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{Guitars & Granola Bars} Episode 3
Confession: I've been waiting impatiently for this day all week...not because it's Friday, but because I'm SO excited to share this episode of the podcast. It's funny how being a mom helps create an almost instant bond between two people, and I felt that immediately...
{Guitars & Granola Bars} Episode 2
Happy Friday! This week has been pretty wonderful for many reasons, but in large part thanks to the emails, comments and social media feedback I've received about the new podcast. I have to admit, I was a little nervous about putting it out into the world...especially...
The Empathy Song
A few months ago, my wonderful teacher friend Rene came to me with an idea for a song. She uses music quite a bit in her classroom, and wanted to do so in teaching and reinforcing the concept of empathy. I tried to put the definition and description of empathy into...
Guitars & Granola Bars: A New Podcast
A funny thing happened in the last six months or so: I became addicted to podcasts. Although I've been co-hosting the Music Therapy Round Table podcast for five years now, I never thought to branch out beyond the few music therapy podcasts out there to which I...
I Have a Bean Bag
This isn't the first time I've mentioned what a HUGE fan I am of the movement props created by Bear Paw Creek. Their stretchy bands and connect-a-bands are both staples in my collection, and I just recently added their bean bags as well. There are so many ways to...
Pregnancy with a Sidekick
I loved being pregnant the first time around. I had the perfect situation, really: self-employed and working from home, I could take naps when I needed them and move as slowly as I needed to during the height of my 1st trimester morning sickness. I felt that "glow"...
Taking Music Therapy Mainstream
January is Social Media Advocacy Month in the music therapy world! This year's theme is re:VISION, and many bloggers, including myself, are sharing our own stories about how we advocate for music therapy. For the first 7 years as a practicing music therapist, my work...
The Year is 2015
How is it possible that this is the 8th "song of the year" I've written since becoming a music therapist?! When I wrote my first one way back in 2008, I thought about how challenging it would be to write a new song that essentially says the same thing -- just with a...
Hello, New Year!
Happy New Year, friends. I hope 2015 is off to an amazing start for you. This year has already been a bit of a whirlwind for me -- we ended 2014 by moving into a new house and started 2015 surrounded by lots and lots of boxes waiting to be unpacked. Needless to say,...