The Cognitive Capacity Chat
If you’re a community or occupational therapist who feels mentally full, scattered, or constantly behind, this podcast is for you.
The Cognitive Capacity Chat is where we break down cognitive load, executive function, and functional cognition in a way that actually makes sense in real clinical work.
Because this is the reality:
most therapists don’t have a time problem.
They have a cognitive load problem.
And underneath all of it, cognition underpins everything.
How you plan your day.
How you make decisions.
How you communicate.
How you manage your caseload.
How you show up for your clients.
In your day-to-day work, you are constantly holding and processing information, switching between tasks, regulating yourself, and making complex decisions.
But no one teaches you how to manage that.
This podcast will.
Inside each episode, you’ll learn how to:
- Understand cognitive load and how it shows up in your work
- Apply a functional cognition lens to both your clients and yourself
- Strengthen your executive function as a therapist
- Reduce mental overload and stop feeling constantly behind
- Build systems and workflows that actually work with your brain
This is not about working harder.
It is about working in a way your brain can actually sustain.
If you want to feel clearer, more in control, and more effective in your work as a therapist, you’re in the right place.
The Cognitive Capacity Chat
Latest Episodes
You Already Have the Skill Set: Choosing Systems Like a Clinician
Every therapist I know — OT, speechy, physio, dietitian — knows how to prescribe from a lens that's functional, practical, actionable, digestible. And I very much doubt you'd make recommendations without the assessment piece first. So tell me w...
The Three Gaps Behind Your Overload (And no, one of them isn't Time Management)
Most community therapists know they are overloaded. What they cannot see is why, or where it is actually coming from.In this episode, Imogen breaks down the three gaps sitting underneath almost every sign of cognitive overload in communi...
Same Highway, New Sign: The Cost of Inaction.
While clearing out drawers for a renovation, I found an old journal entry from 2021, written back when I was still a clinician describing compassion fatigue and a caseload with no room left for me. I thought the answer was simple. Build m...
Why Community Therapists Wake Up Exhausted Before Work Even Starts And What To Do About It
Children are finally in bed. You land on the couch, pick up your phone, and start scrolling to avoid how tired you feel. You tell yourself this is rest. The truth is you have not rested at all. You are just adding more cars to an already full h...
Finally, Words for What You're Feeling: Your Brain Is a Highway and There's a Traffic Jam
If you have ever felt completely maxed out but couldn't quite explain why, this episode is for you. In Episode 10, Imogen introduces the Traffic Jam Analogy — a framework she developed through clinical work with a client with an acquired brain ...