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Music & Mental Health - Healthy Emotional Expression

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" Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond. "  -Ray Charles I for one, whole heartily believe this to be true. Music can help a person healthily express their emotions. Whether it be happiness, anger, sadness, or a mix of all these emotions there is a song somewhere in the world, that can help you cope with those emotions.  When a person is at the worst point in their life, the right song can help bring that person's spirits up. Life is full of hardships that we all have to deal with, during these hard times, it's nice to feel supported by someone that feels the same way. With the words and structure of their music works, musicians and composers can convey emotions through the music they have created. Although the listener and the artists have never met it feels as if the artists are there with the listener, giving them a shoulder to lean on, telling the listener, you're not alone with these feelings and that it is okay to feel...

Continued Explorations - Music & the Fictive Dream: "I See the Light"

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I am what most people would call a 'big kid at heart.' I enjoy the simple things in life, I like to keep things as light and airy as possible. I am always the first to crack a joke to get a laugh out of someone to ease any situation, whether it be a play on words or a corny joke, anything to get a laugh.  I also am not afraid to embrace my interests that most grown adults consider childish. For instance, I love anything Disney-related, and all things related to the Magical Wizarding World of Harry Potter. So much so, that my husband agreed to go to DisneyWorld and the Wizarding World in Florida for our honeymoon! He embraces weird quirks just as much as I do, which is one of the many reasons why we are perfect together. In the first year of our relationship, way back in 2010, Disney Studios released a new movie that caught both of our eyes for different reasons. For me, it was a classic fairy tale that I had enjoyed when I was little, with an exciting 'Disney spin' to i...