This Changes Everything for Good

▶️ Listen to this article now (12 minutes) ▶️ What if… What if there was a way to improve every aspect of what you’re already doing without having to un-do any of it? What if you could support every best practice you already use in a way that would deepen those practices without competing within […]
Mind Blown: Why Creativity Matters

Just finished Rich Kirkpatrick’s “Mindblown: Creative Insights from Science and Magic.” It’s a quick compendium of the scientific basis for creativity and the sociological reasons why being creative matters. And creativity does matter: to both our success and our sanity. Have you ever wondered why there are so many more “negative” emotions than “positive” ones? […]
Four Important Ways Music Works In Groups: Wellness, Psychological Safety, Bonding, and Creativity

Whether you lead an enterprise, an agency, a recovery center, or a family, you’re probably already aware of the powerfully transformative technology that we call music. The trouble is, most of us have forgotten how to use music purposefully and at scale. Before we get to that, let’s review four important ways that music works […]
Attunement

There is a grand effort being made these days to advance “sound healing” in ways that have little to do with how human beings actually respond to sounds, timbre, rhythm, and melody – “music” as it is commonly called, or “music healing” such as advanced by the profession of music therapy and other music healers. […]
Reason Isn’t Dead – It’s Just Not Everything

Disclaimer: This article was created without access to or use of artificial intelligence. It intentionally violates many commonly-accepted SEO conventions. If that’s not acceptable to you, please stop reading now. The Age of Enlightenment threw shade on perceptions that weren’t solidly grounded in rational thought. It gave us durable, rigorous Science, celebrated Reason and sparked […]
The True Power of Story: Relationship Matters

Your story matters. Just guessing here: your personal story has progressed beyond the “once upon a time” and is closer to the “happily ever after,” right? And don’t we all want that “happily ever after” sooner rather than later, thank you very much? That’s the true power of a great story with feeling and the […]
Don’t Blame Cereal Boxes

Remember breakfast? A table full of cereal boxes, bowls, spoons, sugar, and pitchers of orange juice and milk? On Saturdays sometimes there would be toaster waffles or pancakes, bacon and eggs, and maple syrup? If you were really lucky, oatmeal or grits? Sometimes fresh biscuits with butter and honey? And how about those cereal ads […]
Stranger Things and Your Power Music

Running Up That Hill is clearly a powerful song for Max’ heroic journey in the latest season of Stranger Things. Evidence from the music therapy field supports this decisive moment: the power of music is personal. Our choices about the music we love, combined with our emotional connection to those specific songs, can literally save […]
What is 5D Marketing and Why Does it Matter Now?

What is “5D Marketing?” Why does it matter? How does it contrast with “3D marketing,” and why is 5D marketing the unavoidable wave of the future? If you have considered these questions, or have any kind of general curiosity about “5D thinking,” this article is for you. 3D Marketing What I call “3D Marketing” or […]
Music, Magic, and Mushrooms

A personal psychedelic experience deserves to be treated with great respect. One way to do that is to curate a musical playlist to accompany the journey. Music acts on us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, so why not, right? It’s more than just music, magic, and mushrooms. A psychedelic mushroom journey is much more than […]