Occupational therapist, Halley Read, is Pacific University’s Clinical Professor. We discuss: how occupational therapy helps people transitioning into maternal care, retirement and from college to the "real world;"

Additionally, we discuss what prevents people from being happy; how to live in uncertainty; seeking out optimism; sensory processing; the role OT has in mental healthcare and in solving the challenges our healthcare system in the US.

If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to www.thrivewithleo.com. Let’s get to tomorrow, together.

Suicide Prevention Center (Los Angeles)

877-727-4747

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

800-273-TALK [800-273-8255]

1-800-SUICIDE [800-784-2433]

Teen Line (Los Angeles)

800-852-8336

The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)

866-488-7386

National Domestic Violence Hotline

800-799-SAFE [800-799-7233]

Crisis Text Line

Text "Connect" to 741741 in the USA

Lifeline Chat

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/

International Suicide Resources: https://www.iasp.info/

HALLEY READ: HOW TO SEE THROUGH DESPAIR