Fostering Independence is What Occupational Therapy is All About

Now Let's Work on your FINANCIAL Independence Plan

I become a pediatric occupational therapist because I love to help people and I LOVE working with children. It was just the natural fit. I did not want to be a teacher (my mother was one) because I like to work 1:1 with children and families. Not in groups. (Thank goodness I knew that early enough because I was just tortured with group work in OT school!) 

But I have also always been very mathematically inclined and even more so with computers. My mother was a math teacher who transitioned into teaching computers. And my dad was an engineering/economics major who also transitioned into computers. Numbers and data, I love them!

Over the last 5 years, I ran not one, but two six-figure businesses.

As a therapy practice owner and as a babysitting franchise owner. I did the bookkeeping, accounting, financial planning, I even did the taxes.

But I was lost. I was truly unhappy and wasn't sure why.

I wanted to know if I could afford to quit or take a more fulfilling job. I wanted to know how much money I really needed to make. I wanted to know if we could someday retire early and do something more fun (my husband wants to work at Disney World!) I wanted to know if my husband could take a different job to stop driving so far to work and be available more for our family.

Then I realized the only way out of this situation was financial planning. I went deep into the financial world. I devoured all the information out there on the FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) movement, Profit First, and so much more I can not count. The more I learned, the more I realized I had not known. Things I wish I had known. From how to save money on taxes as a contractor to how to save money on travel.

And I knew I had to make a change. We sold the franchise and I started mentoring pediatric OTs. I had missed the 1:1 interactions. I realized I love bringing people through a transformation (sounds like a typical therapist right?).

Now I want to bring both things I love together. OTs and Finances. I want to help other OTs and rehab professionals build their own road to financial independence.

Money Tips for Occupational Therapists

Let's Start Building Your Road to a Financial Freedom

Our OT knowledge teaches us to use activity analysis and to assist with a road to independence for our clients. Let's use these skills to build a path to your financial independence! 

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