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This is unofficial, but I bet that at one point or another, most music therapists used the song “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music as a starting point to get clients to talk about their favorite things. I know I have.
So in that spirit, here is a (partial) list of my favorite things, in no particular order:
- Home-grown tomatoes
- Google Reader
- Coffee with 1 raw sugar and cream
- Pilates
- Fresh flowers

- Holiday lights
- Keurig coffeemaker
- Garmin Forerunner
- iPhone
- Fresh berries (in season)
- Bandolino shoes
- MacBook laptop
- Bumble & Bumble haircare products
- Podcasts
- Red wine
- Audiobooks
- Sunsets
- Philippa Gregory
- Cheese
- Long necklaces, bangles, cocktail rings
- Steven Colbert
- Hugs from my kids
- Diet Coke
- Vogue
- Detective shows (NCIS, CSI, Criminal Minds, Psych, Monk, Law & Order)
- Blogging
- Performing (singing, flute)
- Popcorn
- Quiet time in the morning
- Black tea
- Huffington Post
- Exercise balls
- Ann Taylor
- Getting my hair done
- House (the TV show)
- French Fries
- Singing
- Cooking
- Longaberger baskets
- Pedicures
- XOs from my husband
- Nambe
- Aveda haircare products
- Bobbi Brown make-up
- La Cucina Italiana (magazine)
- Jon Stewart
- Jodi Picoult
- Watching my kids play together
- Fall apples
- Buying local artwork
- Running
- Mountains
- Olive Oil
- Scrabble
- Franco Sarto shoes
- Tortillas
- Arbonne
- A clean house
- Sleeping on freshly washed sheets (ahhh…)
So, did I forget anything?








