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“Best” Jobs for the Student Music Therapist

September 6, 2012

I love getting questions from readers. More often than not, they inspire me to consider something I hadn’t thought of before or to see it through a different lens. I got a question along those lines this week. Maven reader Kate wrote: Before you were an MT-BC music therapist, what kind of jobs were you […]

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Mommy Mondays: The Art of the Morning Routine

September 4, 2012

There is an art to the morning routine. The ability to get two adults and two children exercised, fed, dressed, cleaned up, lunches packed, beds made, teethed brushed, hair done, and out the door in a matter of hours. Over the past couple of weeks—following our big back-to-school-and-starting-kindergarten transition—we have our morning routine down pat. […]

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Word Pair Confusions…Clarified?

August 30, 2012

I vividly remember the first time I stared at a word, trying to figure out whether I had, in fact, spelled it correctly. It was high school and the word was… …”what.” That’s right. “What.” For whatever reason, I was looking at “what” and it looked wrong. I could not figure out what was happening […]

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Mommy Mondays: The Best Lunch Ever

August 27, 2012

We have successfully navigated our first week with everyone back in school. Yippee! And I learned something pretty early on in the week, something that surprised me, something I wasn’t quite expecting. I hardly get to see my daughter. I see her for about 30 minutes in the morning, but it’s not quality time, it’s […]

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[PsychToday] The Perks of Taking a Shower

August 24, 2012

Earlier this week I had the happy privilege to talk to a roomful of music therapy and music education students about creativity. I talked about why creativity matters—and not just musical creativity. For these students, creativity in its many forms can help their future students and clients, it’s critical for their professional longevity and success, […]

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Maven Sponsor Shout-Out

August 23, 2012

I’m excited to share with you these wonderful Maven sponsors. They’re an impressive bunch and I’m honored that they’ve chosen to sponsor and support this blog. So please…if you haven’t had the chance to check them out, do! Michelle Erfurt from the Music Therapy Tween continues to share useful information for music therapy students, interns, […]

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Mommy Mondays: What “Having It All” Means to Me

August 20, 2012

I saw the magazine cover on the stands in the Asheville airport. There was a picture of a woman in a skirt holding a suitcase. Inside the suitcase was a baby with cute brown curls. The headline read “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.” I groaned. The “debate” about working v. stay-at-home mothers and […]

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My Week in Pictures

August 16, 2012

It’s been quite a week in my household! Lots of transitions and exciting things are happening. Instead of telling you about it…thought I would show you: First is the big, big, news that my oldest just started kindergarten. Crazy!!! He was excited, but a little nervous about riding the school bus all by himself. When […]

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Mommy Mondays: Being a Pregnant Music Therapist

August 13, 2012

The inspiration for these Mommy Monday series came in part from my good friend, Michelle Erfurt. She announced her pregnancy on her blog last month along with her intention to blog about being a pregnant music therapist…something that she pointed out has not yet been done. I wasn’t blogging when I was pregnant with my […]

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