Why I left clinical Occupational Therapy after 10 years (honest breakdown)

Welcome back to my channel. If you're new here, my name is Sheila and I am an occupational therapist by day and by night. I'm a content creator here on all platforms where I cover beverages, travel, and all the fun things in between. So, if you're new here, that's [music] my spiel. But if you've been

here before, you might notice that this is a different background. [music] So, I'm getting settled in my apartment here in the Bay Area. And if you've seen the title, as I'm recording this, [music] I did move to the Bay Area. I'm no longer traveling [music] because I found a non-clinical role. So, even my

intro seems a little outdated because I'm not practicing as an occupational therapist or certified hand therapist any longer because I'm now in a 100% [music] nonclinical role. and I shared it on my Tik Tok and I've had quite a few questions. So, I figured let me take some time to answer some questions that

I've had [music] and I shared about my career pivot on my personal Instagram, not my drink Instagram, but on my personal Instagram and I also shared about it [music] on my Tik Tok. and I've gotten a lot of questions and I just figured instead of replying to people individually or setting time to meet up

[music] I have really really way too much going on. So I figured I'd make this video hopefully as a resource for people that are looking to transition, thinking of transitioning or you just have I don't know a lot of questions. [music] So it's taken me a while to share this video or to record this video

because I don't even know where to start cuz I feel like this has been such a journey. [music] the clinical to nonclinical pivot has been such a journey and I've had to sit and think about it. I've been to Brazil and I've thought about it. It's just I've been settled in this job. I've been working