Why We’re Creating Think Tanks at Raising Harmony
Music therapists already have a seat at many important tables. We are trusted and included across healthcare, education, mental health, and community settings, serving individuals and groups across generations. Now is the time to fully own that progress and begin looking ahead, imagining what more is possible for our profession and its impact in the […]
What Music Teaches Us About Leadership
Leadership is often described in terms of vision, strategy, and decision-making. Those elements matter. But over time, I’ve come to understand leadership as less about control and more about presence. Music has shaped that understanding for me. In music, leadership is rarely about dominance. It’s about listening. About sensing timing, pace, and readiness. It’s knowing […]
Trust Is Built Through Experience
Trust does not arrive all at once. I’ve learned this most clearly through years of leading Sprouting Melodies classes with young children and their families, and through my work in early intervention. In those settings, trust develops slowly, through experience, over time, and in relationship. Children come to understand the world through how they are […]
The Value of the Pause
There is a moment between one thing ending and another beginning that is easy to rush past. In our personal lives and professional work, we are often encouraged to move quickly forward. To plan, set goals, and orient ourselves toward what’s next. Over time, I’ve come to understand that the most meaningful growth doesn’t come […]