Greek philosopher Heraclitus said “One constant since the beginning of time might be change, however, the fear of change is also a constant. Since times immemorial, humans have liked routine….
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Team Bonding and Team Building: Creative Thinking with a Melody
A week ago: shortly after my TEDx Talk officially dropped on YouTube, I was booked and delivered a songwriting team building workshop for a coaching mastermind group in Chesapeake Beach,…
Welcome to my TED Talk: How Songwriting Saved my Life After Ten Brain Surgeries
As an independent musician for over 20 years: I’ve always shied away from really telling my story- especially when it came to the ugly parts. I would tell myself that…
Help my Teenager: Music and Depression
Note: Songwriting and music have both been instrumental in helping me overcome multiple emotional, mental health traumas. This particular blog post discusses one mental health focus: depression, but also touches…
Help my Teenager: Stress and Music
Having grown up pre-computers, pre-social media, and pre-COVID, it’s hard to recognize or understand much of, well, anything these days. Watching the huge increase of teen stress, teen anxiety and…
Help Your Teenager: Music as Therapy
If there’s one thing you can count on in the year 2022: it’s change. During the “Information Age” / “Age of Technology” / “Digital Age” – especially with the advent…
Help My Teenager: Music as a Stress Reliever
Whether you’re feeling emotional, overwhelmed, anxious, motivated, inspired, or invigorated: chances are, there’s a song playing in the back of your mind or on the radio that helps you navigate…
Help Your Teenager: Bonding, Compassion, and Empathy
Music connects people.We’ve known this for a long time. Whether people are creating or listening to music; music brings people together. That’s why it’s often been said that “music is…
Music and Self Esteem – Helping Your Teenager Build Confidence Using Creative Expression
Raising teenagers is hard. We all remember the grief we gave our parents when we were teens: believing intrinsically that we weren’t nearly as dreadful as society made us out…
Help Your Teenager: Identity Development
[Especially in the Classroom]Most people remember their teenage years as a time of experimentation and a rollercoaster ride of searching for identity. For teenagers, the classroom can be a place…