Trauma and Recovery

What is Music Therapy? Video Resources

People ask me frequently, What is music therapy? What can music therapy do? How music therapy can help us? Who can benefit from music thera

The Mentality of "Othering"

Trees are cut into parts and treated differently to fulfill a specific purpose. Apparently, some people believe that they are entitled to

Music Therapy and the Art of Self-Care: Asian Mental Health Collective Roundtable Series

Review, takeaway, and future plan following the Roundtable. On June 20th, I was honored to be a guest speaker for weekly roundtable hosted

5 Overlooked Ways to Boost your Resilience during COVID19 Global Crisis

1. Sleep If your sleep pattern seems to be a bit off or funky, there is no need to judge yourself. In order to cope with all the...

Collective Trauma and COVID19 Pandemic

Until we look back and learn from our history, we can't help repeating the same mistakes. Transformational changes come from...

10 Things I am Grateful During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Are Yours?

Here are 10 things I feel grateful for today. What are yours? I am grateful that I have a warm and safe apartment to stay, with running hot

How to Cope with COVID19 Pandemic through Songwriting

This is a traumatic event we are experiencing on a global and collective level. How shall we handle it, so that it becomes a meaningful,

Music as the Emotional Container: COVID-19 travels from far to near

Words can not capture how much I have been feeling since December 2019. Hence, I have turned to music.

An Encounter with a PTS Brain through Sociodrama

My experience and insights from playing the role of a brain experiencing post traumatic stress through sociodrama, including a narrative as