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Navigating the Holiday Soundtrack: 5 Ways to Enhance Your Seasonal Experience
It’s that time of year again! Holiday tunes are echoing through the air, starting earlier than ever, heralding the arrival of the festive season. The familiar melodies trigger a wave of memories, evoking a range of emotions for everyone. While some find joy and...
Our Auditory Diet: Navigating Through the Challenging Soundbites
In today's highly visual world, it may be easy to overlook the profound impact that our auditory environment has on our well-being. Just as we are conscious of the food we consume, it's essential to be aware of our 'auditory diet' – the sounds and music we expose...
A Fascinating Study on Pre-stress Music Listening
Stress is an ever-present challenge in our fast-paced world. Thankfully, music remains a sanctuary, offering solace and rejuvenation. But music offers even more than comfort; it provides a means to remain productive, creative, and forward-moving. This study suggests...
The Future of Music and Music Therapy in Healthcare
Located in the heart of Calgary, Alberta, our community-focused private practice, JB Music Therapy, seeks to embody the genuine value of collaboration. Our journey has gently underscored a simple truth: true potential flourishes in unity, not in isolation. The future...
Silence Speaks: Discovering Strength in Stillness
Music is a complex and intricate blend of sound and silence. Dr. Helen Lees the author of Silence in our Schools goes on to say that “A natural silence for people to tune into, to develop, to come towards, that is helpful for living and learning, developing and...
World Congress of Music Therapy Comes to Canada
The World Congress of Music Therapy holds a prestigious status as an internationally acclaimed event, attracting professionals, researchers, educators, and enthusiasts from around the world. In 2023, this highly anticipated congress will be hosted in Canada, providing...
The Top 25 Songs that Empower People!
Let’s consider the journey of recovery that burn survivors embark upon — a path that can feel overwhelming and isolating. Yet, in the midst of this hardship, music offers a familiar refuge.
Harmonizing Generations: When All Ages Explore the Magic of Music Together
Harmonizing Generations: When All Ages Explore the Magic of Music Together Imagine sitting at a family or friend gathering, with many generations in attendance - from seven to eighty-seven. Imagine while you are sitting around a large table the host asks the simple...
Music and our Mental Health – When to see a Music Therapist
As we blast a beloved rock classic at a party, press play on an energizing pop anthem in the car, or soothe our broken hearts to the strains of a sad ballad there is no denying the power of music to foster change. What you may not know is that the health benefits of...
Top 25 Songs That Bring Us Comfort
For generations, people all over the world have turned to music to induce calmness and relaxation. Studies have shown that listening to music can have stress-reducing qualities, and this has been compiled in a systematic review and meta-analysis. In brief, there are...
How to Use Music to Boost Your Team’s Mood and Productivity
Do you sometimes (or often) feel you need a boost at work? The music industry has proof that you should listen to music while you work. In a study commissioned by the UK licensing organizations PPL and PRS for Music, 77 percent of businesses surveyed found that...
3 Ways Music Can Help Us Feel More Connected
A landmark survey from the 1980s showed that lack of social connectedness predicts vulnerability to disease and death, above more well-known risk factors such as smoking, blood pressure, and physical activity. Yet, 40 years later it seems that opportunities for social...
3 Steps to Creating a Purposeful Playlist that will Inspire your Year!
The beginning of the year signals reflecting on our past year as well as goal setting for our envisioned path this new year. Music Can Help You Achieve Your Goals Creating a playlist can give VISION to our AUDITORY diet.Music can add meaning to moments…and in this...
The Top 25 Songs that Motivate Professional Speakers
Music is an invitation to action. It invites you into the main auditorium when you’re attending a conference, it generates anticipation as the theme song plays at the start of your favorite TV show, it cues your mind and body to prepare you for the next movement at...