Other people as a resource: The peer group
My previous blogs on resilience have looked what it is, why we need it, and how we can cultivate it. This blog looks at other people as a...
Resilience Part 2
More tools for the resilience toolbox. My previous blog explored the need for resilience in the music industry alongside some cognitive...
Getting Through AKA Resilience
This week’s blog has been prompted by a presentation I have recently been asked to contribute to. I view resilience as the ability to...
Music and community part 2
Having explored the importance of the social elements surrounding music communities in the last two blogs, this week’s piece looks at the...
A year of insight: Music & Mind
Welcome back, it's been a while! I have completed my doctoral study so will have more time to dedicate to sharing my findings and own...
Being a musician: Blessing or a curse, in what context?
Being a musician; Being a musician in the commercial environment vs being a musician in the professional environment. Combining my work...
Reflections on mental health in the commercial music industry.
As a professional musician and therapist I am always drawn to the media hype around the subject. When I started ‘Music & Mind’ there was...
NA, AA & Existentialists.
This weekend I was invited to attend an NA open meeting in East London as a psychotherapist. I sat and listened to the gritty realism of...
