Brain Health

Enjoy my music and poem celebrating early signs of spring.

Long sustained sounds have been used for centuries to help calm nerves.

I describe how I make my own music with a tune attached.

Music can help with recovery from mental illness.

Some people with schizophrenia can be highly creative. Here's one explanation.

A poem about hungry raccoons finding food in the winter.

Art therapy in Muslim communities provides healing while following religious practices.

People with intellectual disabilities are especially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here is a poem I wrote about hearing voices that seemed to come from lost family members. Music is included.

A description of how music helps those with intellectual disabilities.

Advocacy group argues for health, social and economic uses for the arts.

A poem about anxiety, which for me seems to be constantly present in my life.