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Mommy Mondays: Pondering the Yins and Yangs of Parental Imaginings

March 13, 2013

It’s only Wednesday and I have already experienced extremes in the continuum of emotions related to being a parent.
On Monday, I had a lovely conversation with a fellow music therapist who recently watched her 20-something daughter perform in a professionally-produced play. This was the yang—the excitement and wonder of envisioning the possibilities for my children [...]

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[PsychToday] Can You Divorce Music from Communication?

March 7, 2013

I heard a claim this week that has thrown me for a loop:
Music therapists should not be allowed to work by themselves with individuals with communication disorders.
Given that I am a board certified music therapist (and have been for 10 years), my reaction to this claim is likely stronger than most. Nonetheless, I am struggling [...]

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Mommy Mondays: Child-like Discovery

February 25, 2013

One of the joys of having a child is that you are forced to appreciate moments. To stick your head above the busyness of the daily grind and be present…even if just for a moment.
For me, it seems that many of these moments occur during periods of discovery. Times when the little inner scientist inside [...]

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Book Review: Kati Marton’s “Paris: A Love Story”

February 21, 2013

Kati Marton is a journalist, storyteller, wife, and mother. She has led what many might consider an exotic life: marriages to Peter Jennings and Richard Holbrooke, apartments in Paris and New York City, serving overseas as a foreign news correspondent for NPR and ABC News, a childhood in Hungary and a college life in Paris. [...]

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[PsychToday] Listening to Music Ain’t a Simple Thing

February 14, 2013

If you were one of the millions who watched the Superbowl halftime show last week, you likely had one of two reactions:
You loved it. Or you hated it.
You simply need to read the headlines to get a sense of the extreme reactions people had to her performance. Some called it electric and thrilling. Others watched [...]

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Mommy Mondays: How Parenting Helps Me Clarify What’s REALLY Important

February 11, 2013

People—yours truly included—often talk about the challenges parents face. It’s true that the constant monitoring, middle-of-the-night feedings, and never-ending energy can be exhausting, but the perks of being a parent far outweigh the challenges.
One of those perks is having the opportunity to analyze and clarify what’s really important to you. As a parent, there is [...]

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Mommy Mondays: The Art of Letting Go

February 4, 2013

I spent 5 hours of a beautiful Saturday the other week putting away our holiday decorations. Trees, tree ornaments, wreaths, garland, household knick-nacks . . . all are organized and tucked away in the attic in their appropriate red containers ready to emerge again on the Friday following Thanksgiving to make out house pretty and [...]

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