This week on the Let Yourself Sparkle Podcast, Alison Hughey: Board Certified Music Therapist and advocate for creative mental health self care shares how we can use music to manage stress and anxiety and boost connection. Alison is the  founder of Carolina Music Therapy, and Compose Your Self Care where she Guides people to use music as a powerful catalyst for comfort, coping, and motivation, and can not only help us heal, but helps us feel seen and heard, feel connected to other people, to our culture, and to ourselves. She shares practical tips that are scientifically proven to help you lower stress and anxiety and boost joy.
Links:
Free guide for using music you love to get out of work mode: https://mailchi.mp/c6c3764e45a4/musical-commute
Facebook group: Compose Your Self Care
More information on music therapy and related research: www.musictherapy.org
Find a board certified music therapist near you (in the United States): www.cbmt.org
To grab a FREE copy of 12 Steps to a Happier Life, go to www.YouCanChooseToBeHappy.com

Special thanks to Cathy Heller and her podcast “Don’t Keep Your Day Job” for the inspiration to put this show together.  Her song “Gonna Make a Change” is featured in the intro and ending of this podcast.