“Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what God has done for me.” Psalm 66:16. I remember the first time I shared my story of mental health recovery beyond my circle of family and friends: just thinking about it makes my palms itch and echoes of knots to form in […]
Therapeutic music is good for the soul
Therapeutic music is good for the soul. But not only. I’m a musician. A guitarist. And I play music to help create a healing environment in hospitals, hospice, nursing homes, in yoga classes, and in behavioral health treatment centers. Some would say what I do is magic. It’s not magic. There’s science behind it. Therapeutic […]
A Personal Reflection on “13 Reasons Why”
Watching “13 Reasons Why” brought back a lot of memories and emotions from my own horrible high school years. It also made me realize anew that suicidality is still a mystery and, too often, a shameful secret that can claim too many lives. We do need to talk about it, as the show supposedly intends. […]