7. Nicole Fidanza: We're all Interconnected 🌶🌶

This week it was Val's time to shine! Cip was somehow able to suppress her impulsivity using all the strategies (taking notes instead of talking, sipping her beverage, and at times, spacing out on purpose), to let Val have a chance to take the driver's seat for once! OK fine, she did pop in a couple times. But for the most part, Val and Nicole Fidanza had an enlightening chat about all things occupational in the realm of older adults and neurorehabilitation, focusing on areas of social participation throughout.  They discussed how mental health considerations are a part of occupational therapy interventions in all practice areas, the importance of using transitions in life as an opportunity to reflect, plan, and connect, keeping your antennae up going into a new situation, "aha moments", systemic barriers, and using different approaches with regards to intervention and therapeutic use of self. We're all optimistic to see where the field of occupational therapy will respond adaptively to the global challenge that Covid has brought us. Bonus: Nicole gets to play with sound effects to sensor potential identifying information.