At Graham Sessions 2026, Ali Hartman (DPT) and Bethany Ayer (OT) brought two totally different perspectives to one shared mission: build a profession worth staying in.
Ali brings the lens of prevention, performance, and physical resilience. Bethany’s journey blends clinical work with AI, startups, and scalable healthtech. Together, they unpack how PTs and OTs can be architects of their future — not just passive participants.
🔥 They talk burnout, innovation, cross-discipline collaboration, and why doing well and doing good shouldn’t be mutually exclusive.
👇 CHAPTERS & TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Intro from Graham Sessions
01:30 – Meet Ali Hartman: PT, performance coach, CrossFitter
03:00 – Meet Bethany Ayer: OT turned healthtech/AI strategist
05:00 – What drew you to Graham Sessions this year?
07:15 – “I got sick of waiting for someone else to fix it.”
09:40 – Clinicians as change agents vs system survivors
11:20 – The conversion factor: Is hard work worth it anymore?
14:00 – What younger vs older generations really want (it’s not that different)
17:00 – Doing well vs doing good: Can you have both?
18:40 – Borrow from other professions — OT, dental, aerospace?!
20:00 – Parting Shots:
- “We aren’t just participants. We’re architects.”
- “You don’t have to trade doing well for doing good.”
