The Playful Path
What Marathon Training Taught Me About Sustainable Leadership
At the end of last year, I made a simple but significant decision.
2026 would be a zone 2 year.Â
It started with running. I’m training ...
What I Wish Clinicians Knew About helping complex children during a new school transition
January is often framed as “starting school season,” but from a clinical perspective, it is far more complex....
A Year-End Planning Deep Dive
December carries a particular energy.
In Allied Health, and in leadership more broadly, it is often the busiest and most demanding time of the year. Calendars are full,...
I have just come home from a holiday that was planned and mapped out for eighteen months, the life of a business owner. It was meant to be the culmination of a marathon dream I had been holding for mo...
“Every movement tells a story, when we listen, we start to understand the child behind it.”
At Kids Heart Pilates, we believe that movement is more than exercise, it’s how children communicate, r...
Future proof your practice for the changes ahead
What I’m hearing from Exercise Physiologists and allied health practitioners everywhere is uncertainty.
And the truth is, it is uncertain right now.
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By Lizzy Dawson
For many allied health professionals, report writing is one of the most time-consuming and sometimes stress-inducing parts of the job. Between client sessions, family demands, and adm...
I’ve been doing my own little quarterly planning retreats since 2020, and it’s hands down the most powerful tool I use to live in alignment - to drop the guilt, manage my energy, and consistently hit ...
Trusting Clinical Intuition in Practice
Why it matters in both adult rehab and paediatrics and how we use it across our work.
As a business owner across two very different populations from adults re...
By Lizzy DawsonÂ
Let’s talk about the chaos behind the calm.
Because if you’re a mum, business owner, professional, or all three you know exactly what it feels like to wear all the hats.
In a recen...
By Lizzy Dawson - The Paediatric Practitioner
If you’re a clinician, educator, or therapist, you’ve likely heard the phrase “evidence-based practice” more times than you can count. And while we all w...
By Lizzy Dawson - The Paediatric Practitioner
When it comes to paediatric therapy, I’ve learned that a well-structured initial assessment can make all the difference. It’s what sets the tone — not ju...
