Not Your Average Music Therapist – Details, episodes & analysis

Enjoy this episode with music therapist, dementia practitioner, and business owner, Tara Jenkins. Hear what it’s like working with older adults, being a seasoned music therapist, and having resilience through challenges. This conversation also gets really specific on music therapy group sessions, Thanksgiving song ideas, and rates for music therapy group and individual sessions. We’d love to hear your thoughts - send a message on Instagram (@hellokimbest or @musictherapistpod) or send an email to hello@kimbest.com.

Connect with Tara online!

@HarmonyInDementia

www.harmonyindementia.com

Lessons learned and Encouragement shared

What do gardening and business have in common? In this episode, Kim shares her experience with both and drops insight into the process of starting something new. Enjoy!

kimbest.com/musiccanhelp

The podcast is back up! Enjoy this episode that provides some space for you to recognize your growth, breathe, and look lovingly into the rest of the year. 

To read my writings: kimbest.substack.com

To become a BFF behind the scenes: patreon.com/kimbest

kimbest.com for resources, products, and added support for music therapists

…and Instagram:

@kimberlyjanebest on Instagram

@musiccanhelp on Instagram

@nymusictherapy on Instagram

@musictherapistpod for this podcast on Instagram

In this episode, Tricia and I chat about subcontracting and our many opinions and experiences with contract-style work. We dive into the model of private practice music therapy businesses, and I offer a new model of business that I am excited to see unfold and develop. This is the first time I am sharing this new model publicly, and I hope you are inspired to try new things in your life and work to make each day more fulfilling. 

Find Tricia online:

@care-chronicles on Instagram

Care-chronicles.com

Email: hello@care-chronicles

And all the links that I had mentioned: 

kimbest.com for resources and support for music therapists

@kimberlyjanebest on Instagram

@musiccanhelp on Instagram

@nymusictherapy on Instagram

@musictherapistpod for this podcast on Instagram

I have had my share of proposing music therapy programs, networking with administrators, and giving presentations to anyone who will listen.

These years have given me insight into the most important parts of the process - what actually matters. I care about your time and our sustainability as a profession, so in this conversation I break down the key pieces that really matter.

Find the powerpoint slides here as a PDF.

Hope you walk away with ideas and next steps!

P.S. I have just started up my Patreon Page, so check it out! It’s a place where you get behind-the-scenes, early and exclusive access, and conversations with like-minded beautiful people, As a patron, you get to choose which tier you want to be - the $10/month tier is probably my favorite because you get a letter of encouragement in the mail and get to call yourself a “pen-pal.” It just makes me smile! There are other options as well which offer you coaching, art in the mail, etc. Can’t wait to build our little community over there!

Let’s change the world together by incorporating this into our lives more. Let’s take this in our jobs in a real and meaningful way. Let’s set a new standard of work and life balance and live fulfilling, rest-filed lives.

What is presence and how can we have more of it in our work and life?

Enjoy my husband's little hello around the 10 min mark. :)

New resource about the re-certification process for music therapists can be found here: kimbest.com/resources

Last month was the one year anniversary of my friend’s death, and I thought it would be a good time to chat about grief. Please excuse the driving noises! It gets better about halfway through. P.S. “Church of Grief” coming soon!

Please honor Sara with me by enjoying all the music she shared with the world in her short life. Here’s a link to her Youtube page with the bulk of her recorded work. You can also listen to What My Body Needs on Spotify.

Let’s dive deeper into this phrase and why it bothers us so much. This is a short and sweet episode on the name that bugs us to no end, and maybe this chat will help us see it differently.

Hi friends, we are back! Please enjoy this episode about the freedom to create your own timeline, answers to your questions, and a nice conversation about imposter syndrome - something we’ve all felt before!

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