Music for Self-Care
10 Less-Than-Jolly Songs For Christmas
Sometimes the holidays are wonderful and perfect and picturesque. Sometimes they are heartbreakingly, bone-crushingly painful. The cultural messages we hear don’t leave much room for sadness or anger or grief. The decorations are relentlessly cheery. (In our neighborhood, there’s an electric Santa waving to cars passing by all night long!) The commercials on TV and…
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Fred Stobaugh, "Oh, Sweet Lorraine," and the Therapeutic Value of Musical Expression
Can People With Parkinson’s Disease Sing?
Not too long ago, superstar singer Linda Ronstadt told the world that she has Parkinson’s disease. Because of this, she said, “I can’t sing at all…I can’t sing a note.” Along with a world full of music lovers, I am very sorry to hear of Ronstadt’s health struggles. I can only imagine how difficult it…
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Painting Chinese: A Lifelong Teacher Gains the Wisdom of Youth (Book Review)
5 Upbeat Songs To Inspire Dancing For Older Adults
Context Matters: Lesson 2 from "Some Nights"
What "Some Nights" Taught Me About Expressive Movement to Music
What Elvis Can Teach Eldercare Professionals
It’s a well-known story in certain circles. A poor white boy from Tupelo, Mississippi moves to Memphis with his family. As a teenager, he learns to love music – gospel, blues, country – and even without formal musical training of any sort, he decides that his future is in music. He goes to Sun Studio…
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