Sounding in the New Year!
Sound Well in the New Year with a Community Music and Wellness Group. I think that many would agree that 2016 has been a challenging year. As we get closer…
Your Re-Sounding Self: Being Your Voice, Being Your Truth
What comes to mind when you think of the word "voice?" Do you immediately think about the voice of someone you love? Someone you fear? Or do you associate the…
Embodying Voice & Self Reflection: An Interview with Francine Brocious
Francine Brocious is an author based in Pennsylvania. Her writing style is built upon self-reflection, and she recently wrote the book, "All About Me: A Journey of Self-Reflection," which encourages…
A Life in Music: An Interview with Rachelle Norman, MA, MT-BC
To kick off the March "Women in Music" series, I'm happy to share my recent interview with Rachelle Norman. Rachelle is a board-certified music therapist in the Kansas City area.…
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…
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…
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…
Examining A Transpersonal View of Aging
For the past month or so I've been gradually reading the latest issue of The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, which happens to be devoted to the concept of transpersonal gerontology.…
Inspiration in Solitude
How often do you feel alone? How often are you actually alone? When you feel alone, what do you do? When you are alone, how do you spend that time?…
Playing with Shadow
Shadow. What comes to mind when you think of that word? You may envision a shadow that is created when the path of a direct light source is obstructed by…