Sharing Musical Stories Across the Oceans

Sharing Musical Stories Across the Oceans

3 weeks ago JB Music Therapy received the call….the MusiKiva Project is a go – get immunized, pack your bags, you are going to Rwanda. Please welcome guest blogger Shannon Robinson, music therapist with  JBMT for over 10 years, to explain how this has all...
Sharing Musical Stories Across the Oceans

MM#15 – Even Grumpy People Have Favourite Songs

Humans make decisions based on emotion and then construct the logic behind these decisions.  Therefore, if you want to change someone’s mind you first need to change their mood. The quickest way I know to change a person’s mood is to add music into the relationship....
Sharing Musical Stories Across the Oceans

MM#14 – Frustrated? Music Can Help.

Imagine a particularly stressful day.  A day when you feel overwhelmed and perhaps frustrated with home, work and life.  You open your front door at the end of a long day and are grateful that no one else is home.  You go to your favourite place to sit where you can...
Sharing Musical Stories Across the Oceans

MM# 13 – Can You Inspire Others, Really?

Three weeks ago I found myself on the ground crying and in pain.  I had just fallen on a sheet of ice.  I heard the familiar ligament snaps that I had heard doing the same thing 6 years earlier.  How could this be happening again? I have been preparing for a race and...
Sharing Musical Stories Across the Oceans

MM#12 – Tune in to your Gifts and Expertise

Last week I was challenged by Mark Sanborn via Skype teleclass to question my expertise.  Mark believes there are two potential dilemmas facing any professional: 1.  Having the expertise, but not communicating it well. 2. Being an effective communicator without...