BONUS EPISODE
A fun chat with the pods number 1 fan and all round legend, Kaine! Kaine is a FIFO Diesel Mechanic who know a thing or 2 about OT! A very non-serious look into our lives.
Hope you love it!
BONUS EPISODE
A fun chat with the pods number 1 fan and all round legend, Kaine! Kaine is a FIFO Diesel Mechanic who know a thing or 2 about OT! A very non-serious look into our lives.
Hope you love it!
Today's episode is very proudly brought to you by InReach Co, australia's first exclusively regional, rural and remote Allied Health job platform. Inreach Co was created by Allied Health professionals for Allied Health professionals and is committed to connecting Australian communities with the Allied Health care workers they need For a simple and interactive way to explore current regional and remote positions, or for businesses wanting to explore job advertisement opportunities. Head to wwwinreachcocomau. The links will also be in the show notes. G'day guys and welcome to Holly the OT podcast. My name is Holly and I am an occupational therapist looking to create a judgment-free zone for all OT students, new grads and early year therapists. Join me as I give my honest opinions on the highs and the lows and the ins and the outs of being an OT. Before I start today's episode, I'd like to acknowledge the Wujak Nongaw people who are the traditional custodians of the land this episode was recorded.
Speaker 1:Get out back to another episode of Holly the OT podcast. Thank you so much for joining me. It's been a little while and for that I'm very, very sorry. How to put people messaging, checking in, making sure that everything is okay and I am so fine and dandy. I've just been super busy in that end of year crunch, getting all of my clinical things sorted and I've just been so slack in getting a podcast episode out there. So for those of you who have a message, thank you so much. It actually is so kind, but all is good. I've got two podcast EPs to drop before the end of the year from having a little holiday, which is so exciting, but yes, all is well.
Speaker 1:Today's EPP is potentially my favorite episode of all the episodes I've done and I know I say that often, but today's guest is potentially my favorite person to ever walk this earth. Actually, I'm going to say yes, he's definitely my favorite person to ever walk this earth and that is my lovely boyfriend Kane. There is nothing informative in this podcast. There is very minimal OT chat. Oh, there is a little bit, but we are just having a laugh. I actually recorded this as a bonus episode. We did it about three and a half weeks ago and it was just meant to be a little filler, like while I knew I wasn't going to have time to do any interviews, and then I just forgot to post it. So its purpose was just to fill the gaps. But now it gets its own standalone week. It's standalone month almost, and I hope you guys enjoy. Kane is the absolute best and he's such a good sport and I just love him for coming on the pod, so enjoy that.
Speaker 1:Before we do that, I'm going to get into my highs and my lows. My high for the week is that I started my registration process for NDIS, which is really daunting, but also exciting that I'm in a position where I'm able to do so and I'm confident to do so. Obviously, with the NDIS review, there's been some recommendations that have come out of that and obviously nothing is mandated yet, but I'm at a position where I think I would rather be registered, even though I have no agency managed clients. But yeah, I think it's always been a bit of a contentious topic about whether you need to or don't need to be registered. So I'm going down the path and I'm going to share it all with you guys. It's not something that's going to happen quickly. Obviously, I'll have to go through audit, but I'll share the process with you guys for anyone who is interested. My low for the week is I don't actually really have one, because it's been a really good week Cain's been home the week that I'm recording this but actually I do have one my niece, my little niece.
Speaker 1:She graduated from preschool and she just looked so adorable and I was just really sad that I wasn't there. And in the same week, my nephew he won the Academic Excellence Award at his kindergarten, first year of school, and I again was just really, really sad that I wasn't there. But I'm so proud of them, love them. But it's just one of those things I feel like. Every second episode I'm talking about how sad I am for missing out on something. But that's okay, that's enough from me. I'm going to jump straight into this app. Highs and lows are done. Let's get into the absolute best podcast interview I have done. Happy listening, welcome.
Speaker 1:The next guest to the Holly the OT podcast is my favorite guest of all time, potentially the most requested guest of all time as well. Welcome guest. Hey guys, please introduce yourself. Who are you? I'm Cain. I'm Holly Spanner. Hello, cain, holly's partner. Thank you so much for joining us here today. Thank you for having me. Holly the OT podcast. Are you excited to be here? I'm excited to be here. What are you expecting out of this episode? I don't know. Do you know what you're going to be asked?
Speaker 2:I have no idea. Have you been briefed? Well, obviously, it's three truths and a lie.
Speaker 1:Three truths and a lie.
Speaker 2:And then the fun fact at the end. But everything in between is just Just nice. A little bit chit chat.
Speaker 1:A little bit chit chat. Have some yugs. Yeah Well, thanks so much for joining, as I said, very highly requested. You have been on the podcast before, though this isn't your first time. No, it's not For those who may be new to the pod when have you been on the podcast before?
Speaker 2:I've done a couple of fun facts here and there the old fun fact cameo.
Speaker 1:Yes, you have done some fun facts before, and where were we when we were doing that for Sunday?
Speaker 2:I think it was spring, I think the other ones.
Speaker 1:I can't remember. Oh, you're going to specific geographical locations. Well, yeah. Well, it more just meant like we were travelling, oh yeah on the road, on the road On the way over here, and when you say over here To, Perth Correct To our new home, To our new state.
Speaker 2:West is not best.
Speaker 1:West is not best. No, we're still on the fence about West being best. West is okay. Yeah, easter's beast, oh, Easter's beast, I don't know, I don't know, I like it. I like it. Well, as you have introduced already or you've already mentioned, kane that you are here for one purpose and one purpose only, and that is for your Two Truths and a Lie. I now know why it took you so long because you were doing Three Truths and a Lie when two was all that was needed. But what have you got for me? Two Truths and a Lie. And before you start, I will just say sorry to interject, as you were so excited to tell me you do love this game, and whenever I have a new person on interview, someone else, you always ask me what was the Two Truths and a Lie? So tell me, what do you got?
Speaker 2:So my favourite lol is Red Frogs. Yeah, I had a big love for riding bikes and after three years I still have no idea what an occupational therapist does.
Speaker 1:That's a lie. They're all true. Wait, no, okay, that would be a lie then, because you do know what an occupational therapist does, and you love bikes and you love Red Frogs, so is that your lie?
Speaker 2:That is my lie.
Speaker 1:So you do know what OTs? I was like, what are they? Yes, you do know who's that. You do know what OTs? Okay, so you do know what OTs is? Yeah, you do. What an incredible segue. I know, and this is actually one of the questions that was sent in by a lovely listener, and it was one I was going to ask you anyway, and I always ask any non-OT guests onto the pod, and that is to give me your best explanation of occupational therapy. Go.
Speaker 2:So you tried to help people do everyday life things as what one of us will function as one person would normally do.
Speaker 1:You've dropped some great words in their function every day. I love it. Would you like to give specific examples for what I do?
Speaker 2:every day. You do pediatrics, pediatrics, right, you work with kids, as you guys already know what pediatrics is, anyway. Well, you come home you say you play a lot of games. I do play a lot of games. Emotional regulation yeah, regulate their emotions, get in touch with their bodies.
Speaker 1:Yeah, what were we doing yesterday, when you were laying in the office while I was doing work, when you were laying down and I was telling them?
Speaker 2:tell them tell them what were we doing, getting in touch with my body and feeling the word You're. We were doing a body check.
Speaker 1:A body check, that's the one. And we were teaching you about your interception. Yes, and you were very good at it. I did all right. I mean rightly so, as you should be like. You have no reason to not be good at your interceptive awareness. But, yes, you learned about a body check. Anyway, I cut you off. Continue. Insert cricket sound here. What about this? What are some of my favorite activities to do with the children? The body soft, the tunnel.
Speaker 2:Yes, and he's sort of game We've got Mr man, oh Mr man.
Speaker 1:And what's Mr man for?
Speaker 2:So helps the children, or when you tear out or where their feelings are.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Mr man is body check Like you could do body check because you've got interseptive awareness. But children who don't have that need the visual of Mr man to do his body like, do their body checks Like they look at Mr man. So, yeah, great, whoa, you want to be my AHA.
Speaker 2:No, no, I'm good, another one. Zones of regulation, hit me. What are the zones? Yellow, yes, excited yeah. Blue, sad yeah, red, cranky, yeah. And green, good, good yeah.
Speaker 1:Good, happy, calm. Yeah, we wouldn't say anything particularly bad though. No, no, we wouldn't, because you can be all emotions at all times and that's okay. Yes, I know what you mean by good, of course. Calm, happy, green. How do you know about the zones, ken?
Speaker 2:Your house in like a ridge is at zones of regulation chart in the kitchen that you guys used to change daily.
Speaker 1:With all our little pictures on it. I think I've spoken about it on the pod before, actually, but yet had all our little pictures on it, even had the dogs on it, and we all were just checking in all the time. Kane obviously didn't live in Lightning Ridge, so he had a cameo appearance. His would come out of the drawer when he was visiting and we'd stick him on Great fun, and it got us all aware, which is so great. Now, if I woke up one day, kane, and I decided I don't want to work with kids anymore, what else could I do?
Speaker 2:We could work with aged care, like the elderly.
Speaker 1:The elderly.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's fine, that's a good work, yeah that's good Stroke people, or people that have had stroke Rehab yeah yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:What do I always say when I'm missing you? I'm like I want to come work with you On the mines. Yeah, whatever you're doing the mines To work, back to work, back to work. Work is typically the name. Yeah, well, you've done a great job. Yeah, I think it would be the perfect segue, because I realised we didn't do any introduction about you other than that you're my boyfriend and there's way more.
Speaker 2:People, everyone.
Speaker 1:I think, yeah, we didn't. We'd learned nothing about you. So please enlighten the listeners about you. Where did you grow up? What do you do for work? How was school for you? Let me know.
Speaker 2:I grew up in a little town called Tamworth in country New South Wales. Where were you born, Born in Dubbo oh Dub.
Speaker 1:Vegas.
Speaker 2:Dub Vegas, a beautiful part of the world. Some would say God's country, some would say Not all Lived in Tamworth for 27 years in my life, Become a dropped out of school in New Year 11. Got the apprenticeship when I was 20 years old as a diesel mechanic. Where did you work before you were a diesel mechanic?
Speaker 1:I was more so just emphasizing that it's cool that you worked at Kmart for so long. Yeah, pretty cool, place Pretty cool dude yeah, pretty cool, cool place for a cool dude.
Speaker 2:And then, since then, moved to Newcastle, where I met the lovely Holly, the OT. What, oh my gosh, she sounds so cool.
Speaker 1:The crowd goes wow.
Speaker 2:And then from there got into the mines in Newcastle and was there for a year and a half and then decided to chase Holly over to WA Smelly.
Speaker 1:If our families are listening. This was Kane's idea no.
Speaker 2:Obviously, the opportunity for working in WA is very good for my occupation. So, yeah, we decided to snap to that and come over for a couple of years.
Speaker 1:And here we are.
Speaker 2:And here we are speaking of occupation. Yeah.
Speaker 1:What is your occupation?
Speaker 2:I am a plant mechanic, yes, but I'm dual qualified as a heavy diesel mechanic as well.
Speaker 1:Incredible. Very hard work, very physical work, very physical work, very dirty work.
Speaker 2:It is very dirty.
Speaker 1:You are filthy all the time, love it, which is why I'm glad you work away. No offense, because now my sheets and our sheet, we can have white sheets, we can have white sheets, although I can't because my fake tan goes on them anyway, so the problem is not completely avoided. But yes, very hard work and you're very hard worker. Unchop, unchop, unchop. If anyone listens to, we mean well, we are totally flogging out of them. One of the other questions from our listeners was how did we meet? I'll leave this one up to you.
Speaker 2:We met on a little dating platform called Tinder.
Speaker 1:It's such a diplomatic way of putting it A little dating platform. We confessed our love to each other. We did and I love it first swipe, as they say.
Speaker 2:Hey, that was a good one.
Speaker 1:It's definitely not original. Yeah, Ah, thinking of occupations came. Do you have any other occupations? And if you say you know OT as well as you do say you do, you'll be able to answer this Just going to the gym and occupation. Yeah, it is, he's good, that's all.
Speaker 2:I got.
Speaker 1:That's all you got.
Speaker 2:Traveling yes. Going to the beach yes. Riding our bikes one it could be. Yeah, you like to do that?
Speaker 1:Yeah, Well that's all I got. You're a pretty cruisey guy.
Speaker 2:I am yes.
Speaker 1:Now, cain, I put a story up on my question box asking the listeners to send in any random questions they had for you, and we had a few come in. We also had a lot of my friends and family just absolutely rousing me, but that's okay. So if you would like to participate, I'm going to give you some rapid fire questions.
Speaker 2:Let's go, let's do it.
Speaker 1:Alrighty. Question number one was how do you put up with Holly? She seems like hard work and before you answer that, guess who it came from.
Speaker 2:The tough one, alice.
Speaker 1:No, another cousin though, emily. Yeah, my family think I'm annoying.
Speaker 2:Anyway, answer that question You're not hard work. Oh, that's nuts, you're very cruisey, very easygoing Love life Okay, everyone has their days some more than others.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you are a bit annoying to me. I'm a person, I am. We're just annoying together. Yeah, um, yeah, take that Emily. Ah, yeah, um. Next question that came in, and this is a funny one. And have you noticed any of your own neurodivergent quirks? Since dating Holly and learning about OT, I've always.
Speaker 2:Tude my fingernails.
Speaker 1:Yes, and have you, did you know, like sort of why you chewed your fingernails? No, no.
Speaker 2:Um, I've done since I was a little kid, mm-hmm, um. So that's something that I've picked up and other things I do. I tap my fingers to random beats when I try and explain a story. I Map out my story with my fingers, thinking that people can you're very handsy with it, with an explanation, aren't you?
Speaker 1:You're very, um, very much move your hands around. I do any others. It's a few that we've always spoken about. We always love like we're both, you know, probably neurodivergent ourselves. We're both a little bit ADHD. I don't mean that lightly, by the way, I'm not just dismissing that but we've definitely had some conversations about this. We have, I feel like there's, there's others of yours. I just can't get them off the top of my head.
Speaker 2:Um.
Speaker 1:You do love learning about regulation stuff. So don't you you do of learning about, like, how I regulate and how you regulate and how it's different? And yeah, it's always, it's always good, fun chats, but I can't think of anything else you do. You're very uh fidgety. In like right now you are rocking. You are seeking that vestibular input, so you're a little bit nervous. I told you don't have to be, but you have just not stopped rocking. Yeah, so you definitely a fidgeter. Um, I chew a lot.
Speaker 2:You do chew a lot. Yes, plastic there's not always chewy like bits of plastic. You always catch me with bits of plastic in my mouth.
Speaker 1:Do you think that that is a regulation thing or do you think it's a that quit smoking thing? Came as a smoker for a long time and he quit, which was incredible to do like it was very hard for you and you used gum to supplement chewing, just to supplement smoking, sorry.
Speaker 2:Um, I've always chewed, you've always chewed, yeah, chewer, from 93.
Speaker 1:True from way back yeah chomping on the, on the plastic plastic. No, it's trying to think of like a kid thing. I couldn't think of anything. I don't really know anything about kids, so Is that your job? No, not me.
Speaker 2:Not me. Fake it, so you make it baby. That's what.
Speaker 1:I'd say Um, yeah, cool. Uh, another question that came in, Um, and I'm just gonna get my phone just so I can read this one out Properly. I just don't want to miss it. It was quite a nice one, um, it says what is it like Dating a world famous, recognizable on the street podcaster? And that one came in from Hooli Hooli Gotham. Uh, don't, don't know who that is. Um, anything to say to that one?
Speaker 2:You have been recognized a few times while I've been out.
Speaker 1:Um stop. When I said that, I was like, oh no, no, it's gonna sound like I was trying to bring that up, but I have. I have actually been recognized, and it's very, very surreal. It is not recognized, that's not the right word.
Speaker 2:Well, it's not like to see from where you've were to where you are now and how big your community is.
Speaker 1:Yeah, from the, from the dumps to the guy, yeah, yeah, it's really cool. And did you know I was world famous? I don't know if we've spoken about this, but no, I didn't realize you were world famous.
Speaker 1:I have an assistant listener and if you are this listener, I'd love you to hit the dm. I have a consistent listener from Finland, from Finland, from Finland. They've listened to probably like 80% of the episodes and I know you're thinking like holy, that's so stalkerish. I love stats and I look at my stats. I look at where all you guys are located. I know what cities you come from. I know if you listen to the full episode or if you switch me off after 10 minutes, half the time, I don't blame you. But there's, yeah, consistent Finland. Uh, listen up, finish, finland, finlandie, finish, I don't know. I'm asking you.
Speaker 2:I'm asking you.
Speaker 1:Someone from Finland.
Speaker 2:You breaking free right there, I'm breaking free, sorry, why.
Speaker 1:What is the context of seeing that?
Speaker 2:Out of our borders, oh of course, of course.
Speaker 1:I was thinking like this would be a good time if we had, like a producer that could then, you know, have the big podcast like yeah, stop for me, do this, that'd be great. Some hella sport, some hella sport.
Speaker 2:Dior, we love Dior, davo, davo, tom Tom's.
Speaker 1:Yeah, great, I don't know where we've gotten sidetracked. Oh yeah, international listeners. What's it like it's?
Speaker 2:cool, famous. It's great. I'm unrecognisable now.
Speaker 1:Yeah, thanks, Bev. Yeah, Another question that came in was and I bet you can guess who this was from as well when are you going to propose to Holly?
Speaker 2:I have no idea who it was. There's probably many people that would ask that question.
Speaker 1:It could have come through from multiple people. In fact, it did come through twice, but that's okay.
Speaker 2:Well, I'll keep you all guessing and I'll keep Holly guessing as well.
Speaker 1:I'm waiting. I know It'll happen when it happens.
Speaker 2:Exactly.
Speaker 1:Whatever, another question that came in, which I thought was a nice one that you could answer, was what is your favorite thing about me?
Speaker 2:Your personality, your. Whenever you walk into a room, it always seems to lighten up.
Speaker 1:Oh, I thought so. Yeah, You've been so confused.
Speaker 2:That's the count. No, I thought bubbly personality is probably the best thing about you.
Speaker 1:God, I can't wait to play this to the grandkids one day. That's very kind, dar. Thanks so much Pleasure. There's one last question that came through, which could be our last one to wrap this up, and it was is the Holly that we get on the podcast the same as the Holly that is like in real life, 100%?
Speaker 2:She's probably more bubbly and over the top and full of joy in real life. I don't know if that's a compliment.
Speaker 1:Everyone's like, oh God, she's too much on the podcast, and now you're saying she's worse.
Speaker 2:No, she's not worse, she's amazing. You are amazing.
Speaker 1:I literally thought this whole podcast was going to be us like taking the piece out of each other, but you've just been very kind, so I guess I should say kind of thing about you. You probably should. Yeah, I like him, mustache. Thanks, that's all I got. I'll take it. Nah, you're a cool dude, you know. I love you, thank you. Well, that's sort of all the questions I had for you. We did a little bit of OT, a little bit of not OT. What are the plans for the future? Kane? Where are we going? What are we doing?
Speaker 2:I wouldn't mind going north from here, going north, hitting the road again. Xmouth, just keep doing our lap around and see where we go. Might get back in your chest. Well, we don't want to be here for a bit. Let's go overseas who?
Speaker 1:knows Love that If any of our family have listened in, they're like oh.
Speaker 2:God, there's a bug coming up. No, we'll take it as it comes. We'll see what happens.
Speaker 1:See what happens and hopefully this podcast can make us an income so we don't have to worry.
Speaker 2:Listening guys.
Speaker 1:Oh, this is a good one. I know I just said we're going to wrap it up, but if there was someone that was listening to this episode and they were thinking they might like to reach out, 2024 news coming around. They want to sponsor the podcast, support a diehard OT out, and you had to give them a pitch, and your pitch was what was going to sell them over whether or not they will sponsor me or not. What would your pitch be?
Speaker 2:You're looking to sponsor someone. I have the person for you. All the OT and all the OT podcast is your person. She is charismatic oh big word. She is amazing. She's bubbly. She is the best OT I know. I think I only have two OTs.
Speaker 1:Hey, if you listen to me, he doesn't mean that you think you're good OT too.
Speaker 2:She'd be the best person for your role. I don't know.
Speaker 1:They're really great. I heard the ding-dings coming in. They want me, they do. Thanks, mate, appreciate that. Okay, we're going to wrap this up now. You've been an absolute trooper, thank you. Thanks for coming on. Thank you for having me. I hope that people find joy about it. Whoa, whoa, whoa, rewind, whoa. I hope that people found joy out of this episode and enjoyed getting to know you, and if you guys want him back on, let me know and you can come back on again. Please don't. No, look, it wouldn't be Kane's first choice to be on a podcast, but you've been a trooper, thank you. Now, kane, we end all episodes the exact same way. We're going to pretend this is the outro and the episode has ended. I've said goodbye to you and then you just happen to be back in the room for a Fun fact. That was amazing. Thanks, I actually hit that note really well, you did. I'm a singer, you are. What have you got for me, kane? Fun fact.
Speaker 2:I don't know the exact stats. Oh, he's winging it.
Speaker 1:We love it. I'm going to bring it the best fun facts on this podcast are the ones that probably aren't true, so don't worry.
Speaker 2:So there are 2.8 million people in Western Australia.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, this is a good one.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and 2.2 of them live in Perth. I think that's wrong?
Speaker 1:I think it was, wasn't it 1.6 live in Perth, or was it more? Oh, yeah, because it's 600,000 people live in the rest of WA. Is that it? Yeah, so you're right? I think so. So I just jumped the gun, ruined your fun fact, just to be wrong. Yeah, and if that doesn't explain our relationship to a T, are you confirming the fun fact?
Speaker 2:I am. So there's 2.7 people, 2.7 million people in WA.
Speaker 1:Uh-huh, 2.1 in Perth. Great, so you were right. I was wrong. Yeah, I was wrong.
Speaker 2:I said 2.8 and 2.2.
Speaker 1:Tadda potato, tomato, tomato, that's very true. Nachos, nachos. I just said them the same Goal we're rambling. It happens, guys. It even happens when Kane's or it's not just me. Thank you so much, everyone that has listened in. This will be the second, last episode for 2023. I'll have one more episode for you guys. Apologies for the big delay. We've just been busy livin', livin', lovin', prospering. Live loud, live proud. I will have an episode for you guys so soon, but thank you so much for tuning in. See you Bye.