Happy New Year! I don’t know about you, but it was another quiet holiday season for this guy. I hope all my readers are in good health and fulfilled as we begin another lap around the sun. I’m coming back to you on this first Friday of January with a Friday 5. As the new year can spur new ideas and habits, I may play with the format a bit over the coming months. For today, though, here is your Friday 5! You’ll notice a theme of looking ahead as…

Hello friends. A special shoutout to any of you who live in places that don't adhere to daylight savings time. I salute you and am envious of your temporal stability. Here are five things I am digging this week. Do you have ideas for the Friday 5? What topics/articles/books/songs/artists have captured your attention lately? I'm always searching for little gems to pass along, but alas...the internet is a big place. Reply to this email and let me know!What I'm Listening ToSafe Passages, a trance-inducing record from guitarist, Gitkin. The link…

Happy Friday, y'all.I hope you are gearing up for the type of weekend that you want and need. I'm sipping some coffee and preparing for a 2-day training on pediatric hypnosis.Please enjoy today's edition of the Friday 5.What I'm Listening ToAs I write this, I'm listening to a new record called Pohorylle by Margo Cilker. I don't know Margo, but she's a friend of a band I've been sitting in with (called Spud Buddy). It's definitely worth a listen if you're into folk/country/americana. Pitchfork wrote a nice review.What I'm ReadingPunks, Squiqqles, and the…

Hi everyone, Busy week! And rainy. But we welcome the rain in California - it has been a dry and fiery few months. Wherever you happen to be, dear reader, I hope you have a safe, relaxing, and enjoyable weekend. Here is your Saturday Six! Just a reminder - though I send this from Music Therapy Source, I rarely share exclusively music-related content. I try and share anything that is exciting, inspiring, useful, thought-provoking, or just fun :)Whales!Last weekend featured most majestic experience. While on a nature-viewing expedition out to…

Hello everyone, Thanks for the couple weeks off 🙂 I appreciate you understanding. I celebrated my 35th birthday and am gearing up to have my mom and sister visit for about a week. Thank you for reading this today. I'm sending my best wishes! Now! Shall we jump back in? Here is your Friday 5. New ResourceMy buddy, Ryan, turned me on to this program called Notion. It's a remarkably powerful and flexible workspace where you can take notes, run projects, set up data bases, and even build shareable web pages.…

Greetings, all. I present to you the last Friday 5 of the summer! Fall begins Wednesday of next week, and thus starts the wind-down of 2021. What a time it's been, huh? A little heads up - I will be taking the next two weeks off from the Friday 5. I could use a little breather, plus I'm switching up some of my systems and that is requiring a lot of time and focus. My birthday is in there somewhere, too, so it's a good time to take a sec…

Hi all,Things got a little busy this week, so today we have a Saturday 6. Have a great weekend, everyone!What I’m WatchingThere is a series on Netflix called Explained, and last night the episode on music helped me to unwind. The K-Pop episode is also fascinating.What I’m Listening ToGlimmer by Yvette Young (YouTube link)The Importance of Evening RoutinesMy friend Ryan sent me this blog post. Not the Ryan who wrote the article, but it was from my friend Ryan is just as cool, likely cooler.Book I’m ReadingPrinciples by Ray DalioArticle to ReadClimate change:…