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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 22, 2012

May today and the rest of this weekend be filled with good food, good family, good friends, and reminders of all that is good in your life.

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Mommy Mondays: The Calm Before the Holiday Storm

November 20, 2012

I feel like it’s the calm before the storm. The holidays are stressful for pretty much everyone. I understand that. But for me, the stress level and complexity of navigating the holidays has grown exponentially since having kids. First there’s family. We live far from pretty much all the grandparents. Thus every year it’s a […]

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[PsychToday] Music for the Wounded Soldier

November 19, 2012

A couple days ago, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Department of Defense announced the launch of a new music therapy program at Walter Reed Medical Center. Music therapy will be joining art therapy and creative writing as a treatment option for wounded military personnel and their families…

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Professional Growth as a Professional Supervisor

November 15, 2012

I believe that if you want to learn something really, really well…then teach it. This belief has been reinforced over and over again as a PhD student. One of the perks of being a graduate music therapy student is having the opportunity to supervise student music therapists, which then allows you to learn about your […]

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[PsychToday] Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Music of Politics

November 8, 2012

Even watching from my living room in Warrensburg MO, I could feel the electricity and the energy in the room. Flashing lights, yelling crowds, waving hands, American flags flying, smiles and cheers all around. President Obama and his family walking out on the blue-floored stage. He had just won the 2012 Presidential election and was […]

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Mommy Mondays: Birthday Reflections on Being a Mommy

November 5, 2012

This week is a big week in our home as we celebrate not one, but TWO kiddo birthdays! It’s been a pretty incredible 6.5 years and I feel awestruck at the amazing journey these two souls have taken me on. As I sit and reflect on what these past mommy years have been like for […]

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Do You Have a Private Practice Partner? Or Go It Alone?

November 1, 2012

I received a great question from one of my Twitter friends @Elisa9180. She asked: I was wondering if you could give me your opinion on starting a private practice with a partner vs. going it alone! That’s too big a question to answer on Twitter, so it gets its own blog post! There are certainly […]

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Mommy Mondays: The Organized Parent

October 29, 2012

I think one of the things that surprised me most about being a parent is the amount of organization that’s involved. Keeping in mind that I’m not yet to the carpool-sports games-and school activities stage of parenthood, there’s an amazing amount of planning, coordination, and management involved when raising kids. Here are just some of […]

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Mommy Mondays: Grant Me Patience

October 23, 2012

I love to do things with my kids. Well…most things. Do you know the one thing I can’t stand to do with them? The one thing that I try to avoid whenever possible? Grocery shopping. I am generally a patient person, but when it comes to going to the grocery store with my kids, my […]

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