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
If You Are Overloaded, Start Here: The 3 Changes That Free Up Cognitive Capacity
In this episode, I share the first three changes I recommend when cognitive overload has reached the point where everything feels heavy:• Externalising information so your brain is not forced to remember every step of every task• ...
ADHD, Cognitive Load, and the Systems That Hold the Brain
What happens when the person supporting executive function also lives with ADHD themselves?In this episode of Cognitive Capacity Chat, I sit down with mental health Occupational Therapist Dani from Mindspace OT to explore the re...
Thinking about getting a VA? Listen here first.
You hired an admin assistant to take work off your plate, and somehow you are doing twice the work just handing things over. The service agreement comes back not quite right, so you fix it yourself, because that is faster than explaining it aga...
Money Stopped Being a Big Deal When I Did These Things (Multi Six-Figure Clinic Owner)
Money used to be a big deal for me. Not because there was never enough of it, but because I was holding all of it in my head. How much was set aside for tax. What the operating expenses came to. Whether there was enough to pay myself this fortn...
The One Thing You Can Change in Your Week to Get More Done (and it's not more time at your desk)
The first thing most overloaded therapists cut is their training. It looks like the responsible trade, one more hour at the desk instead of an hour moving your body, and the maths seems to add up. In this episode I make the case that you have t...