Raising teenagers in this rapidly changing world can be an intimidating prospect – especially with the emergence of AI and its potential to stifle our youngsters’ creative problem-solving skills. Staying…
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The Secret of Success
How Simplifying Overwhelm Leads to a Successful Life.I learned a few years back that people seldom mature beyond the age of their first trauma – unless they really take the…
Help my Teenager: A Different Approach of Empathy and Compassion
Back in April, I wrote a blog post on different approaches to youth work and parenting teens, with the intention of creating a short series of similar blogs highlighting some…
Help Your Teenager – A Different Approach to Parenting Teens
Back in April, I wrote a blog post on different approaches to youth work and parenting teens, with the intention of creating a short series of similar posts highlighting some…
Challenges for Teens – The Start
The world has changed. Quickly. Since the dawn of social media, it can feel like society is moving far too quickly for us to keep up. Education – and how…
Childhood Trauma – Music as a Tool to Empower and Rebuild our Quality of Life
A lot of studies about music listening – especially when it comes to its effects on our psyche – can arguably be linked to discussions about healing the inner child. The…
Music, Manifestation, and Mental Health
Years ago: as a child and young adult first trying to understand, process and work through issues of self esteem, worthiness, and trauma [specifically brain trauma]: I was introduced to…
Feeling Stuck in a Rut? Journaling [and Music] to the Rescue.
Depending on who you ask: journaling has been a trend for centuries, and serves a multitude of benefits:In fifteenth-century Italy: diaries were used for accountingNearly 2,000 years ago, Ma Dubo…
Resilience Building: One Song at a Time
We throw the term “resilience” around a lot these days. Whether that’s a symptom of the aftermath of the COVID pandemic and the subsequent challenges that have faced the entire…
Designing your Life: Each Chapter is a New Song to be Sung
Generally speaking, when it comes to the concept of “designing your life”, I think a lot of people tend to get overwhelmed with details. We have a tendency to look…