Re-Tx Yourself -LLC

10/21/2026

Lisa came to a Re-Tx Yourself retreat after a stretch of long days and constant motion. Within a couple of hours outside, she noticed a real shift in how she showed up in conversations.

Thank you, Lisa, for trusting me with your day and for sharing this. 💚

10/20/2026

Presented at the ATRA ATRA So California Conference 2026 Post Con! It was beautiful! Thank you ATRA for the opportunity and thank you Maddie Postma and Gina Hess for all your hard work and dedication! Soaking up some sun before heading east!

10/19/2026

Look at all of these AMAZING CTRS's all from GVSU! A great place to receive an education, especially from the recreational therapy department!

Hello from ATRA SoCal from GVSU alumni,
Brittany O, Andrea B, Kat K, Dawn D, Holly D, Sami D. Sorry that we missed Thea K and Coty C.

10/19/2026

October is National Physical Therapy Month, and this one means a lot to me. Before becoming a Recreational Therapist, I spent more than 16 years working as a Physical Therapist Assistant.

PT taught me so much about the human body: movement, strength, balance, mobility, pain, function, and the incredible ways our bodies adapt and recover.

But working in healthcare also taught me something else: no single discipline can address the whole person.

Physical Therapy might help someone regain the strength and balance to walk on uneven terrain.

Occupational Therapy might help them build the skills or adaptations to manage daily tasks independently.

Mental health professionals might help address the fear, anxiety, grief, or change in identity that came with an injury or diagnosis.

And Recreational Therapy might help adapt the favorite activities that make a person feel whole again.

Different disciplines. Different expertise. One person. One life.

That's why interdisciplinary care matters. We don't have to stay in our own lanes without ever crossing paths. We can understand each other's scopes, respect each other's expertise, and recognize when another discipline has something valuable to bring to the table.

My PT background still shapes the Recreational Therapist I am today. I don't see these as separate chapters of my career. They're different pieces of the same bigger picture.

Sometimes PT helps someone get back on their feet. And RT gets to ask, "What do you want to do, and how can we make that possible?"

This National Physical Therapy Month, I'm celebrating the PTs and PTAs doing incredible work, including the team at Dirigo Physical Therapy & Performance and the interdisciplinary teams who know we're at our best when we work together. 💚

10/15/2026

Recreational therapy follows a clinical structure: assess, plan, implement, evaluate. That's what separates an intentional session from a nice afternoon outside.

Here's why that matters. The assessment comes first because two people can walk into the same session with completely different needs. Knowing what you're carrying, what you want to change, and what already helps you is what lets the plan be built around you instead of pulled from a template.

From there, every activity has a reason behind it. A walk, a sensory exercise, or a quiet moment by the water is chosen because it connects to a goal, and we check in along the way to see whether it's working and adjust if it isn't.

That's the difference between filling time and doing the work.

10/14/2026

Burnout, anxiety, depression, and stress don't look one way, and they don't belong to one group of people. Recreational therapy is built around you as an individual, which means the experience meets you where you are, whoever you are and whatever you're carrying.

You don't have to explain why you're here or have a name for what you're feeling. You just have to be willing to step away from the noise for a little while and let nature, your senses, and some intentional activity do their part.

If you've been on the fence, consider this your invitation. Send me a message and we can talk through what would fit.

10/13/2026

Words like these are why I do this work. Thank you, Ali. 🤍