Healthcare Portfolio
I have spent the last 20+ years writing stories for magazines and helping business' create content to promote their important messages. After pivoting to train as an occupational therapist – I run a private mental health practice specializing in eating disorders – I've synthesized my knowledge and now offer healthcare communications services to clinics, practitioners, startups, and hospital services. Read more about me here and click on any of the images below for more information.
Blog Posts
A series of blog posts for Florence, a nursing staffing app, on issues facing healthcare organizations.
Role: Content Writer
Initially a website edit for Q2 Workplace Wellness, it became a full website re-write as the company evolved.
Company Website
Role: Copy Writer + Copy Editor
Private Practice Website
I previously worked as an occupational therapist and ran a private practice for teenagers who needed mental health support, especially with eating disorders.
Role: Copy Writer
Stress Management Curriculum
In collaboration with the founder of Q2 Workplace Wellness, we developed a stress management curriculum for employees. It included written and audio content.
Role: Curriculum Designer + Developer
In collaboration with the founder of Q2 Workplace Wellness, we developed mental health assessments for employees, including results pages that provided education and therapeutic advice.
Mental Health Assessments
Role: Project Manager + Researcher + Content Writer + Editor
Working with the project manager, we produced annual reports over four years for the Department of Pediatrics, UBC Faculty of Medicine, at BC Children’s Hospital.
Annual Reports
Role: Copy Editor
Writing Clips
How Can Occupational Therapists Help In Eating Disorder Recovery? (National Eating Disorder Information Centre)
Massage Therapy is a Natural Fit with First Nations Culture (Massage Matters Canada: A Journal for Registered Massage Therapists)
An Alternative to Using Ozempic for Weight Loss (Shelley Jensen & Associates)
Volunteering in Vietnam: The adventures of RMTs in the Far East (Massage Matters Canada: A Journal for Registered Massage Therapists)
Social Media Posts
Email Newsletters for businesses (ghostwritten)
Know the buyer’s narrative: Understanding the optics is a key to the negotiating process (The Wise Exit)
Ops Playbook: Vendor disasters, compliance 101, and contract review (The Bottleneck)
Health Blog
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Published articles in:
Health: Massage Matters, SPA magazine, FLARE magazine, National Eating Disorder Information Centre’s blog, and the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists’ blog.
Travel: USAToday.com, Readers Digest, Air Canada’s enRoute, WestJet Magazine, Western Living, Marriott Traveler, British Columbia Magazine, BCLiving, VIA destinations, Travelife, West magazine, VIA magazine (an AAA publication), Gateways (Carnival Cruise Lines), The Vancouver Sun, and Fodor’s and Best Places Northwest guidebooks.
Content writer and/or copywriter for: Q2 Workplace Wellness, Florence (healthcare staffing app), Canada Wide Media, BC Business Magazine, and Tailwind (business newsletters).
Editor and/or copyeditor for: UBC Department of Pediatrics – BC Children's Hospital and The Registered Massage Therapists Association of BC.
Books: Dancing Through History: In Search of the Stories that Define Canada (2012) and Silent Screams: Into and Out of Bulimia Through Poetry (2008, 2014)
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Master of Science: MSc Occupational Therapy (Leeds Beckett University, UK)
Master of Arts: MA Dance Anthropology (University of Roehampton, UK)