OT Yourself to Freedom

Beki Eakins
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The Podcast that shows OTs how to build a life of freedom using skills they already have! Tired of feeling overworked, underpaid, and stuck in a system that doesn’t value your worth? It’s time to break free. Welcome to OT Yourself to Freedom, the only podcast that teaches Occupational Therapists across the world how to sell high-ticket offers online — using the skills they already have. Hosted by Beki Eakins, a former OT turned business coach, this podcast dives deep into: ✔ How to create a profitable, freedom-based business without burnout ✔ The truth about selling high-ticket offers (and why it’s the fastest way to success) ✔ The long way vs. the shortcut to freedom – no sugar-coating, just facts ✔ Real stories from OTs who’ve made it (or are making it right now!) We don’t do fluff. We don’t do overwhelm. We give you the real, actionable strategies to take your OT skills online, build a business that actually pays, and create a life you love. Ready to OT Yourself to Freedom? Hit play and let’s get started.

  1. 57M AGO

    134. Energy Is Everything: The One Business Asset Occupational Therapists Keep Neglecting

    In this episode of OT Yourself to Freedom, Beki explores one of the most overlooked yet critical factors behind sustainable business success… energy. Not strategy. Not funnels. Not perfect messaging. But the actual physical, mental, and emotional energy required to keep showing up long after the initial excitement fades. After working with hundreds of occupational therapists and entrepreneurs, Beki shares a powerful insight… most businesses do not fail because of bad ideas. They fail because the person behind them runs out of energy. This episode challenges the traditional focus on productivity and discipline, and instead invites you to look deeper at how your body, your habits, and your natural rhythms are shaping your ability to build and sustain a business. If you have ever felt inconsistent, burnt out, or stuck in cycles of starting and stopping, this episode will help you reframe what is really going on and give you a new lens for creating long-term success. 🕒 Key Timestamps 0:00 – Why most businesses don’t actually fail 3:00 – The real reason people stop showing up 6:00 – Energy vs strategy, what actually drives results 10:00 – Understanding different energy patterns (human design insight) 15:00 – Why copying other people’s pace leads to burnout 20:00 – The biology of energy, sleep, nutrition and decision making  Key Takeaways Most businesses fail due to lack of sustained energy, not lack of intelligence  Consistency is not a mindset issue, it is an energy issue  Different people operate with different energy capacities and rhythms  Burnout is not a badge of honour, it is a barrier to success  Your physical health directly impacts your ability to make decisions and lead Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership: Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose.   Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here   About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

    27 min

  2. APR 17

    133. From Blood Pressure Meds to Closing His Clinic: How OT Ivan Hardcastle Built a Freedom Business in 2 Years

    Are you an Occupational Therapist feeling burnt out… stuck in back-to-back sessions… and wondering if there’s another way to use your OT skills? In this episode of the OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast, Beki speaks with former client, and Occupational Therapist Ivan Hardcastle, who is closing his paediatric clinic to move fully online as an ADHD parent coach. After being told by his doctor he was “killing himself” due to dangerously high blood pressure, Ivan knew something had to change. What followed was a complete shift from clinician to OT entrepreneur,  building a high-ticket parent coaching business supporting families raising children with ADHD. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership: Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease.. In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why traditional Occupational Therapy roles often lead to burnout  How to transition into an online OT business Building an ADHD parent coaching offer as an Occupational Therapist  The identity shift from clinician to OT entrepreneur  What happens when social media accounts get shut down  Why diversifying across platforms protects your OT business How mindset work supports business growth and freedom This episode is for Occupational Therapists exploring online business, OT coaching, ADHD parent coaching, and freedom-based careers beyond the clinic.   Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here Meet Ivan Ivan Hardcastle is a 19-year Occupational Therapist based in Idaho, USA. After selling his clinic shares, he opened a small paediatric practice before transitioning into an online occupational therapy coaching model. He made his first $2,000 online coaching sale within two months, later tripled his pricing, and is now closing his clinic on 29 May 2026 to run his 8-week ADHD parent coaching programme fully online. Today, he helps overwhelmed parents move from chaos to calm — starting with the parent’s mindset before transforming their approach to supporting their child. Facebook: Tap here  Instagram: Tap here Tiktok: Tap here YouTube:: Tap here Website: Tap here Join our newsletter: Tap here To book a 10-15 min chat with Ivan: Tap here

    1h 11m

  3. APR 10

    132. Why OT Business Owners Avoid Their Numbers, and What To Do Instead, with Accountant Fiona Jansen

    Most OT business owners avoid their numbers.Not because they don’t care.Because they don’t understand them. And when you don’t understand your numbers, growth feels stressful. Decisions feel risky. Scaling feels uncertain. In this episode, Beki Eakins sits down with accountant Fiona Jansen to talk about why business owners ignore their finances, and what to do instead. This conversation breaks down money, mindset, and the practical steps to finally feel calm and confident in your business. In this episode, we cover:Why many OT business owners avoid their numbersThe shame and fear around money conversationsHow to separate personal and business financesWhen to hire an accountantHow to grow your business without financial stressWhy clarity creates better business decisions Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership: Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease.. Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here Meet Fiona JansenFiona helps OTs who are amazing with people but fed up feeling behind with the money side of business. If you’re brilliant with clients but the thought of tax, VAT and your numbers still makes your stomach drop, Fiona gives you straight, practical help, without jargon, judgement, or making you feel daft. Connect with Fiona:Website: www.accounts4ots.co.ukFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FJAccountantsUKInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fjaccountants About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

    50 min

  4. APR 3

    131. OT Burnout or Loss of Control? Why Busy OTs Stay Stuck (And How to Break Free)

    You’re not overwhelmed. You’re out of control. That’s not harsh, it’s accurate. Because if you look closely… Your calendar is full Your time feels gone Your results aren’t matching the effort That’s not because you’re doing too much. It’s because there’s no clear control over: what you say yes to what actually matters what moves things forward Most people stay stuck here because “overwhelm” sounds temporary. But this episode breaks that completely. It gets into: why being busy can actually be avoidance how lack of structure creates constant friction why discipline is what creates freedom, not restriction and how to take control back properly This isn’t about doing more. It’s about doing cleaner.   Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership: Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease..   Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here   About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

    30 min

  5. MAR 27

    130. What a 12-Hour Work Week Looks Like: How I Designed My Freedom Life as a Former OT

    What If Your Business Was Built Around Your Life… Not The Other Way Round? Today’s episode is a little different. No strategy breakdown. No funnels. No scaling tactics. Instead, I’m taking you inside something much simpler… A completely normal Wednesday. Not a highlight reel. Not a “perfect day”. Just a real look at how my life actually flows when a business is designed intentionally. Because when people hear I work around twelve hours a week, they usually assume one of two things: Either I’m exaggerating… Or there’s some secret productivity hack I’m not sharing. But the truth is far less complicated. This lifestyle didn’t happen by accident. It was built, step by step, through intentional choices about how I wanted my life to feel. And then I designed my business to support that.   What You’ll Learn In This Episode What a real day looks like when your business fits around your life • Why calm mornings create more clarity than rushing ever will • The role of health, energy and routine in business success • Why simplicity in your business model changes everything • How lifestyle design gives you more time, without sacrificing income • The hidden reason most people feel constantly busy and overwhelmed    Key Timestamps 1:10 – Why this episode is different (and why it matters) 3:00 – The power of slow, calm mornings 6:30 – Health, discipline and protecting your energy1:00 – Family time, presence and seasons of life 15:30 – Structuring work around life, not the other way round 20:00 – The truth about working 12 hours a week 25:00 – Lifestyle design and breaking out of default living   Key Takeaways Your life doesn’t need to feel rushed to be successful. Calm, intentional days often lead to better decisions and higher quality work. Your business should support your life, not consume it. If your schedule feels overwhelming, it’s often a design problem, not a time problem. Energy is one of your greatest assets. How you structure your mornings, rest, and movement directly impacts your business performance. Simplicity creates freedom. Clear offers, simple systems, and focused work make everything easier. You are allowed to design your life differently. Most people are not stuck. They’ve just never questioned the structure they’re living in.   A Different Way To Think About Success Success isn’t just about income. It’s about: Having time to breathe Having energy for your family Being present in your own life Waking up without dread And building something that supports all of that.   Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership: Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease..   Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here   About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

    31 min

  6. MAR 20

    129. Why Your OT Business Is Draining You — and How to Flip the Model for More Freedom

    You built a successful business. Clients are coming in, the calendar is full, the team is growing, and from the outside everything looks brilliant. So why does it still feel exhausting? In this episode, Beki Eakins speaks directly to occupational therapists who already run a successful business but feel stretched, boxed in, or quietly wondering if there is a better way to work. Many OT entrepreneurs build a thriving clinic or service, only to discover their income is tied to referrals, insurance systems, or long working hours. The business works, but the freedom they originally hoped for never quite arrives. This episode explores how to flip or evolve your business model so that success does not come at the cost of your energy, time, or lifestyle. In This Episode We Explore Why many successful OT entrepreneurs still feel trapped inside the business they built The hidden downside of businesses that depend on referrals, insurance, or face to face services Why your second business model can grow faster than your first The importance of designing your business around your lifestyle rather than squeezing life around work Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership: Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease..   Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here   About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

    41 min

  7. MAR 13

    128. Finding Your OT Niche: What Do You Want to Be Known For as an Occupational Therapist?

    What do you actually want to be known for as an occupational therapist? It is a question that most OTs rarely stop to ask themselves. Between paperwork, caseloads, targets and the daily pressure of clinical work, many therapists end up simply trying to get through the week. But according to Beki Eakins, most OTs did not spend years training just to become average clinicians quietly blending into the system. In this episode, Beki invites you to pause and think bigger. Not about your band, job title or professional credentials, but about your identity as an occupational therapist. When someone says your name in a room and you are not there, what do you want people to say about you? And perhaps the deeper question is this. Are you actually living that identity right now? This conversation explores the hidden potential many occupational therapists overlook and why the thing that quietly frustrates you might actually be the work you are meant to lead.   In This Episode We Explore Why many occupational therapists slowly lose the passion that originally led them into the profession The powerful thinking pattern OTs develop that allows them to see problems others miss Why so many therapists underestimate the true value of their skills The surprising place your future niche or business idea often comes from   The Three Clues to Your Unique OT Identity Beki shares a powerful framework that often reveals what an OT could become known for. Your unique direction often sits at the intersection of three things: 1. Your clinical strengths The knowledge and perspective you developed through occupational therapy training and practice. 2. Your personal story The life experiences that shaped how you see people, health and recovery. 3. What quietly frustrates you The problems you see repeatedly in healthcare, education or society that you wish someone would finally fix. Where these three areas meet is often where powerful ideas, services or businesses are born. Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership: Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose. Learn how to tap into your purpose and create an offer that sells with ease..   Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here   About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

    28 min

  8. MAR 6

    127. OT Online Business: How to Keep Selling After a Launch That Didn't Go to Plan

    When a Launch Doesn’t Go the Way You Expected You put yourself out there. You promoted your offer. You hosted the webinar, event, or workshop. People showed interest… and then everything went quiet. If you’ve ever experienced that strange moment after launching something where you start questioning everything, this episode is for you. In this episode of OT Yourself to Freedom, Beki talks about what she calls the post-launch wobble — the emotional drop that many entrepreneurs experience after showing up, being visible, and not seeing immediate results. Most people interpret this moment as failure. But the truth is very different. This episode explains why silence after a launch does not mean your business failed, and how many successful entrepreneurs build momentum by understanding what is really happening behind the scenes. If you have ever wondered whether your launch “worked” or felt tempted to give up after putting yourself out there, this conversation will help you reframe the entire experience.   What You’ll Learn In This Episode • Why the post-launch wobble happens to almost every entrepreneur • The psychological reason your brain interprets delayed results as failure • Why early interest is groundwork, not rejection • The real role of trust and familiarity in selling services • How to interpret your first launches as data rather than judgement • Why many clients come back months or years after first discovering you • How to maintain momentum instead of collapsing after a launch Connect with Beki Are you ready to leave the whinger mindset behind and embrace your inner go-getter? Beki helps OTs worldwide design, launch, and scale their online business Free Resource: Download Beki’s free overnight mindset meditation for free to help you build confidence, overcome money mindset challenges, and develop self-belief. Join OT Yourself To Freedom Membership: Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to design and sell  offers, market effectively, and align your work with your purpose.   Follow Beki: Website: www.bekieakins.com Instagram: OT Yourself to Freedom Facebook Group: OT Freedom Community LinkedIn: Beki Eakins Book an Inspiration Call: Click here   About the Host Beki Eakins is a business mindset and lifestyle coach for occupational therapists. After leaving traditional OT practice, she has helped hundreds of OTs worldwide design aligned online businesses that support freedom, income, and purpose, without burning out.

    32 min
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The Podcast that shows OTs how to build a life of freedom using skills they already have! Tired of feeling overworked, underpaid, and stuck in a system that doesn’t value your worth? It’s time to break free. Welcome to OT Yourself to Freedom, the only podcast that teaches Occupational Therapists across the world how to sell high-ticket offers online — using the skills they already have. Hosted by Beki Eakins, a former OT turned business coach, this podcast dives deep into: ✔ How to create a profitable, freedom-based business without burnout ✔ The truth about selling high-ticket offers (and why it’s the fastest way to success) ✔ The long way vs. the shortcut to freedom – no sugar-coating, just facts ✔ Real stories from OTs who’ve made it (or are making it right now!) We don’t do fluff. We don’t do overwhelm. We give you the real, actionable strategies to take your OT skills online, build a business that actually pays, and create a life you love. Ready to OT Yourself to Freedom? Hit play and let’s get started.

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