TheraPeeds Continuing Education

TheraPeeds Continuing Education Professional Development by Dr. Julia Harper PhD, MS, OTR/L

At TheraPeeds Continuing Education, we are dedicated to providing Occupational Therapists with high quality, online and live professional development. We offer the most up to date, researched based occupational therapy content with the latest brain, neuroplasticity practices and treatment planning. For over 20 years, our CEO, Dr. Julia Harper (PhD, MS, OTR/L), through her live and online classes, has trained thousands of OT's, becoming a renowned professional development trainer for occupational therapy professionals around the world wanting to enhance their industry knowledge. TheraPeeds Continuing Education as an AOTA approved provider, offers a variety of accredited CEUs for Occupational, Physical Therapists, COTA’s, PTA’s, Special Educators and Administrators.

01/02/2026

This is NOT the Wizard of Oz

Happy New Year community. I’m coming in hot for the new year. This is often a time for reflection, setting goals, and making resolutions. While you are deciding what you want for 2026, I’d like to remind you that there is no magic wizard, secret formula, or shortcut on this life journey. YOU are the magic you are looking for.

My coaching program is called W.A.Y. (What About You) for that specific reason. The logo for my company features an arrow pointing inward, for that reason. All the goals and aspirations you have for the new year begin and end with YOU. Are you tapped into what you are truly thinking and feeling? Are you being honest with yourself? Or are you letting the influence of others decide what your life should be? Of course, guidance is valuable, but don’t ever let someone else’s guidance make you stray from the path you want for yourself.

I often remind clients that I am not the Wizard of Oz. I can’t solve their problems or give them answers on what to do next. What my coaching does is guide you towards a deeper, more aware relationship with yourself. That way, you can have trust and confidence in your own decisions. You are your own magic.

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01/02/2026

This is NOT the Wizard of Oz
 
Happy New Year community. I’m coming in hot for the new year. This is often a time for reflection, setting goals, and making resolutions. While you are deciding what you want for 2026, I’d like to remind you that there is no magic wizard, secret formula, or shortcut on this life journey. YOU are the magic you are looking for.
 
My coaching program is called W.A.Y. (What About You) for that specific reason. The logo for my company features an arrow pointing inward, for that reason. All the goals and aspirations you have for the new year begin and end with YOU. Are you tapped into what you are truly thinking and feeling? Are you being honest with yourself? Or are you letting the influence of others decide what your life should be? Of course, guidance is valuable, but don’t ever let someone else’s guidance make you stray from the path you want for yourself.
 
I often remind clients that I am not the Wizard of Oz. I can’t solve their problems or give them answers on what to do next. What my coaching does is guide you towards a deeper, more aware relationship with yourself. That way, you can have trust and confidence in your own decisions. You are your own magic.
 
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12/26/2025

A Sincere Thank you to the Vitamin J Community

Today’s opens with a Trinidadian proverb: “What doh meet yuh, doh pass yuh.” Translated into American English, this proverb says, “What hasn’t met you yet, hasn’t passed you.” In other words, whatever you are experiencing in life is meant FOR YOU. On this journey of life, you will meet what is meant for you, even if you are trying to avoid it.

Yes, I start this video off jokingly, but today I would like to thank each and every person who follows this account. My words were meant to come across your feeds, and you all were meant to touch my life with the gift of your comments, likes, DMs, etc. It is humbling to see this community grow over the last seven years, completely organically. Whether you are former clients who have come to TheraPeeds Family Center, or clinicians who have taken my online and in-person courses, or if you are a young person who found me right here on Instagram and we have yet to meet in person, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENCE. I make these videos from the heart with each and every person in mind. It is such a gift to be considered a source of information for all of you.

I am so deeply honoured community. Have a wonderful holiday season, and we shall see each other in the new year.

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12/26/2025

A Sincere Thank you to the Vitamin J Community 
 
Today’s opens with a Trinidadian proverb: “What doh meet yuh, doh pass yuh.” Translated into American English, this proverb says, “What hasn’t met you yet, hasn’t passed you.” In other words, whatever you are experiencing in life is meant FOR YOU. On this journey of life, you will meet what is meant for you, even if you are trying to avoid it.
 
Yes, I start this video off jokingly, but today I would like to thank each and every person who follows this account. My words were meant to come across your feeds, and you all were meant to touch my life with the gift of your comments, likes, DMs, etc. It is humbling to see this community grow over the last seven years, completely organically. Whether you are former clients who have come to TheraPeeds Family Center, or clinicians who have taken my online and in-person courses, or if you are a young person who found me right here on Instagram and we have yet to meet in person, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENCE. I make these videos from the heart with each and every person in mind. It is such a gift to be considered a source of information for all of you.
 
I am so deeply honoured community. Have a wonderful holiday season, and we shall see each other in the new year.
 
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12/19/2025

Don't WAIT to be Happy

Last month marked the 30th anniversary of the iconic 90s film, Waiting to Exhale. This movie was a favorite of mine as a 22-year-old black woman. Revisiting this classic in my 50s has me pondering a question for the community: Has your life turned into a waiting room?

A theme that resonated with a lot of people was the “waiting” for something, someone, the PERFECT circumstance for life to get good. Today, I want you to ask yourself, “What am I waiting on to be happy? To find peace? To feel joy?” The trap of this type of thinking is that you’ll be waiting forever if you’re focused on FUTURE happiness. There will always be something new to move the goalpost farther away from you. Don’t focus so much on the future that you miss the good parts of life RIGHT NOW!

Please don’t think I am saying not to have goals, aspirations, and dreams in life. The question is, while you’re on the journey towards your dreams, are you noticing the goodness in your current life? Or are you waiting for the accomplishment to define you? Accomplish things you want, of course! But eliminate the “waiting room” mindset. Notice the small blessings in your present moment WHILE you go towards your goal

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12/19/2025

Don’t WAIT to be Happy
 
Last month marked the 30th anniversary of the iconic 90s film, Waiting to Exhale ( im.angelabassett ). This movie was a favourite of mine as a 22-year-old black woman. Revisiting this classic in my 50s has me pondering a question for the community: Has your life turned into a waiting room?
 
A theme that resonated with a lot of people was the “waiting” for something, someone, the PERFECT circumstance for life to get good. Today, I want you to ask yourself, “What am I waiting on to be happy? To find peace? To feel joy?” The trap of this type of thinking is that you’ll be waiting forever if you’re focused on FUTURE happiness. There will always be something new to move the goalpost farther away from you. Don’t focus so much on the future that you miss the good parts of life RIGHT NOW!
 
Please don’t think I am saying not to have goals, aspirations, and dreams in life. The question is, while you’re on the journey towards your dreams, are you noticing the goodness in your current life? Or are you waiting for the accomplishment to define you? Accomplish things you want, of course! But eliminate the “waiting room” mindset. Notice the small blessings in your present moment WHILE you go towards your goal
 
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‼️Remember, is only for entertainment and does not provide medical advice. Always consult your physician or mental health professional for guidance.

12/12/2025

Fight isn't the ONLY bad reaction

During my coaching sessions with clients, I broke down the differences between small, medium, and large reactions in relation to small, medium, and large “don’t want” situations for my clients. Prior to our session, they mistakenly thought that a huge blowup was the only bad reaction. When a large don’t want happens, and they get into fight and start yelling at loved ones because they are angry, they could recognize this as costly. However, in milder situations, my clients were dismissing their emotions and their REACTIONS.

The thing is, milder don’t want situations still have costly reactions. It could be freeze, it could be internal fight, you could be avoiding. The difference between that big blowup and something like avoidance is that one is external and one is internal. The “cost” of external fight is that it makes you look bad. Most people are very concerned with how they are PERCEIVED by others. With the more internal reactions, you might look calm, but your thoughts and emotions are a mess! It is still costly.

For today’s , I ask you to pay less attention to your image in the eyes of others and instead pay more attention to how you are reacting internally during those smaller don’t wants. Those sneakier, less obvious reactions are just as costly as the rare big blowup.

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12/12/2025

Fight isn’t the ONLY bad reaction

During my coaching sessions with clients, I broke down the differences between small, medium, and large reactions in relation to small, medium, and large “don’t want” situations for my clients. Prior to our session, they mistakenly thought that a huge blowup was the only bad reaction. When a large don’t want happens, and they get into fight and start yelling at loved ones because they are angry, they could recognize this as costly. However, in milder situations, my clients were dismissing their emotions and their REACTIONS.

The thing is, milder don’t want situations still have costly reactions. It could be freeze, it could be internal fight, you could be avoiding. The difference between that big blowup and something like avoidance is that one is external and one is internal. The “cost” of external fight is that it makes you look bad. Most people are very concerned with how they are PERCEIVED by others. With the more internal reactions, you might look calm, but your thoughts and emotions are a mess! It is still costly.

For today’s , I ask you to pay less attention to your image in the eyes of others and instead pay more attention to how you are reacting internally during those smaller don’t wants. Those sneakier, less obvious reactions are just as costly as the rare big blowup.

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Do you pay attention to internal reactions?

12/05/2025

On Conflict Pt. 2: Rupture & Repair

Today’s is part 2 in a short series on conflict. Continuing through the holiday season, it’s a time of assessing our relationships. There are different levels of relationship: casual relationships (perhaps with your neighbors, for example) and then more important relationships (e.g., friendships, partnerships, your children, etc.) When you think about your relationship with those important people, can you trust the depth of that relationship? How do you know it’s a real relationship and not a shallow one?

The answer lies in how that relationship holds up under a rupture. A rupture happens when a don’t want occurs, someone reacts, and there’s a disconnection. A rupture will occur no matter what because conflict is a part of any relationship. In a real, deep relationship, you DON’T avoid conflict. You allow the rupture to be present, and you are HONEST with your person. Through that process, you can make repairs and grow together.

Do you have the AWARENESS to SEE the rupture, CHANGE your conflict avoidance pattern, and DO something different by repairing instead? Conflict avoidance costs you depth of relationship, self-trust, and honesty. In the end, it doesn’t work because a rupture will ultimately occur anyway. Trust the strength of the relationships you have to handle a rupture and accept a repair. We get stronger where we break, heal, and grow. This is true biologically and emotionally.

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Do you know how to repair conflict?

12/05/2025

On Conflict Pt. 2: Rupture & Repair

Today’s hashtag is part 2 in a short series on conflict. Continuing through the holiday season, it’s a time of assessing our relationships. There are different levels of relationship: casual relationships (perhaps with your neighbors, for example) and then more important relationships (e.g., friendships, partnerships, your children, etc.) When you think about your relationship with those important people, can you trust the depth of that relationship? How do you know it’s a real relationship and not a shallow one?

The answer lies in how that relationship holds up under a rupture. A rupture happens when a don’t want occurs, someone reacts, and there’s a disconnection. A rupture will occur, regardless, because conflict is inherent in any relationship. In a real, deep relationship, you DON’T avoid conflict. You allow the rupture to be present, and you are HONEST with your person. Through that process, you can make repairs and grow together.

Do you have the AWARENESS to SEE the rupture, CHANGE your conflict avoidance pattern, and DO something different by repairing instead? Conflict avoidance costs you depth of relationship, self-trust, and honesty. In the end, it doesn’t work because a rupture will ultimately occur anyway. Trust the strength of the relationships you have to handle a rupture and accept a repair. We get stronger where we break, heal, and grow. This is true biologically and emotionally.

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‼️Remember, is for entertainment purposes only and does not provide medical advice. Always consult your physician or mental health professional for guidance.

11/21/2025

On Conflict Pt. 1

Today’s is part 1 in a short series on conflict. As we head into the holiday season, it’s essential to determine whether you’re a peacemaker or a “CALM SEEKER”. They are different. A true peacemaker RESPONDS to conflict. Versus, a calm seeker who AVOIDS conflict in order to keep the calm of a situation. Calm seekers may not react outwardly, but they will fight internally and lose all internal peace. These individuals often sacrifice their own needs and wants for the sake of others, which can create tension and ultimately result in an explosion down the line.

A peacemaker handles conflict authentically, from a place of truth. There is no big fight when they say “No,” “Stop”, “I don’t want __”. It is simply true. From that place of internal peace, one can respond to their situation and resolve conflicts, rather than just burying them. While you are with your family this holiday season, ask yourself Who are you when conflict arises?

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