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 […]
It’s spring in Alabama. That means two things: 1) your vehicle will be covered with a fine layer of yellow pollen dust and 2) tornado season is here. We live in ‘Tornado Alley’ here in Huntsville. Warm air from the Gulf of Mexico travels north and collides with cooler air coming south/east across the country. […]
This morning I spent 3 solid hours working diligently on office work, housework, homework, and churchwork. In that time, I managed to whittle down my “pile of things that need to be done” considerably. And yet… I still felt like I hadn’t accomplished anything. It felt like not enough had been accomplished. Sound familiar? We’re […]
I do lots of talks and presentations for local organizations/agencies to educate the community about music therapy, and I’m always happy to do it. But it’s physically and logistically impossible for everyone in my community to attend one of my presentations. So hopefully this blogpost will help more people understand what music therapy is– and […]
The other night I was preparing chicken fettuccine for dinner. As I was chopping up some leftover rotisserie chicken, the tip of my wedding ring finger got a little too close to the knife. It’s three days later, and I’m still sporting a gigantic tape wrapped bandage on that finger. And my friends tell me […]
The second most popular question I get asked (the first being “music therapy– what is that?”) is about GIM, my specialty area of music therapy. So I thought I’d write a blog post about it since I’m sure many of you may have wondered the same thing. And if you haven’t, well then you can […]
Yesterday the daffodils in my garden bloomed. Two weeks ago the crocus came up. Every time I walk by them on my way to the mailbox, I tell them it’s still winter– it’s only February– wait another month or so. But no, they decided to bloom anyway. And actually, now that I look out my […]
