# 143. The Cycle That's Keeping You Broke, Burnt Out and Buried in Clinical Hours Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ot-yourself-to-freedom-6665935/143-the-cycle-that-s-keeping-you-broke-burnt-out-and-buried-in-clinical-hours Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ot-yourself-to-freedom-6665935/143-the-cycle-that-s-keeping-you-broke-burnt-out-and-buried-in-clinical-hours.md Podcast: [OT Yourself to Freedom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ot-yourself-to-freedom-6665935) Published: 2026-06-25T18:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.bekieakins.com/podcasts/ot-yourself-to-freedom/episodes/2149220636 Audio file: https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149220636.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ot-yourself-to-freedom-6665935/episodes/143-the-cycle-that-s-keeping-you-broke-burnt-out-and-buried-in-clinical-hours Duration seconds: 1827 ## Resource Are you an occupational therapist whose diary is packed, yet you still feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and financially stuck? In this episode of OT Yourself to Freedom , Beki Eakins explores one of the most common patterns she sees among occupational therapists, particularly OT business owners and private practice clinicians. Many OTs believe their biggest challenge is time management, marketing, or finding more clients. But what if the real issue is something deeper? Beki unpacks the hidden cycle that keeps occupational therapists trapped in endless clinical hours, overdelivering, undercharging, and constantly saying yes to work that no longer aligns with their goals. You'll discover why boundaries, self-worth, scarcity thinking and people-pleasing often sit at the heart of burnout, and how these patterns prevent OTs from creating the freedom, income and impact they truly want.   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. Download here:  https://www.bekieakins.com/overnight-subscribe   The OT Freedom Formula  was a powerful session created to help OTs build more freedom, income and balance - without burnout.  Watch it here:  https://www.bekieakins.com/Formula-event-Recording-lp     Join   OT Yourself To Freedom Membership  :  https://www.bekieakins.com/membership   Discover the only membership designed specifically for OTs to create freedom-based businesses by leveraging the skills you already have. Learn to… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ot-yourself-to-freedom-6665935/episodes/143-the-cycle-that-s-keeping-you-broke-burnt-out-and-buried-in-clinical-hours/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ot-yourself-to-freedom-6665935/143-the-cycle-that-s-keeping-you-broke-burnt-out-and-buried-in-clinical-hours.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.