Born from candid conversations
and shared experiences.
OTs Gone Rogue began as a podcast — a space for storytelling, honest interviews, and shared reflection.
For founder and host Melissa LaPointe, it was a way to ask difficult questions about how we practice — and to shine a light on the many ways occupational therapists are expanding their influence through education, entrepreneurship, community leadership, and program development.
Born from candid conversations
and shared experiences.
OTs Gone Rogue began as a podcast — a space for storytelling, honest interviews, and shared reflection.
For founder and host Melissa LaPointe, it was a way to ask difficult questions about how we practice — and to shine a light on the many ways occupational therapists are expanding their influence through education, entrepreneurship, community leadership, and program development.
From Podcast to Platform
Over time, the podcast conversations revealed a common thread: many therapists were rethinking how they wanted their work to look — developing side businesses, launching new programs, or restructuring their roles to better align with their strengths.
Listeners wrote in to share how an episode had shifted their thinking — helped them rethink a service model, restructure an offer, or approach a workplace conversation differently. Others said hearing someone else's experience gave them the confidence to try something new. Questions followed: how to price an offer, design a program, or navigate a shift in direction.
What began as a podcast gradually became something more — a platform where therapists could learn through reflection, conversation, and practical insight. That's what OTs Gone Rogue is today.
From Podcast to Platform
Over time, one theme kept emerging: therapists were rethinking how they wanted their work to look — and they were looking for guidance on how to get there.
Listeners wrote in to share how an episode had shifted their thinking, given them confidence to try something new, or prompted questions about how to price an offer, design a program, or navigate a shift in direction.
What began as a podcast gradually became something more — a platform where therapists could learn through reflection, conversation, and practical insight. That's what OTs Gone Rogue is today.
Going rogue isn't about abandoning the profession or rejecting traditional models.
For many therapists, it simply means stepping into a version of their work that aligns more closely with their strengths, values, and lived experience.
It often shows up in practical ways — creating offerings that serve clients more effectively, restructuring a schedule to allow for more meaningful work, proposing new roles or programs within existing organizations, or stepping into entrepreneurship.
At its core, it reflects a mindset: that work can be designed with clarity, purpose, and sustainability — and that therapists can contribute in ways that go beyond traditional service delivery.
Going rogue isn't about abandoning the profession. It's about stepping into work that aligns with your strengths, values, and lived experience — and contributing in ways that go beyond traditional service delivery.
What We Stand For
OTs Gone Rogue is shaped by a set of values that guide how we teach, support therapists, and design learning experiences.
Connection: Change doesn’t happen in isolation. We believe learning is relational—built through conversation, shared experiences, and being witnessed in our growth. Support, honest dialogue, and community matter.
Sustainability:Â We help therapists design work that supports their real lives. That includes systems that reduce decision fatigue, structures that protect capacity, and ways of working that minimize burnout rather than fuel it.
Freedom: We believe therapists should have agency over their careers and financial futures. Whether that means location independence, a different business model, or more flexible service delivery, freedom includes options—not just obligations.
Integrity: We value clear decision-making, ethical pricing, and work that genuinely supports transformation. Because when therapists are well-resourced — financially, emotionally, and structurally — their impact grows.
Generativity: Knowledge becomes more powerful when it's shared. We design programs and conversations that ripple outward — reaching not just the learner, but the communities and clients they serve.
What We Stand For
OTs Gone Rogue is shaped by a set of values that guide how we teach, support therapists, and design learning experiences.
Connection: Change doesn’t happen in isolation. We believe learning is relational—built through conversation, shared experiences, and being witnessed in our growth. Support, honest dialogue, and community matter.
Sustainability:Â We help therapists design work that supports their real lives. That includes systems that reduce decision fatigue, structures that protect capacity, and ways of working that minimize burnout rather than fuel it.
Freedom: We believe therapists should have agency over their careers and financial futures. Whether that means location independence, a different business model, or more flexible service delivery, freedom includes options—not just obligations.
Integrity: We value clear decision-making, ethical pricing, and work that genuinely supports transformation. Because when therapists are well-resourced — financially, emotionally, and structurally — their impact grows.
Generativity: Knowledge becomes more powerful when it's shared. We design programs and conversations that ripple outward — reaching not just the learner, but the communities and clients they serve.
About Our Founder, Melissa LaPointe
I founded OTs Gone Rogue after two decades working across clinical practice, program development, adult education, and consulting — and a growing sense that the profession had more to offer than traditional models were allowing.
My work has always centred on helping therapists build offers, programs, and roles that reflect their actual strengths — not just what the system has available. I bring together curriculum design, systems thinking, and values-centered leadership, with a focus on sustainability and practical execution.
Beyond the podcast, I provide education and mentorship for OTs who are ready to expand their work into entrepreneurship, program delivery, or leadership. If you're here, you're probably already thinking differently about what's possible — and I'd love to be part of that journey.
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About Our Founder
Melissa LaPointe
I founded OTs Gone Rogue after two decades working across clinical practice, program development, adult education, and consulting — and a growing sense that the profession had more to offer than traditional models were allowing.
My work has always centred on helping therapists build offers, programs, and roles that reflect their actual strengths — not just what the system has available.
I bring together curriculum design, systems thinking, and values-centered leadership, with a focus on sustainability and practical execution.
Beyond the podcast, I provide education and mentorship for OTs who are
ready to expand their work into entrepreneurship, program delivery,
or leadership. If you're here, you're probably already thinking differently about what's possible — and I'd love
to be part of that journey.
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Rogue Insiders
The inside track for OTs doing things differently.
The conversations, ideas, and strategies that your OT training didn't prepare you for — and the community that gets it.
