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Mommy Mondays: Top 10 Pearls of Wisdom from Fellow Working Mommys

November 27, 2013

I’m fresh off the national AMTA conference and still processing all the amazing moments that occured. Several of those amazing moments happened during a roundtable discussion I facilitated with good friend and music therapist Deb Layman titled “Is the Work-Life Balance a Myth?” The purpose of this presentation was to provide an opportunity for fellow music […]

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Prepping for #AMTA13: ‘Tis the Conference Season

November 18, 2013

‘Tis the season! No, not the trick-or-treating, costume-wearing, Halloween candy-eating season. And not the family-feasting, cranberry sauce-making, pumpkin pie-baking season. Not even the candy cane-crunching, tree-decorating, stocking-stuffing season. ‘Tis the music therapy conference season. This week marks the 14th annual conference of the American Music Therapy Association (#AMTA13), thousands of music therapists from the US and […]

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Mommy Mondays: Top 9 Things I Didn’t Understand About Parenting Until I Became One Myself

November 4, 2013

When I became a parent for the first time, it came with this feeling that I could empathize and have a certain kinship with all the other parents out there. It’s hard to explain what it’s like to be a parent until you become one. It’s generally not until you hold you baby for the […]

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[PsychToday] Music, Your GPS Voice, and the Science of Timbre

November 1, 2013

“Timbre” is a rather difficult-to-define yet hard-to-ignore concept. When it comes to musical timbre, I have described it before as the color of sound. It’s the quality of the sound we hear that helps us differentiate between a flute, a violin, and a tuba . . . Read more

[Book Review] “The Reason I Jump”

October 24, 2013

It often seems that the simplest things pack the biggest punch. That’s how I feel after reading The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida. I was first introduced to this book when watching Jon Stewart interview one of the translators, author David Mitchell, on his show. After hearing a brief summary, this book immediately jumped to […]

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Mommy Mondays: Sleep, Glorious Sleep

October 22, 2013

There are many ways I am good about taking care of myself. I exercise regularly. I eat well, lots of fruits and vegetables, not much processed or fast food. I drink moderately and when I do, it’s primarily wine. I drink lots of water. I keep my mind intellectually challenged. I read a lot. I spend time in […]

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Research and the Ph.D.: My Third “Child”

October 17, 2013

I am beginning to understanding that my Ph.D. will be my third child. There’s a surprising amount of shared experiences involved in bringing a human being into this world and adding three little letters behind your name. There is the emotional, mental, and physical fatigue. Feelings of needing to push (which is biological when giving […]

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Behind the Research Cake

October 3, 2013

I don’t have any data to support this, but I’d venture to guess that most people interact with research when they read a journal article or hear a news-worthy soundbite. In essence, most people are seeing the final product, a perfectly frosted cake sitting prettily in the middle of the table. What they don’t see […]

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[PsychToday] Is Commonplace Creativity a Lost Art?

September 27, 2013

“…every human being has a social and biological guarantee of musicianship and evidence (suggests) that everybody, regardless of social, educational, psychological or medical aspects can communicate through music.” (Hallam & MacDonald, 2009, pg. 472) I dare you not to smile as you watch this 3:44 minute video clip . . . (Read more)

Mommy Mondays: Top 10 Pearls of Wisdom from Fellow Working Mommys

Prepping for #AMTA13: ‘Tis the Conference Season

Mommy Mondays: Top 9 Things I Didn’t Understand About Parenting Until I Became One Myself

[PsychToday] Music, Your GPS Voice, and the Science of Timbre

[Book Review] “The Reason I Jump”

Mommy Mondays: Sleep, Glorious Sleep

Research and the Ph.D.: My Third “Child”

Behind the Research Cake

[PsychToday] Is Commonplace Creativity a Lost Art?

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