If you’re anything like me, your mental health has probably taken a beating throughout the pandemic and beyond. At first, the collective attitude was to just “wait it out” until things somehow “got better.” Then, 6 months to a year into it, we realized we needed to learn to adjust to the “new normal” of uncertainty – in our work … Read More
Women in business: we see you! In honor of Women’s History Month
I thought being a business owner was tough enough, and then I also became a mom. As a solopreneur, I didn’t get a “maternity leave;” I was simply lucky that the timing of our pregnancy was such that the postpartum months were slow (mostly unpaid) ones for my business. This gave me a chance to establish a round-the-clock nursing routine … Read More
Drumming & health – a curated list of clinical studies
Late in 2020, after a harrowing year of COVID, I led several groups of hospital chaplains in a self-care group drumming activity. This was a group of frontline workers who, while not strictly in the medical profession, worked day in and day out comforting patients and loved ones during a particularly scary time in the pandemic – pre-vaccine. Then, in … Read More
