Hi everyone! I’m Josie Jarvis, an occupational therapist, applied occupational scientist, creative facilitator, and entrepreneur based in Washington State. My work through Evolved Living currently focuses on making occupational science more accessible to OT practitioners, supporting occupation-centered practice, and exploring how we can expand our impact beyond individual interventions into community, policy, and systems change. My why: I believe occupational therapy and occupational science have so much more to contribute to the world than we often give ourselves credit for. I’m passionate about helping practitioners reclaim their professional autonomy, challenge institutional limitations, and reconnect with the social reform roots of our profession. My longer-term vision is to build international, interdisciplinary coalitions for collective liberation, bringing occupational science into conversation with Indigenous sciences, decolonial scholarship, ancestral knowledge, and liberation-centered practices. I especially want to create spaces where those most marginalized by existing systems are centered in shaping the knowledge, practices, and solutions that affect their lives. My three brand pillars: - Liberation: Occupational autonomy, decolonial praxis, justice, and self-determination. - Creativity: Epistemic rewilding, knowledge translation, art, mythology, and new ways of thinking. - Collaboration: Community building, interdisciplinary partnerships, Indigenous knowledge exchange, and collective transformation Building Content I’m proud of: My Evolved Living Podcast and the growing Evolved Living OT/OS Collaborative. I’ve spent years creating educational resources, facilitating conversations, and exploring creative ways to make complex scholarship more accessible and applicable to everyday practice. I’m here because I’m figuring out how to grow this work into a sustainable community and business without compromising the values behind it. I’m much more comfortable researching, creating, and facilitating than marketing myself, so I’m excited to learn from others who are navigating similar challenges.