The Thirty-First episode of the Great Deep Podcast Series reflects on a key question – what anchors you? Put another way, what are the main priorities in your life?
As the world starts coming to grips with the effects of lockdown and a global pandemic, mental health is probably the biggest issue we’re faced with.
A consistent therapeutic intervention is (you guessed it) exercise.
The blog on the benefits of mental health from exercise lists these five things:
Amidst Valentine’s Day and the month of love, here’s a question: how do we fight in a relationship? How should we do it in a way that esteems, rather than vanquishes?
I’m at a stage where I think this stuff needs more discussion. There’s a host of information out there, but herein is my experience.
It’s February. How are your new year resolutions holding up? I always enjoy the health and fitness surge in the population around January. Continue reading #29 – Health and Fitness
Looking ahead, here are some thoughts into the world of music therapy.
I wrote a blog post about six ways in which music can help you, which you can read here.
Many of the benefits of music have been well documented and scientifically proven over the years. “But of course!” you say. You’ve read all this stuff before.
As I look into the kind of work I do – both as a musician and as a teacher – this has my attention right now, and I’m intrigued by the benefits, as well as the fact that the RCB has been down this road instinctively already.
Music, and music instruments, become co-therapists in bridging and mending broken relationships.
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I remember listening to a podcast about the Sabbath. Interesting insight is that in the Bible when God created man, Adam’s first full day in the garden – day number 7 – was the Father’s Sabbath. His Creator had a clear diary.
I wonder if Adam woke up on his first day ready to do some stuff? I mean, here he is – freshly made by God with the kiss of life – and he’s got some gardening to do. Tasks ahead of him. Things that need to get done.
Our own mindsets work like this: we wind our way through the week towards the weekend at a frenetic pace, and then collapse in a heap. Then hopefully we get rested enough to do it all over again.
But God’s design is different: we work FROM a day of rest, not TOWARDS it. We work FROM pleasure, not FOR pleasure.
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This episode’s Favourite Movie Quote segment comes from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in which the main protagonist gets put in his place by his Muslim place after complaining that he nearly got killed because he wasn’t helped.
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