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This is “The Most Calming Song in the World” According to Neuroscientists

June 3, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin 1 Comment

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Hunting for relaxation music and want to get really clinical about it? Marconi Union’s “Weightless” is literally the most calming song in the world– at least according to neuroscientists.  Allow me to explain further. In 2011, British ambient band Marconi Union worked with sound therapists and researchers from Mindlab International to specifically design an 8-minute […]

Filed Under: Anxiety Hacks, Cool Ideas Tagged With: anxiety relief, free therapy, music, stress relief

Tracy Chapman & Luke Combs’ Moving “Fast Car” Duet is a Masterclass in Emotional Connection

February 5, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Last night at the 2024 GRAMMY Awards, Tracy Chapman performed her iconic 1988 single “Fast Car” as a duet with Luke Combs, who famously covered the song last year to much critical fanfare. (Combs’ cover of “Fast Car” was so well performed, if politically controversial, that it also secured its own GRAMMY nomination and has […]

Filed Under: Cool Ideas Tagged With: music, pop culture, video

How Mental Health Became Pop Music’s Unlikely Muse

March 20, 2023 by Molly Beauchemin 1 Comment

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Maybe you’ve noticed that some of the biggest songs on the radio in recent years have dealt with themes of depression, anxiety, suicide, and other aspects of mental health. Or maybe you saw Lady Gaga‘s 2019 speech at the Grammy Awards in which she mentioned, perhaps unsurprisingly, that many artists deal with mental health issues. […]

Filed Under: Cool Ideas Tagged With: anxiety relief, culture, mental health care, music

Beautiful Life Lesson: Thom Yorke, Rothko, and How We Interpret Joy

March 1, 2023 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Sometime in the year 2000, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke sat for an interview on Dutch television about the making of Radiohead’s Kid A and the rough time he had separating his personal life from the world of celebrity after the monumental success of 1997’s Ok Computer. In this interview, Yorke relayed an anecdote that has […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: art, getting to know yourself, music

Watch Lady Gaga, Oprah Talk “Radical Acceptance” in Mental Health

February 21, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin 1 Comment

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Oprah’s 2020 Vision Tour is a series of conversations between Oprah and various innovators and change-makers in society. In a recent candid interview with Lady Gaga in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the two spoke about Gaga’s career and also her focus on mental health. They also spoke about spirituality, and an innovative dialectical behavioral therapy concept […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: getting to know yourself, inspiration, music, video

Paramore’s Hayley Williams to Design “Sanctuary of Self-Love” for Bonnaroo

May 2, 2019 by Molly Beauchemin 1 Comment

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Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams recently reported via her Instagram that she will be designing a “Sanctuary of Self-Love” for Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival‘s 2019 edition. The annual Manchester, Tennessee music festival will feature headliners Childish Gambino, Cardi B, Kacey Musgraves, Solange, Brandi Carlile, Mac DeMarco, The National, The Lumineers, and Hozier, among many […]

Filed Under: Cool Ideas Tagged With: music, self care, self esteem, self love

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