Emma Gee in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Occupational therapist

Emma Gee

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Address: PO Box 3146 3101 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.emma-gee.com

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25.01.2022 People with disability and their families have voiced concerns about NDIS Independent Assessments proposed Morrison Government reforms that threaten to erode ...the scheme. After months of public opposition to these changes, a Parliamentary Inquiry has been launched. Make your views heard here: https://bit.ly/3nnRbzB

25.01.2022 Did you know that a demo video for my book can be seen at https://youtu.be/NZ9PXk4GEm8 and the book can also be purchased online in paperback or ebook format #author #emmagee

25.01.2022 Telehealth Physio today in my work break! Yikes the longevity of my #stroke journey - botox yesterday & rehab today!!!! Tomorrow is meeting my friend for coffee #rehab #emmagee

25.01.2022 From Emma Gee: On Tuesday morning, I decided to go for a walk with my dog along my local trail to get a coffee before work. An early start, fresh air and caffei...ne would be a great beginning to my day. However, my morning stroll didn’t give me the kickstart I needed. In my haste to get on the trail, I decided to cut across the inclined gravel surface. Subsequently, I unexpectedly fell. Picture me I’m lying on the bitumen footpath. My walking frame toppled sideways it’s left wheels spinning frantically. The spinning motion is actually quite familiar with my warped vision (nystagmus). My dog licks my arm, perplexed as to why I’m suddenly lying in a horizontal plane, and I’m feeling equally disoriented. I’m too scared to move. My leg throbs. It’s a busy trail so I’m comforted knowing that soon I’ll get some help. However, fellow pedestrians and cyclists just float by my outstretched body in their own bubbles. I feel invisible. Two masked teenagers, engrossed in their phone, walk around me. Tandem cyclists ding their bells calling, passing on the right but after overtaking me, just keep pedaling. An ear-phoned lady runs past me, but her pace doesn’t slow. No one stops. They’re in their own bubbles and oblivious to my plight. I realise that I have to get up alone. I do. I peel myself off the path, right my frame and heave my sore body to sit on the curb-side bluestone block to inspect my grazed leg. I take a deep shaky sigh, brush the leaves off my jacket and out of my hair and get back on the track. With hindsight, I’m completely shocked that I experienced this. In my case, the other passers-by on that trail’s apathy to my predicament actually meant that I just bounced up. Despite feeling hurt, I was able to not let their disregard impact me too much. However, I worry that the emotional scars would prevent many vulnerable people doing this. Perhaps the strangers witnessing my stack justified their actions by thinking that by not assisting me they’d reduced the covid19 spread. Maybe they just didn’t see me lying across the path; or perhaps, their lack of compassion meant that I had no choice but to bounce up and keep going. But surely, even asking, ‘Are you ok? would’ve helped. Understandably, we are encouraged to remain at a physical distance, but does this prevent us from showing one another compassion? People are still falling over outside our own bubbles. Are our bubbles becoming so thick that we’re only aware of our own lives? Are we so fearful of popping our own bubbles that we forget other’s we may float over? For me, savlon masked the grazes on my legs, a hot shower washed away the leaves in my hair and coffee soothed my soul. However, nothing helped treat the invisible wounds, the emotional scars. Exiting our bubbles doesn’t need to mean an end to safety or fun. Choose to be more compassionate in your bubble and think beyond it!

22.01.2022 After a tiring day at work, nothing better than doing stretching and yoga in the sun with my support worker and Gilbert. #Support #Yoga #Resilience #Balance #Emmagee

22.01.2022 Adjusting to the ‘new covid19 normal’ is tough. Read my thoughts about the importance of reflection in this transition at https://emma-gee.com/what-will-things-look-like-for-you-3/ #reflect #covid19 #learn #blog #emmagee

22.01.2022 Welcoming Molly to our family- Gilbert’s excited to be a big brother #emmagee

21.01.2022 Read a comment from Emma’s keynote at the #OTExchange Conference last week #personcentredcare #OT #health #emmagee @OTAus

21.01.2022 Courage through crisis #speaker #keynote #resilience #courage #health #personcentredcare #emmagee @baptistcareaus

21.01.2022 Grateful Project- Loved my day of mentoring, workshops & work! @theflorey @monash_uni #rehab #emmagee

20.01.2022 Happy Occupational Therapy week 2020! Planned to be presenting in Perth but hope to next year! Meanwhile, adapting how I work has enabled me to reach many more this year! Love the #ot profession and what it enables:)#occupationaltherapy #enable #empower #adaptation #emmagee

19.01.2022 Great to be able to contribute to the young stroke project and facilitate the second service Provider workshop with the @strokefdn today. Exploring information provision in empowering providers to better support the stroke community in the recovery process!#health #stroke #serviceproviders #healthprofessionals #information #emmagee

19.01.2022 A stint of work before my yoga breath made easier with coffee ;) #balance #emmagee

19.01.2022 Telehealth Physio was extra challenging today. Trying to motivate myself to do the exercises is becoming so much harder over time! Grateful + for my support worker & physio’s guidance! #recovery #rehab #emmagee

19.01.2022 Excited to present for @baptistcareaustralia on the importance of COURAGE in developing their resilience & personcentred care. Another fantastic virtual opportunity to do what I love #speaker #keynote #resilience #courage #health #personcentredcare #emmagee @baptistcareaus

19.01.2022 Awesome hearing the findings from @strokefdn @Genyusnetwork today about #recovery for young stroke survivors #youngstrokeproject ! Hopefully I can draw on these awesome info to inform my upcoming workshops with service providers #emmagee

18.01.2022 Rehab via Telehealth continues- at least I have a great spectator in my dog, Gilbert #recovery #rehab #telehealth

18.01.2022 As many of you know, yoga’s definitely a huge part of my recovery, especially the huge importance of my breath. Being aware of it grounds me to the present moment and instantly calms me.Why not try it! Just become aware of your breath- Hold your hands gentle on your tummy. Feel your tummy move with each breath. Become aware of how the air temp changes in your nostrils: cool on the inhale, warm on the exhale. Now, close your eyes and take three deep breaths. Remember our breath is with us always- let’s choose to use it! #present #yoga #emmagee

18.01.2022 Amazing episode of Insight re ‘Cheating Death’ at this https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/insight #recovery #survival #emmagee

18.01.2022 A morning designing my upcoming workshops with service providers in information during stroke recovery and exploring ways we can empower stroke survivors @strokefdn #Stroke #health #youngstrokeproject #emmagee

17.01.2022 Latest news from the Australian Stroke Alliance: Stroke patients in the Mobile Stroke Unit are ten times more likely to be treated in the ‘golden hour’ than patients who go to hospital by ambulance: https://bit.ly/3mDlT7Q #fightstroke

17.01.2022 Grateful to be interviewed on a community radio station @Bright Sunny Days 88.6 Plenty Valley FM today by @lakes_jim about #reinventingemma #resilience and #personcentredcare

15.01.2022 My new silicon straws came today thanks to @ruby_seven_au Without Botox swallowing has certainly become more difficult so very grateful for the arrival! #straws #recovery #emmagee

15.01.2022 Needing some reading & motivation? Why not get a copy of reinventing emma to read whilst in isolation for yourself or another this Christmas . 25% off the ebook & paperback copies + a FREE bookmark! Offer only available at www.emma-gee.com until the 14/12/20 #emmagee

14.01.2022 Kylie Wales awesome seeing you on the News tonight! Brilliant xx https://10play.com.au//20/feel-good-sunday/tpv200927uoexf

14.01.2022 After an early yoga sunny park session & hot tea, now ready to start my working day #emmagee @ruby_seven_au straws & cups are awesome

14.01.2022 Too often we hear from survivors of stroke about their frustration and distress about not being able to return to their lives before stroke. Physically their re...covery from stroke may have progressed well but mentally they are struggling with their emotions and thoughts. We have known for more than a decade that mood impairment or mental health issues can limit patient recovery, but nothing is changing within our health system: https://bit.ly/rehabaudit2020 #mentalhealth #rehabaudit2020

14.01.2022 Perspective is everything! Incredible how a yoga class revitalised me tonight & grounded me on what’s important! #perspective #mindfulness #mindset #emmagee

13.01.2022 Facilitating the final workshop with the @strokefdn today. Amazing to have been involved in this co-design process and working with so many dedicated & knowledgeable providers. #health #stroke #serviceproviders #empowerment #healthprofessionals #information #emmagee

11.01.2022 Awesome being a part of the young stroke project @strokefdn #stroke #advocacy #codesign #health #emmagee

11.01.2022 Great to partake today in a photo shoot with Gilbert for @monash_uni RAIL project #Rehabilitation #Independence #connection #livedexperience #emmagee

11.01.2022 Awesome partaking in yet another zoom meeting today re NDIS Jobs & Market Advisory Group Meeting #2 #NDIS #health #consultancy #livedexperience #emmagee @monash_uni @libbycallaway1#innovative #workforce #growth #capacitybuilding

10.01.2022 Amazing listening to the panel today @SummerFoundtn annual public forum. The importance of including people with disability to build capacity, empower and enable choice & control #sda #ndis #disability #emmagee

10.01.2022 Great to partake in the NOVELL redesign workshop # 3 today - an innovation project redesigning healthcare environments to improve the healthcare #evidencebased #personcentredcare #health @theflorey #emmagee

10.01.2022 Facilitating another workshop with the @strokefdn today discussing How we can better support service providers in their information provision in empowering stroke survivors in the recovery process!#health #stroke #serviceproviders #healthprofessionals #information #emmagee

09.01.2022 The things you do in your work break! Back to have more Botox as my recent jabs weren’t sufficient to treat my facial palsy iso state! #health #stroke #emmagee

09.01.2022 Thinking beyond our bubbles is quite scary! Read my thoughts about the impacts staying in our bubble can have on another at https://emma-gee.com/thinking-beyond-bubbles/ #covid #bubble #resilience #emmagee

08.01.2022 Listening to @timcostello’s keynote on #courage #faith & #compassion for @baptistcareaustralia virtual conference on ‘courage through crisis’. Amazing perspective! Im closing this conference so a hard act to follow! #emmagee

07.01.2022 Awesome hearing the findings from @strokefdn @Genyusnetwork Today about #recovery for young stroke survivors #youngstrokeproject ! Hopefully I can draw on these awesome info to inform my upcoming workshops with service providers #emmagee

07.01.2022 Read my recent blog about the covid19 fatigue fog at https://emma-gee.com/straws-fatigue-kindness/ #author #fatigue #kindness #straws #blog #reinventingemma #emmagee

07.01.2022 Fantastic to be apart of the 2nd NOVELL Redesign Workshop today @theflorey #stroke #design #innovation #rehabilitation #emmagee

06.01.2022 Jumping for glee in my Telehealth Physio session today.... Hopefully the ease of covid19 restrictions in Melbourne means my home rehab regime may change- park running may resume. #recovery #rehab #emmagee @epworth

05.01.2022 Loving the opportunity to be interviewed virtually today about the importance of #listening in #personcentredcare Monash Health #emmagee

05.01.2022 Great to partake today in a photo shoot with Gilbert for @monash_uni RAIL project he RAIL Research #Rehabilitation #Independence #connection #livedexperience #emmagee @libbycallaway1

04.01.2022 What my Telehealth session looks like on a windy afternoon....So grateful for clear instructions from my physio @Epworth I think my poor phone nearly was driven over about 10 times! #rehab #covid19 #telehealth #recovery #emmagee

01.01.2022 Reframing Restrictions during lockdown is so tough. However, reframing things to perceive them in a positive way helps us so much. Read my thoughts at https://emma-gee.com/reframing-restrictions/ how this could look in your life! #author #positivity #covid19 #reframe #emmagee