Weekly Newsletter 3.20.25 Are You Aware of Your Subconscious Patterns? (And that we operate 90-95% of the time from our subconscious mind?!) Hi Reader, Did you know that the key to all healing is awareness? And the fact that our subconscious mind controls 90-95% of our thoughts and behaviors, means that we need to build our awareness in order to respond consciously. Our subconscious mind begins to form from the time we are born until we are about 7 or 8 years old. So basically, everything...
14 days ago • 1 min read
Weekly Newsletter 3.13.25 Why Co-Writing Works So Well! (Trust me, been there, done that!) Hi Reader, For a long time, I wrote all of my songs on my own. When I first started writing as a teenager, it was difficult for me to share my songs with anyone—except for my guitar teacher, who not only taught me how to write songs but was also my biggest cheerleader. My songs were so personal that sharing them felt like revealing a page from my diary. I had to build up the courage to even play them...
20 days ago • 1 min read
Weekly Newsletter 3.6.25 Why Sound is Healing (And how you can heal yourself by singing!) Hi Reader, This week, let’s talk more about sound frequencies and why they are healing! Did you know that humans with normal hearing can hear sounds between 20 and 20,000 hertz? Typically lower frequencies below 20-30 hertz are cut on most albums, however, those lower frequencies have been scientifically proven to have huge benefits to the body. They most often help with chronic inflammation and vagus...
28 days ago • 1 min read
Weekly Newsletter 2.27.25 Everything is a frequency! (What are you tuning into?!) Hi Reader, Knowing that everything is a frequency, I'm wondering if you've given much thought to the frequencies that you are tuning into on a regular basis? For example, how do you start the day? Hopefully not by watching the morning news... that can lower your vibe in literally minutes (especially these days - yikes!). But maybe you start your day with a nice cup of coffee or a fresh smoothie, meditation,...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Weekly Newsletter 2.20.25 Music Spotlight: The Next Octave Client’s Song, ‘Runnin’ (Her vocals are stunning!) Hi Reader, One of my greatest strengths is helping others express themselves, and that is exactly what Bibi was looking for when she reached out to me wanting to learn how to write a song. She’s a professional vocalist in her twenties who has been performing cover songs since she was a little girl, but she never wrote a song until we started working together! She didn’t know what she...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Weekly Newsletter 2.13.25 Ready to Try Something New? (And why this might just be what you’re looking for!) Hi Reader, For the past few weeks, I’ve been sending you weekly newsletters explaining why songwriting is healing from both a scientific and psychological perspective. In addition to how it’s helped me overcome the many challenges that I’ve faced in my life from dealing with my grandmother’s passing, surviving a traumatic car accident with my friends (when our van was completely...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Weekly Newsletter 2.6.25 How it All Started for Me (The traumatic car accident that led me on this path...) Hi Reader, The truth is, I've always loved music, ever since I was a little girl singing along to the radio with my sister in the backseat of my parent’s car. We used to make up our own words to songs, turning Madonna's 'Material Girl' into our new hit 'Cheerio Girl,' because we were obsessed with Cheerios cereal as kids🤣! Years later I started taking guitar lessons, and the first songs...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Weekly Newsletter 1.30.25 Why ‘The Next Octave’? (The meaning behind my business name!) Hi Reader, Most people agree that the purpose of life is to grow and evolve with a goal to achieve your next level as you move through life's many stages. This is also my goal for my clients who work with me one-on-one inside of ‘The Next Octave.’ My intention is to teach you how to rise above life’s challenges by incorporating songwriting for healing into your life. By definition, an octave is a series of...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Weekly Newsletter 1.23.25 An Alternative Approach to Traditional Therapies (Isn’t it time to try something new?!) Hi Reader, If you’re anything like me you’ve already tried traditional therapies, most often referred to by health care professionals, and yet somehow the issues that you've been dealing with continue to resurface in your life... Although traditional forms of therapy can help, an alternative approach to therapy, like songwriting for healing, works so well because neuroscience...
2 months ago • 1 min read