Posts tagged self-care
Episode #43: Article Review: "Music Therapists as Clients: Therapy-Seeking and Utilization of Personal Therapy by Music Therapists"

Music therapists are prone to several mental health risk factors: as a helping professional, we are prone to compassion fatigue and burnout while doubling as professional musicians puts us at an increased risk of depression, anxiety and high rates of stress. New years are new beginnings and perhaps this is the year that you prioritize your mental health.

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Episode #41: Winter Relaxation - Peace in a Snowstorm

You can still experience the reassurance of fire as its logs crackle and pop, the beauty of snow sparkling in the sun, and the filling warmth of hot chocolate on cold nights. The world is cold, the winter is dark, but you are not without joy. You are not without peace.

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Episode #36: Let Us Be Grateful - A Gratitude Affirmation Practice

In designing our practice today I sought to create an experience that is simple that you can do everyday, multiple times a day, whenever and wherever you are. We are going to combine breath and affirmations in this experience together. To start I will guide you through a brief breath exercise to ground your body and mind and then lead you in 3 affirmations. We will repeat the affirmations 7 times because research supports the idea that to remember something we must repeat it at least 7 times. I’ll say the affirmations out loud and you are invited to repeat them with me outloud or in your mind. Let’s get started……..

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Episode #22: Trauma Stewardship with Elizabeth Shain MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT

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!



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