OTs Gone Rogue

OTs Gone Rogue is a podcast for occupational therapists who are ready to think differently, lead boldly, and create meaningful work beyond traditional practice. Hosted by Melissa LaPointe, this show features honest, unfiltered conversations with clinicians, thought leaders, and innovators who are rewriting the rules of entrepreneurship, leadership, women’s health, and professional identity. From real-life case studies to stories of courage, reinvention, and doing business differently, OTs Gone Rogue offers both inspiration and grounded strategy — whether you’re blazing your own trail or just beginning to imagine what’s possible.

OTs Gone Rogue is a education podcast hosted by Melissa LaPointe, with 74 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Melissa LaPointe hosts OTs Gone Rogue, a education show with 74 episodes published.

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  Episode #74

  EPISODE 074 | The Identity Shift That Comes After the Leap

  Jun 6, 202622 minS0

  <p>There's an identity shift that happens in OT entrepreneurship that doesn't get named enough. The clinician-to-entrepreneur transition gets a lot of airtime. The shift from entrepreneur to founder, from operator to leader, from the person who built the thing to the person who has to learn how to lead it, gets far less.</p><p>In this episode, Melissa gets into what that shift actually looks like in practice. It's not linear and it's not a clean progression. Some days you're the practitioner, some days you're back in startup mode, and some days you're dancing with something bigger and...

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  EPISODE 073 | Liminality & The Messy Middle of Becoming

  May 29, 202620 minS0

  <p>There are seasons in life where the old version of you no longer fits… but the next version of you hasn’t fully taken shape yet.</p><p>In this reflective episode, Melissa explores the concept of liminality — the in-between space between who you were and who you’re becoming.</p><p>What started as frustration while rewriting the OTs Gone Rogue website eventually became a much deeper realization that sometimes we’re not lost or unclear… We’re simply in transition.</p><p>Through stories from her evolving work, her Master of Adult Education journey, international travel, and a powerful fut...

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  Episode #72

  EPISODE 072 | Designing a Learning Pathway: The Behind-the-Scenes Process

  Dec 24, 202512 minS0

  <p><b>Learning doesn’t happen in isolation - it happens inside full lives. </b>In a year that holds leadership responsibilities, business growth, graduate studies, travel, family life, and personal capacity, often the roadblock isn’t “What should I learn next?”, but rather, “How does continued learning fit into the life I’m actually living?”</p><p>In the final episode of the Continuing Professional Education mini-series, Melissa shares how she designed a learning pathway that fits inside an already-full year -  not as a theoretical exercise, but as a lived practice.<br/><br/>You’ll hear how annual and quarterly pla...

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  Episode #71

  EPISODE 071 | Learning as Identity Work: Values, Capacity, and Seasonality

  Dec 17, 202519 minS0

  <p><b>Pause and consider your own learning and professional growth. </b>What’s shaping it right now? What’s shifting? What is this season of life asking of you? If traditional professional development no longer fits, you’re not alone.</p><p>In this reflective episode, Melissa shares her learning plan for the year ahead - not as a checklist of goals, but as an expression of her identity.</p><p>Rather than presenting a polished plan, she invites you into the thinking beneath it: the values guiding her leadership, her learning priorities in this season of life, and the mo...

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  Episode #70

  EPISODE 070 | Sustainable Capacity: Rethinking Leadership & Performance

  Dec 12, 202526 minS0

  <p>If you’ve ever felt the tension between big ideas and limited capacity - or wondered how to build a business that supports your wellbeing rather than consumes it - this episode is for you.</p><p>In this episode, Melissa shares how understanding her internal patterns has reshaped her leadership. Through an Internal Family Systems (IFS) lens, she has been able to honour the rhythms of her life through a framework she calls the Sustainable Capacity Operating System. </p><p>This isn’t about productivity hacks or scaling for the sake of growth. It’s about operating in ways th...

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