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Mommy Mondays: My Mommy Guilt

by Kimberly on June 17, 2013 · 0 comments

I have never doubted my decision to be a working mommy. I firmly believe that working makes me a better mommy and that being a mommy makes me a better professional (I also firmly believe that this choice is my own and it doesn’t work for everyone).
But the so-called “mommy guilt” kicks in occasionally. Like [...]

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One of the advantages of working on a PhD is that you get to do a lot of reading and re-reading. I find the re-reading more interesting than the initial reading as I read the article or book in a different way, with a different level of depth and understanding.

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Mommy Mondays: Get a Job…?

by Kimberly on June 10, 2013 · 1 comment

It’s amazing how the most innocent questions can sometimes generative the most thought.
It happened this morning. My son and I had a lovely 15-minute conversation that started with a single question:
Momma, how can I make money so that I can buy things?
My first instinct (which I think is a rather natural one) was to give [...]

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Seeds of Inspiration and the Clinical-Research Feedback Loop

June 7, 2013
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It struck me recently that I am now two years into a PhD program, yet have spent relatively little time actually blogging about my program and what I’m working on! This is a change for me as my first several years of blogging were centered around sharing my experiences and what I was learning.
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Mommy Mondays: 9 Tips for Surviving Travel with a Preschooler

June 3, 2013
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Nine days, 3 states, 5 plane trips, 1 rental car, 2 carseats, 5 airports, 7 car trips (90-360 minutes each), and 1 lake later . . . I have survived a mammoth family trip and have lived to blog about it.
There’s no doubt that traveling with kids is much more mentally exhausting than traveling by [...]

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[PsychToday] “Thank You Mister Speaker”: On Music and Social Behaviors

May 9, 2013
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Think music doesn’t matter in our lives? You would be hard-pressed to watch this 2 minute clip and not see how music can change the entire mood of a rather serious group of people…Read more
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Mommy Monday: Rituals and the Caregiver-Child Bond

April 29, 2013
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A fellow graduate music therapy student recently defended her master’s thesis. The defense itself was amazing, but what was even more amazing was her research—a heuristic, grounded theory study that explored how community-based music groups support bonding and attachment in adoptive families. Her research is worth a blog series and more . . . but, [...]

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The Music Therapist as Composer?

April 25, 2013
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We had a guest lecturer attend a graduate seminar on music and emotions the other week. This guest was Dr. Jim Mobberley, who serves on the composition faculty at the UMKC Conservatory. Dr. Mobberley was there to share his thoughts on music and emotion and how that influences his compositions and compositional process.
He was an [...]

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Mommy Mondays: The Art of Being Present

April 15, 2013
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I found myself at the park with my children yesterday. It was one of those perfect spring days, my favorite jeans, t-shirt, and sandal weather. And on this perfect spring day at the park with my two perfect children . . . I found myself completely preoccupied with thoughts of work.
I first associated this with PhD-brain. [...]

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