Holistic resources for the healthcare journey
Let's reimagine the healthcare journey together
A more human, honest and holistic way is possible
Hi, I’m Heather. A therapist, speaker and writer exploring how we can make healthcare more compassionate, more complete, and more attuned to the whole person.
With a background in occupational therapy and lived experience navigating complex healthcare journeys, I offer space for reflection, training, and resources to support both professionals and individuals.
The Spirit of Care aims to bridge the gap between clinical care and personal beliefs, supporting professionals to see and respond to the whole person, and empowering individuals to better understand the system, advocate for themselves or
loved ones, and navigate their journey with confidence and care.
for healthcare professionals
for people navigating a healthcare journey
If you’re a healthcare professional, educator, or team leader seeking to provide more holistic, client-centred care, The Spirit of Care delivers evidence-based training, tailored talks, and reflective resources to help you navigate spiritual and existential conversations with confidence.
Whether you’re caring for a loved one or living through illness, disability or loss yourself, The Spirit of Care offers reflections, services and resources to help you feel seen, supported, and free to move through your experience on your own terms, without pressure or platitudes.
Supporting you in bringing meaning and humanity into clinical care.
Making sense of the moments healthcare can’t explain.
Heather So delivers excellent, evidence-based workshops that thoughtfully integrate spirituality as a core framing of occupational therapy practice, grounded in respect for each individual's lived experience. Her sessions equip clinicians with practical, person-centred resources that can be immediately applied to support meaningful, values-driven practice.
- Dr Robert Pereira
Heather equips us to open up a non-threatening space to explore spirituality with our clients - an often neglected and undertrained area of OT practice.
- Vanessa
Spirituality is a vital and fundamental part of life, and it's deeply meaningful to have it recognised and supported in healthcare, especially as patients often turn to it most during these times. Thank you Heather for your valuable work.
- Cecelia
why the spirit of care exists
I’ve spent years walking alongside people in the healthcare system, both professionally and personally, and I’ve come to believe that some of the most important parts of the journey are also the most overlooked.
The questions we’re too afraid to ask, the grief we’re expected to hide, the spiritual or personal beliefs that no one makes space for... and the way we feel we're expected to just go along with the system.
I do this work because I want to help change that. I want to gently open the door to more honest, human conversations, so that people feel seen, supported and wholly understood, in the hardest moments of their lives.
