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22Jan

Journeys In Sound: How Music Affects Mind, Body and Soul

Nemone Metaxas

music, neuroscience, psychology, wellbeing

Therapists

We all know that music has the power to move us – but why is this the case? Nemone Metaxas, therapist and BBC 6 Music presenter, explores this idea and more in her new series Journeys In Sound.
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17May

Dementia and Music: Changing How We Care

Music As Therapy International

care, dementia, health, music, society

Mind

Only a small number of people with dementia have access to music therapy, but it can have a hugely beneficial effect on them
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30May

Concert For Autism Breaks New Ground

Mike Chunn

autism, children, friendship, music

Soul

When Mike Chunn discovered that no-one would play in a band with a 16-year old boy with autism, he organised a concert for him and others similarly affected
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07Apr

Energy Psychology and the Mind-Body Connection

David Monks

body, emotions, music, therapy

Therapists

Therapist David Monks posts on how his practice has moved from Emotional Freedom Technique to using Energy Psychology and vibration
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11Jan

What David Bowie Meant to Us

Camilla Nicholls

creativity, culture, grief, music, society

Therapists

Therapist Camilla Nicholls speaks for many as she pays tribute to David Bowie; innovator, icon and rebel.
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06Mar

Healing Music

Terry Snow

creativity, music, wellbeing

Soul

Music often strikes a chord with us deep down, even if we don't understand why. Terry Snow explores the healing power of music composition and listening.
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04Feb

Writing Music to Overcome Depression

Leanne Brookes

creativity, depression, music, wellbeing

Mind

One afternoon I had a moment of clarity and wrote all of the words, in one prolific sitting, to a song for my Dad. He moved to America when I was four and I dragged a heavy anchor of anger and disappointment behind me most of my life as a result. I describe in the piano ballad how I was confused and missed him as a child, felt that he didn't know me as a teenager, as an adult I needed him and finally in the present day, I forgave him. Along with a very long letter, I sent this song, which I called ’The Gift’, to my Dad in the mail. It was the closure that I...
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30Jan

Culture Tip: Whiplash

Jacqueline Palmer

culture, films, music, perfectionism

Soul

The film Whiplash examines the pressures of perfection in producing music
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09Dec

What is Music Therapy?

Gráinne Foster

career, counselling, creativity, music, therapy

Mind

Learn about the fantastic work music therapists do, and what music therapy is.
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27Feb

Musical Meditation: Discovering LifeFlow

Nick Duerden

meditation, music

Soul

A few months ago now, I came across an audio meditation practice called LifeFlow, the conjoining of the two words presumably designed to illustrate the effortless link that should exist within all of us in the ideal world we all wish to inhabit. "You can allow this scientifically proven audio technology to bring your whole life into perfect harmony and feel peace of mind today!" read the aggressively motivational website blurb, employing, as these things invariably do, a proliferation of exclamation marks in pursuit of blanket persuasion. "YES!" it went on in...
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