mental fitness for musicians

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  • Grateful For You

    Thanks for being here, friend. Thanks for following along on this journey, for showing up each day and being you, and for bringing your curiosity to the table.  For persevering when things are rough, when you feel disheartened, when you’re ill or mistreated or facing systemic oppression.  For seeking joy when life presents potential stressors.…

  • Healing as Self-Retrieval

    Photo by Pixabay – A field of red flowers One of my favorite reads this year has been The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Mate. It’s a long book, and I’m still working my way through it, but it’s the most comprehensive acknowledgement I’ve found of the…

  • Struggling with motivation? just keep showing up

    Photo by Eberhard Grossgasteiger This has been a week here, friends, and perhaps it has been for you too. I’m grateful for most things being status quo. But I’ve been sick for nearly three weeks now (way better, but still dealing with fatigue and a voice that hasn’t fully returned), and the extra nuisance of…

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