What do music therapists do to help them get through difficult times? Create playlists of course!
This is a collaboration of favorite songs from music therapists across the country that have different genres and styles, but with one theme: Encouragement.
I hope you find a few you like yourselves, AND if you would like to add in the comments below some of your own favorite songs for comfort and motivation, please share!
Take care everyone, Heather Dean, MT-BC
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Toby has spent countless hours in the well-worn chair of his basement workshop. You might peek inside and see him happily “tinkering” away. But “tinkering” doesn’t really convey what he’s up to…
Toby, nicknamed “The Clock Guy,” found his passion in life almost by accident. His wife Leanne’s grandfather collected clocks, and after he passed away, Leanne’s grandmother asked for Toby’s help to repair some of her favorite clocks.
“She says, ‘Give it a whirl,’” Toby recalled. “I didn’t want to take it apart because it involved doing some things that I couldn’t reverse. I didn’t have the tools for that,” he continued.
But lo and behold, he was able to get the clock to strike again. And he’s fixed hundreds of clocks since.
