Hi there and welcome back to Music Therapy and Beyond! In the last episode, I mentioned a break that we had taken on the podcast for the month of August because we were cooking up some exciting things. Today we’re so excited to share one of those exciting changes at Giving Song. We are growing so much that we have brought on another therapist, Haley Shinn. Haley, welcome to Music Therapy and Beyond and welcome to Giving Song! I know you have already been hard at work and you’ve been with us for a little bit now but our listeners don’t know you yet so I’m very excited for them to get to know you and hear a little about where you come from. With that, let’s get to it!
The idea of trauma stewardship is that we take the time to deeply reflect on our own life
experiences as well as our current environment, both personal and work, to identify where
we may not be taking care of ourselves or others effectively because of the trauma we are
bearing witness to.
We cannot be fully present with others in their pain and suffering if we are not taking care
of ourselves. We have to put our own oxygen mask on first!