoming a second job with worse pay and no annual leave, that's not commitment. It's a design flaw. And design flaws can be fixed. One note: this is not a prescription. There are seasons where pushing hard is right. The argument is against doing it permanently by default, without ever choosing it. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

Occupational Therapists are the profession built on one idea. Meaningful occupation is medicine. We prescribe it every day. We know the theory works. So why are we burning out faster than almost anyone? In this episode of the OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast, Beki Eakins goes after the question most of us avoid. What happens when the profession of meaningful occupation stops doing anything meaningful for itself? It starts at a leaving do. Another OT walking out of the NHS, this one to open a bakery, icing the cakes for her own goodbye party. That moment is where this entire brand began. Because Beki noticed something. OTs are the profession most likely to OT themselves right out of the door. And the woman leaving to bake was not failing. She was finally applying the model to her own life. The question is why she had to leave to do it. You will hear: Why burnout is not really about working too much, and what it is actually about The bakery leaving do that started OT Yourself to Freedom Occupational imbalance, occupational deprivation and occupational alignment, applied to you rather than your clients Why mastery leisure beats rest for recovery, and the research behind it How to tell whether your daily occupations match who you actually are inside Why Churchill picked up a paintbrush at forty, and what he understood about rest How to build a business around your leisure rather than fitting leisure into the gaps A three step challenge to do this week, not one day If you are an Occupational Therapist heading towards burnout, thinking about leaving clinical practice, or building a business that is quietly turning into a second job with worse pay and no annual leave, this one is for you. We are the profession of meaningful occupation. It is time we stopped prescribing it and started living it. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

Selling makes most Occupational Therapists deeply uncomfortable. Not because they lack expertise, but because they fear sounding pushy, dread talking about money, and worry about being judged for charging properly for their skills. In this episode of the OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast, Beki Eakins is joined by sales coach Rob Higton to unpack why so many OTs hold themselves back from building profitable online businesses, and how a shift in mindset around sales changes everything. Rob shares his route from traditional face to face selling into high ticket online sales, and the principles behind it. Build trust. Create a genuine connection. Enrol the right clients without pressure, scripts or manipulation. Ethical selling is not about convincing anyone of anything. It is about helping the right people solve a problem they are already trying to solve. Beki and Rob get into something that catches a lot of OTs off guard. We are trained communicators. We are exceptional at rapport, listening and clinical reasoning. So why does a discovery call still feel so awkward? The answer sits somewhere between imposter syndrome, professional conditioning and a quiet belief that our expertise is not worth paying for. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Download here: https://www.bekieakins.com/overnight-subscribe The OT Freedom Formula was a powerful session created to help OTs build more freedom, income and balance - without burnout. Watch it here: https://www.bekieakins.com/Formula-event-Recording-lp Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : https://www.bekieakins.com/membership Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: https://www.bekieakins.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otyourselftofreedom/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/otyourselftofreedom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekieakins/ Book an Inspiration Call : https://otfreedom.bekieakins.com/widget/booking/bqsc3yEhKnzDh3cPz0PZ Meet Rob Rob is a business coach and mentor who helps entrepreneurs simplify sales, grow with confidence, and build businesses that create more freedom. His practical approach to selling, mindset and business growth has helped countless business owners move from feeling stuck to creating consistent results. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robhigton/ About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

Think the occupational therapy market is too crowded? Think again. In this episode of OT Yourself to Freedom, Beki Eakins unpicks why so many occupational therapists believe their niche is saturated, and why that belief is usually a trick of the algorithm rather than a fact about the market. If you are an OT building a private practice, launching a coaching programme, or trying to work out how to market your services without sounding like everyone else, this one is for you. We cover: Why your social media feed is a filter bubble, not a census, and how it distorts your view of competition in the OT business space. Beki draws on Eli Pariser's work on filter bubbles to explain why "everyone is already doing this" is almost always your own algorithm reflecting your interests back at you. The story of the ninety-year-old woman in Austria, and what it taught Beki about clinical bias, warped sampling, and the assumptions quietly running your business decisions. Ninety-six per cent of older people in the UK live in their own communities, not in care homes, yet hospital-based OTs almost never see them. How to define your uniqueness properly. Not a new logo, not a colour palette, but the deep alignment work that makes an OT brand magnetic. Purpose, childhood patterns, money stories, and Human Design, and how those threads get woven into your offer creation and marketing. Why professional-sounding copy repels clients, and how to write like a human being while staying compliant as a registered OT. Real before and after examples of occupational therapy marketing copy, plus a book recommendation from copywriter Mish Slade. Why tying your business to a deeper mission changes everything, and why occupational therapists are, at heart, hope givers. Featuring the neuroscience of emotional decision-making from Antonio Damasio and Gerald Zaltman, and Charles Snyder's hope theory. If you have been holding back because the market feels full, this episode will show you the gap you are standing in without realising it. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Download here: https://www.bekieakins.com/overnight-subscribe The OT Freedom Formula was a powerful session created to help OTs build more freedom, income and balance - without burnout. Watch it here: https://www.bekieakins.com/Formula-event-Recording-lp Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : https://www.bekieakins.com/membership Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: https://www.bekieakins.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otyourselftofreedom/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/otyourselftofreedom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekieakins/ Book an Inspiration Call : https://otfreedom.bekieakins.com/widget/booking/bqsc3yEhKnzDh3cPz0PZ Timestamps 00:00 Why OTs believe the market is too crowded 01:30 Filter bubbles and why your feed is lying to you 09:00 The lady in Austria and the problem with clinical bias 16:00 Defining your uniqueness: purpose, patterns and Human Design 23:00 Stop being boring: copywriting for occupational therapists 27:00 Tying your brand to a deeper mission 29:30 The four takeaways About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

What does it really take to build an online Occupational Therapy business? In this special repost from The OT Lifestyle Movement Podcast , host Rhiannon Crispe interviews Beki Eakins about the journey from NHS Occupational Therapist to building a successful freedom-based online business that now supports OTs around the world. This isn't just another conversation about starting a business. It's the honest story behind burnout, rebuilding confidence, taking risks, and discovering that Occupational Therapists already have everything they need to create transformational online offers. Beki shares how she left a career she once loved, navigated one of the hardest periods of her life, and eventually created a six-figure online business working around 12 hours per week. Whether you're an OT feeling burnt out, considering private practice, or wondering if your expertise could become an online programme, coaching business or digital offer, this episode provides practical insights alongside the mindset shifts required to build something that truly aligns with your life. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Download here: https://www.bekieakins.com/overnight-subscribe The OT Freedom Formula was a powerful session created to help OTs build more freedom, income and balance - without burnout. Watch it here: https://www.bekieakins.com/Formula-event-Recording-lp Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : https://www.bekieakins.com/membership Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: https://www.bekieakins.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otyourselftofreedom/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/otyourselftofreedom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekieakins/ Book an Inspiration Call : https://otfreedom.bekieakins.com/widget/booking/bqsc3yEhKnzDh3cPz0PZ About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

What if the thing you've been trying to hide is actually the reason people will choose to work with you? In this episode of OT Yourself to Freedom , Beki Eakins explores why your personal story is one of the most valuable assets you'll ever have when building an online Occupational Therapy business. Many Occupational Therapists believe they need another qualification, a better business idea or years more experience before they're ready to build an online brand. In reality, the people who create the deepest trust and strongest businesses are often those who are willing to share their journey honestly. Whether you've experienced burnout, changed career direction, overcome personal challenges or discovered a new way of practising Occupational Therapy, your lived experience shapes the value you bring to the people you serve. In this episode, Beki explains why your story creates connection, builds credibility and becomes the foundation of a business that nobody else can replicate. In this episode, you'll discover: Why your personal story is your greatest competitive advantage The biggest mistake Occupational Therapists make when creating content How storytelling builds trust faster than qualifications alone Why clients buy connection before they buy expertise How to uncover the experiences that make your business unique Why your lived experience can become your most valuable business asset How to confidently share your story without feeling self-promotional If you're an Occupational Therapist who wants to build an online business, attract the right clients and create content that genuinely connects, this episode will help you see your own journey in a completely different light. Your qualifications may open the door. But your story is what people remember. Subscribe to OT Yourself to Freedom for weekly episodes helping Occupational Therapists build profitable online businesses, create more freedom, and make a bigger impact using the expertise they already have. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Download here: https://www.bekieakins.com/overnight-subscribe The OT Freedom Formula was a powerful session created to help OTs build more freedom, income and balance - without burnout. Watch it here: https://www.bekieakins.com/Formula-event-Recording-lp Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : https://www.bekieakins.com/membership Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: https://www.bekieakins.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otyourselftofreedom/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/otyourselftofreedom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekieakins/ Book an Inspiration Call : https://otfreedom.bekieakins.com/widget/booking/bqsc3yEhKnzDh3cPz0PZ About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

Why do some Occupational Therapists build successful businesses while others give up before they ever gain momentum? In this episode of OT Yourself to Freedom , Beki Eakins explores one of the biggest misconceptions about building an online Occupational Therapy business. It's not a lack of talent, qualifications or even money that stops most OTs. It's underestimating the energy required to create something completely new. If you've ever wondered why starting a business feels overwhelming, why your confidence disappears the moment you step outside clinical work, or why so many Occupational Therapists quit before seeing results, this episode is for you. Beki shares her own journey of building an online business from scratch, including the creative ways she funded her first coaching investment when she didn't have the money sitting in her bank account. Rather than waiting for the perfect circumstances, she chose resourcefulness over excuses, a decision that completely changed the trajectory of her life and career. This episode is a reminder that every successful entrepreneur started as a beginner. Building an online Occupational Therapy business isn't difficult because you're incapable. It's difficult because you're learning an entirely new profession alongside the one you've already mastered. If you're an Occupational Therapist feeling burnt out by clinical work, dreaming of creating more freedom, or wanting to build a business around your expertise, this conversation will help you reframe the challenges of the start-up phase and understand why discomfort is often a sign that you're growing. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Download here: https://www.bekieakins.com/overnight-subscribe The OT Freedom Formula was a powerful session created to help OTs build more freedom, income and balance - without burnout. Watch it here: https://www.bekieakins.com/Formula-event-Recording-lp Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : https://www.bekieakins.com/membership Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: https://www.bekieakins.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otyourselftofreedom/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/otyourselftofreedom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekieakins/ Book an Inspiration Call : https://otfreedom.bekieakins.com/widget/booking/bqsc3yEhKnzDh3cPz0PZ About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

What if the very thing making you a brilliant occupational therapist is also stopping your business from growing? In this episode, I explore one of the hardest lessons I've had to learn as an OT entrepreneur: letting go of control. Many occupational therapists build businesses that depend entirely on them. Every client, every decision and every problem sits on their shoulders. The result is more pressure, more clinical hours and, ultimately, another version of burnout. But scaling an occupational therapy business requires a different skill set. It requires trust. It requires systems. And it requires the willingness to stop being the bottleneck. In this episode, I share the mindset shifts that helped me move from doing everything myself to building a business that creates freedom, impact and sustainability. In this episode, you'll learn: Why many OTs accidentally recreate the same pressures they wanted to escape • The hidden cost of perfectionism and control in private practice • How delegation creates space for growth and better client outcomes • The difference between being an excellent clinician and becoming an effective leader • Why stepping back can sometimes be the fastest way to move forwards If you're an occupational therapist feeling overwhelmed by the demands of private practice, online business or leadership, this conversation is for you. Because true freedom isn't built by holding everything together. It's built by creating something that can thrive without you being at the centre of every decision. Listen now and discover what becomes possible when you stop trying to control everything. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Download here: https://www.bekieakins.com/overnight-subscribe The OT Freedom Formula was a powerful session created to help OTs build more freedom, income and balance - without burnout. Watch it here: https://www.bekieakins.com/Formula-event-Recording-lp Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : https://www.bekieakins.com/membership Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: https://www.bekieakins.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otyourselftofreedom/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/otyourselftofreedom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekieakins/ Book an Inspiration Call : https://otfreedom.bekieakins.com/widget/booking/bqsc3yEhKnzDh3cPz0PZ About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

Are you an occupational therapist whose diary is packed, yet you still feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and financially stuck? In this episode of OT Yourself to Freedom , Beki Eakins explores one of the most common patterns she sees among occupational therapists, particularly OT business owners and private practice clinicians. Many OTs believe their biggest challenge is time management, marketing, or finding more clients. But what if the real issue is something deeper? Beki unpacks the hidden cycle that keeps occupational therapists trapped in endless clinical hours, overdelivering, undercharging, and constantly saying yes to work that no longer aligns with their goals. You'll discover why boundaries, self-worth, scarcity thinking and people-pleasing often sit at the heart of burnout, and how these patterns prevent OTs from creating the freedom, income and impact they truly want. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Download here: https://www.bekieakins.com/overnight-subscribe The OT Freedom Formula was a powerful session created to help OTs build more freedom, income and balance - without burnout. Watch it here: https://www.bekieakins.com/Formula-event-Recording-lp Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : https://www.bekieakins.com/membership Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: https://www.bekieakins.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otyourselftofreedom/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/otyourselftofreedom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekieakins/ Book an Inspiration Call : https://otfreedom.bekieakins.com/widget/booking/bqsc3yEhKnzDh3cPz0PZ Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

What if the future of occupational therapy doesn't belong to the people who play it safe? In this thought-provoking episode of the OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast, Beki explores why occupational therapists are uniquely positioned to create change, challenge outdated systems, and build innovative careers that align with their values. Across the UK, Australia, Canada, the USA and beyond, OTs are facing increasing pressure from healthcare systems that often undervalue their expertise. Yet at the same time, there has never been a greater opportunity for occupational therapists to create impact, build online businesses, develop innovative services, and reach the people who need them most. This episode is a call for OTs to stop waiting for permission and start embracing the ideas, passions and frustrations that could become the catalyst for meaningful change. If you've ever felt like there's more you could do with your occupational therapy skills, this conversation will challenge the way you think about your future. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Download here: https://www.bekieakins.com/overnight-subscribe The OT Freedom Formula was a powerful session created to help OTs build more freedom, income and balance - without burnout. Watch it here: https://www.bekieakins.com/Formula-event-Recording-lp Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : https://www.bekieakins.com/membership Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: https://www.bekieakins.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otyourselftofreedom/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/otyourselftofreedom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekieakins/ Book an Inspiration Call : https://otfreedom.bekieakins.com/widget/booking/bqsc3yEhKnzDh3cPz0PZ About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

What happens when Occupational Therapy no longer feels aligned with the life you want to live? In this inspiring episode of the OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast, Beki Eakins sits down with Occupational Therapist and entrepreneur Mel Homan, founder of Premium Sensory, to discuss her journey from OT burnout to building a thriving business that creates meaningful impact for children and families. Like many Occupational Therapists, Mel entered the profession wanting to help people. Over time, however, the reality of heavy caseloads, system pressures, and constant demands left her questioning whether the traditional path was the right one. Instead of walking away from Occupational Therapy, Mel chose to reimagine it. Through courage, creativity, and a willingness to take imperfect action, she built Premium Sensory, a business that allows her to support families while creating greater flexibility, freedom, and fulfilment in her own life. This episode is a powerful reminder that Occupational Therapists do not need to wait until everything is perfect before making a change. Growth often starts with messy action. Whether you're an Occupational Therapist experiencing burnout, considering private practice, exploring entrepreneurship, or simply wondering what else is possible for your career, this conversation will leave you inspired to think bigger. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Download here: https://www.bekieakins.com/overnight-subscribe The OT Freedom Formula was a powerful session created to help OTs build more freedom, income and balance - without burnout. Watch it here: https://www.bekieakins.com/Formula-event-Recording-lp Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : https://www.bekieakins.com/membership Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: https://www.bekieakins.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otyourselftofreedom/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/otyourselftofreedom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekieakins/ Book an Inspiration Call : https://otfreedom.bekieakins.com/widget/booking/bqsc3yEhKnzDh3cPz0PZ About Mel Homan Mel Homan is an Occupational Therapist, entrepreneur, and founder of Premium Sensory. Passionate about supporting children and families, Mel has built a business that combines clinical excellence with innovation, creativity, and genuine impact. Her journey reflects what is possible when Occupational Therapists step outside conventional career paths and create businesses aligned with their values and vision. Connect with Mel Instagram: Tap here Facebook: Tap here Website for Coaching: Tap here The bamboo compression wrap the Cocooner: Tap here Link to become a founding clinical partner for OTs: Tap here About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

Are Occupational Therapists being protected by their communities, or are they being held back by them? In this thought-provoking episode of the OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast , Beki explores a controversial topic that many Occupational Therapists experience but few openly discuss: the culture of fear surrounding business, money, entrepreneurship, coaching programmes, and alternative career paths within the OT profession. If you've ever considered starting an online business, launching a private practice, creating a course, offering coaching, or building additional income streams as an Occupational Therapist, you've probably heard the warnings: "Be careful." "Sounds like a scam." "Don't trust anyone selling a dream." But where do these beliefs come from, and are they actually helping Occupational Therapists create better lives? In this episode, Beki unpacks the psychological, cultural, and societal forces that shape how OTs think about risk, money, success, and professional growth. Drawing on research from Daniel Kahneman, Brené Brown, Seth Godin, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Robert Cialdini, and Lynne Twist, she explores why fear often masquerades as wisdom and how inherited beliefs can quietly keep Occupational Therapists stuck in careers they desperately want to change. Whether you're an Occupational Therapist experiencing burnout, exploring private practice, considering online business opportunities, or simply questioning what's possible for your future, this episode will challenge the assumptions that may be limiting your growth. Key Takeaway Fear is not the same as wisdom. The loudest voices in a community are not always the most informed voices. Occupational Therapists are trained to see possibility and potential in others every day. This episode invites you to apply that same belief to yourself and question whether the stories you've inherited about money, business, success, and risk are actually serving you. The question is not whether opportunities exist. The question is whether you're willing to evaluate them for yourself. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

Occupational Therapy is changing. More Occupational Therapists are questioning burnout, stress, and the sustainability of traditional practice models, and exploring new ways of working that support both client outcomes and practitioner wellbeing. In this episode of OT Yourself to Freedom , we explore how somatic practices and nervous system regulation are transforming the way OTs work, think, and support their clients. This conversation goes beyond theory and into real clinical application, looking at how Occupational Therapists can integrate body-based approaches safely, ethically, and within scope of practice. We discuss OT burnout, trauma-informed care, emotional regulation, and why so many practitioners are feeling disconnected from the profession they once loved. This episode also highlights how understanding your own nervous system can directly impact your clinical presence, confidence, and long-term career sustainability. Whether you are an early career OT, an experienced clinician, or someone exploring a more aligned and holistic approach to practice, this episode will challenge how you think about Occupational Therapy today. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here About today’s guest: Sarita Sloane Sarita Sloane is a somatic integrative Occupational Therapist, yoga practitioner, and founder of Sunshine OT and Yoga. She works at the intersection of Occupational Therapy, somatic therapy, and nervous system regulation, supporting both clients and health professionals to reconnect with the wisdom of the body. Sarita has developed The Embodied OT Program , an immersive training designed to help Occupational Therapists integrate somatic practices into clinical work in a safe, trauma-informed, and practical way. Her work focuses on bridging the gap between traditional OT practice and emerging body-based approaches, helping practitioners move from theory into lived, embodied experience. Learn more about Sarita’s work: Website: https://www.sunshineotandyoga.com.au Embodied OT Program: https://www.sunshineotandyoga.com.au/the-embodied-ot-program Courses & offerings: https://www.sunshineotandyoga.com.au/store Facebook Group: Somatic Embodied OTs https://www.facebook.com/groups/somatic.embodied.ot Resources mentioned in this episode: Free somatic reset course: “Stop and Listen” 7-day nervous system regulation mini course https://www.sunshineotandyoga.com.au/offers/X8agdBUN Free masterclass replay: Navigating Stress and Sustainable OT Practice in a Changing World https://www.sunshineotandyoga.com.au/navigating-stress-masterclass-free-replay Work with Sarita: Book a connection call here: https://sarita-sloane-ot-yoga.splose.com/online-booking/5788c544-0b22-4059-93c9-e8931ed98847

Are you an Occupational Therapist feeling burnt out, emotionally exhausted, underpaid, or stuck in a career that no longer feels aligned, but still unable to walk away? In this powerful episode of OT Yourself to Freedom, Beki Eakins explores the hidden danger of the “so-so” life many Occupational Therapists find themselves trapped in. Not miserable enough to leave, but not fulfilled enough to truly feel alive. This episode is for OTs who keep thinking: “There has to be more than this.” Whether you work in the NHS, private practice, community OT, paediatrics, mental health, NDIS, hospital settings, or rehabilitation, this conversation dives deep into OT burnout, career dissatisfaction, nervous system exhaustion, and the growing desire many Occupational Therapists have to create more freedom, flexibility, impact, and income outside traditional healthcare systems. Beki shares her own story of Occupational Therapy burnout, leaving the NHS, building an online business, and why waiting for the “perfect time” may be costing you more than you realise. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

What if the thing holding your OT business back isn’t strategy… but ego? Not the loud, arrogant kind. The quieter version that disguises itself as perfectionism, overthinking, “being ethical”, or constantly waiting until you feel ready. In this episode of OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast, Beki Eakins explores the hidden ways ego keeps occupational therapists stuck, invisible, and afraid to fully show up online. This is an honest conversation about visibility, nervous system regulation, fear of judgement, procrastination, and why so many highly skilled OTs struggle to market themselves despite having life-changing expertise. In this episode, you’ll learn: What ego actually looks like in an OT online business • Why perfectionism and “not being ready” are often fear responses • The nervous system science behind procrastination and freeze • Why many occupational therapists are terrified of visibility online • How healthcare culture trains OTs to stay small and cautious • The difference between protecting your peace and protecting your ego • Why refusing to sell can actually limit your impact • Somatic tools like breathwork and movement to regulate fear and take action This episode is for occupational therapists who: Overthink posting online • Struggle with visibility or self-promotion • Feel uncomfortable selling their services • Keep delaying action because they “aren’t ready” • Want to build an online business but feel stuck Key Takeaway Staying invisible is not humility when people genuinely need what you know. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

You studied for years. You carry complex caseloads. You change people’s lives. So why does your pay as an occupational therapist still feel… limited? In this episode of OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast, Beki dives into the reality of OT salaries in 2026, and why so many occupational therapists feel financially capped despite their skills and experience. This is an honest conversation about money in healthcare, the trade-off between income and fulfilment, and the one shift that can change how you earn completely. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why occupational therapists are still underpaid in 2026 • The real reason OT income has a ceiling in traditional roles • Why moving up bands or into management doesn’t always solve it • The hidden cost of trading time for money in healthcare • What “security” in an OT job really means • The shift from selling time to selling transformation • How private pay and online business models change your earning potential Who this is for: This episode is for occupational therapists who: • Feel underpaid or financially stretched • Are questioning their long-term career progression • Want to earn more without burning out • Are curious about alternative income streams or online business Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership : Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.