A few years ago as part of my GIM training program, our class participated in a sweat lodge. Since another woman and I would not be going into the actual lodge during the sweat, we had a bench placed several yards away. It was on the edge of a pond where we could pray and […]
A professional acquaintance of mine always (seriously, *always*) seems to be in a terrific mood– upbeat, friendly, encouraging, supportive. I asked him once if he woke up in a good mood every day, and he replied, “nope, but I choose to have a great day every day!” An increasing amount of research is demonstrating the […]
A couple of weeks ago I asked the followers of my Facebook page for suggestions on what they’d like to read about in future blog posts. One of the first suggestions was medication compliance, so here it is! Medication Compliance Let me start off by saying that this issue is bigger than it initially sounds, […]
The past couple of weeks I’ve been teaching a Lifetime Learning course on music and wellness at the local university. Near the end of last week’s class, one of the participants asked if I could talk to them about how to use music for healing. We had a terrific discussion about it, and I thought […]
This blogpost is coming to you from my new laptop. The old one was… well, old. And cranky. And starting to forget things. Confession time: I am not good with new technology. I am a creature of habit, so adjusting to new devices or learning new ways to do things I already know how to […]
Ever end up somewhere (a meeting, a volunteer opportunity, stuck in line) and wonder “what’s the point of me being here?” That happened to me last week at a volunteer project. I signed up with the intent of helping and accomplishing a project for a group in need. As is sometimes the case with volunteer […]
Every spring my family plants a garden. In fact, we’ve dug up about 1/3 of our backyard and turned it into vegetable plots. We take great care to amend the soil with manure and compost and other healthy, organic (as much as possible) good-stuff for our plants. We water regularly with drip irrigation. So this […]
Not long ago I was in session with a client who was expressing her weariness/frustration at not making as much forward progress in her life as she’d like, as quickly as she’d like. (Show of hands– haven’t we all been there??) We spent some time recalling all the positive changes she’s made and discussing how […]
In previous posts I’ve explained a little bit about what music therapy is, how it works, and who can benefit from services. In this post, I’ll address another question I get almost as often as those— why music therapy and not another kind of therapy? 1.) It does a body good. It’s true. Music has […]
I didn’t plan this particular post out ahead of time– inspiration struck! I recently picked up a new meditation book that has daily meditations in it. This morning’s meditation was about home. When I opened up my e-mail shortly after meditating, I found a link to my favorite music group’s new release– a cover of […]
