What You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Music

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Do This with Music Care We’re talking about nothing less than transformation. We musicians experience it regularly because our craft gives us lots of practice. Are you ready for total transformation? This goes beyond soundtracking your exercise routine, or knowing what mood music works best. It’s called music care. We are talking about a direct […]

What Really Works for Traumatic Stress

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You’ve been there. You’ve done that. You’ve had the 18-20% positive results predicted by scientific research. But it wasn’t enough. There are plenty of ways to feel better about things, aren’t there? And just as many ways to actually do something about them. Doesn’t matter what the things are: there’s an app, or a coach, […]

The Two-Minute Treatment: Road Rage

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The Two-Minute Treatment series is for people who are too busy and need help now. As with all treatments, if you need to, please take time to research the links before just jumping in. If you don’t need lots of footnotes and “science,” just go for it. Electric scooters going the wrong way on one-way […]

The Two-Minute Treatment: Meetings

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(This article originally appeared at MusicCare.net – republished here by permission) The Two-Minute Treatment series is for people who are too busy and need help now. As with all treatments, if you need to, please take time to research the links before just jumping in. If you don’t need lots of footnotes and “science,” just […]

The Two-Minute Treatment: Panic Attacks

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The Two-Minute Treatment series is for people who are too busy and need help now. As with all treatments, if you need to, please take time to research the links before just jumping in. If you don’t need lots of footnotes and “science” just go for it; this stuff works for me or I wouldn’t […]

The Two-Minute Treatment: Traumatic Memories

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The Two-Minute Treatment series is for people who are too busy and need help now. As with all treatments, if you need to, please take time to research the links before just jumping in. If you don’t need lots of footnotes and “science,” just go for it; this stuff works for me or I wouldn’t […]

Whole-Ass Your Health

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There’s more to it than just getting by without physical pain or mental distress. Health goes deeper, as the World Health Organization recognizes. So, what are you doing about your health? Have you got health…really, truly holistic health? Are you ready to go all-in and whole-ass your health? The late Dr Candace Pert’s research broke the barrier […]

How To Cope With Feeling Isolated At Work

I don’t often write practical heart skills articles about how to cope with feeling isolated at work, but the recent #MeToo news motivated me to write this one.   #MeToo self-isolation One of the unintended consequences of the #MeToo Movement is the self-imposed isolation of some men from their women co-workers. If it’s possible to […]

How To Deal With Sadness For No Reason? Try This!

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Why me? Why this? Why now? Why am I feeling this way at all? Do I know how to deal with sadness for no reason? For a quick refresher course, try this.   There are times where sadness takes us. Sometimes the reason is clear – a person we know has died, or something we […]