Rethinking Yourself and Your Life as Music
You Are Music. Your Life is Music I am MUSIC? My LIFE is MUSIC? Have you ever thought about yourself as being a piece of music? What thoughts come to…
Making Music for Healing, Transformation, and Fun
A few months ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Cymone Deborah Bedford at Athgoa about my work as a music therapist and psychotherapist who uses music to enhance…
Healing When a Complicated Family Relationship Ends
The word "family" carries unique connotations for each of us. Ideally, families are a source of acceptance, unconditional love, and support. While the greater culture typically portrays and promotes this…
Being Music: Insights from a Buffalo Drum
An Invitation to Experience Being Music A few nights ago I was at an event in which we were invited to go on an inward journey with the assistance of…
Gifts Gained Through Loss
Today is the 14th anniversary of the death of my mother from breast cancer. Naturally my thoughts start to turn to her at this time of year, but additionally the…
Music Therapy in Hospice and Palliative Care
Recently I was asked by the hospice company where I work to write an article about what I do as a music therapist. I'm sharing it here with you so…
Hearing Ourselves: Voicework for Self-Care
A few months ago I was asked by music therapist colleague, Megan Resig, to write a guest post for her website Music Therapy Annex. I jumped at the chance to…
Saying Goodbye
"Goodbye." What feelings, thoughts, images, or experiences come to mind when you see that word? Depending on the context, "goodbye" can take on a lot of different meanings. "Goodbye" can…
Being a Wounded Healer
Having known pain, I can enter into the dark, inner places without fear. Having walked through pain, I know the light of healing guides the way. The Wounded Healer is…
Embodiment of Sound
Like all of us, I don't always practice what I preach. Doing what I do for a living, I know about the healthful benefits of making music and how vocalizing…