Clinicians Creating Impact

For myself, and probably many others, documentation is the least favorite thing about being a clinician. Even now that I have stopped doing so much direct clinical work, documentation is still necessary. Imagine the impact you could create at work if you were more efficient with your documentation. How could speeding up your documentation benefit both you and your clients?   Discover how to get yo...

When you think about failure as a clinician, whether it's on a micro or macro level, how do you feel? Failure often feels awful, as if it limits our growth, and we often try to avoid it at all costs. I introduce the idea that there is another way to think about failing.   Discover why failure is amazing. I'm offering you some perspective shifts when it comes to failure, and showing you how to adop...

Things may have been different in past generations, but these days, nobody trains in their chosen clinical career with the intention of working in one place for the rest of their working life. There is nothing wrong with spending your career in one place. However, if you're ready for a change, how do you know when it's time to quit?   Discover how to know when it's time to quit. I'm sharing what's...

I've noticed that there seem to be some common trends around how we, as clinicians, tend to think about money. My intention today is to start a clinician-focused conversation about money and begin normalizing those conversations.   Discover three reasons you may currently feel broke as a clinician. If any of these things resonate with you, I'm showing you how to decide what you want to do about it...

What is the right thing to do when you get injured by a client? Unfortunately, it happens. Physical injuries are more obvious and hopefully easily managed, but emotional injuries can be inflicted during an incident like this. You might feel unsafe, angry, guilty, or shame, so we need to talk about it.   Discover why seeing your emotional injuries is just as important as taking care of your physica...

As a clinician, especially in public practice, it can be difficult to deliver a service that is client-directed or client-centered when what the client wants is different from what you want as the therapist.   Discover how to deal with challenges in delivering a client-centered experience. I'm giving you a framework for balancing your wants and needs as a clinician with the demands of your client...

A common problem for clinicians is most of us don't have an actual plan for what we want our clinical career to look like. If we do have a plan, it's normally what the next steps are, but not looking at what we can accomplish over the span of our careers.   Whatever stage of your clinical career you're in, I'm giving you five questions you can use to think consciously and deliberately about what y...

Have you ever had a client come to you, and either they or a member of their family are telling you some version of how they want to be fixed? This could be them saying they want to gain or regain a certain skill they've lost; this has happened to me countless times throughout my career as a physiotherapist.   Discover how to handle the heavy feelings that come up when a client comes to you wantin...

When people don't do what we want them to do, especially co-workers, it can make our work feel harder, and accomplishing everything we intend to becomes more difficult.   Discover what to do when working with a colleague is particularly difficult. I'm giving you three tips to find your own empowerment in any challenging situation you might be facing regarding a co-worker, so you can take responsib...

Have you ever felt like you weren't good enough as a clinician? This is a super-common problem for clinicians. Outside of our profession it's called imposter syndrome, feeling like you don't know enough, you're not doing enough, or you're not getting your clients results fast enough.   I'm sharing a step-by-step process to avoid buying into the notion that you aren't good enough, ultimately showin...

Prioritizing work is something that, as clinicians, we've done throughout our careers. However, I've noticed that we don't always think the most helpful thoughts when it comes to everything we need to get done in our day.   I'm giving you a simple planning tool you can implement right now to make sure you finish everything during your normal work time. I'm sharing my own experiences of neglecting...

Goals are an amazing way to decide how you want to use your time in your career. Some goals feel unbelievably hard to reach, but there is one concept that has made a huge difference and served me incredibly well, and I'm sharing it with you in this week's episode.   Tune in this week to discover the one concept that has changed everything in my career as a clinician. I'm sharing some concrete tool...

Do you ever feel overwhelmed, uncomfortable, unsure, or anxious when you're at work? As a clinician, I sure have - as recently as last week. When we don't feel okay, we generally tend to decide something is wrong and blame either other people or ourselves. Tune in this week to discover why it's okay to not be okay. I'm showing you how to have compassion for yourself when you don't feel your best,...

Tune in this week to discover where your thoughts and beliefs are helping you in creating your own intentional experience as a clinician, or where they may currently be hurting you. I'm sharing some specific thoughts my clients struggle with, how to identify where you're encountering challenges with them, and some simple steps you can take to help you change your belief, even when you don't think...

Discover the difference between passive action versus massive action, and when it's the right time to focus on one or the other. I'm showing you how to see where you're being passive in your actions and helping you bring some awareness to what balance might look like in this area, so you can keep serving your clients and yourself at the highest level.   Get full show notes and more information her...

Tune in this week to discover how we develop beliefs, why we confuse them as facts, and why this is an issue. I'm sharing how to identify the passive beliefs you've developed, and I'm giving you some useful prompts to help you become the watcher of your thoughts, so you can decide whether your thoughts are helping or hindering you as a therapist.   Get full show notes and more information here: ht...

Discover a new way to set and achieve goals. I'm discussing how to set goals from abundance and believing you're already enough and showing you how moving beyond scarcity-based goals feels more fun, engaging, and expansive while having a bigger impact in your work as a clinician.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://abilitiesrehabilitation.com/3  

Today, I'm giving you an assessment, or as I like to call it, an awareness tool. I'm introducing you to The Model. The Model is a way to understand how your brain is working in any given situation, and it has the power to change everything you do as a therapist. It's super simple, and this week, I'm walking you through it and helping you apply it to any challenge you're currently facing.   Get ful...

Whatever you're struggling with in your day-to-day as a therapist, this brand-new podcast will be sure to help, so tune in this week to discover why you ultimately have the power to create the career you've always wanted. I'm sharing an exercise you can start today to develop the awareness required to make more empowered decisions for yourself and showing you why can come back to it any time you e...

I'm Heather Branscombe, a therapist, and certified life coach, as well as the Clinical Director and Owner of Abilities Neurological Rehabilitation. I'm on a mission to help therapists create their dream career by making a bigger impact for themselves and the people they serve.  If you're a physiotherapist, speech-language pathologist, or occupational therapist, this show will equip you with the co...