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Can Music Bring You Back to Yourself?

Welcome to Resonate, conversations and life lessons from Rancho La Puerta. In this thoughtful episode, Barry is joined by Keith Macpherson, a musician, author, coach, and mindfulness teacher whose path has taken him from a seventh-grade school assembly to Canadian Idol, world travels, and wellness workshops across cultures. Keith shares how music first opened the door to self-expression and later became a powerful bridge into mindfulness, healing, and presence.

Together, Barry and Keith explore the deeper connection between music and mindfulness, including how a single song can help us slow down, process emotion, reconnect with memory, and listen more deeply to ourselves. Keith also shares the five principles from his book, Making Sense of Mindfulness, touching on inner dreaming, exposing the saboteur, opening the mind, becoming mindfully aware, and the power of the words “I am.”

This episode is a gentle reminder that mindfulness is not a buzzword or an escape. It is a daily practice, a choice, and a return to the essence of who we are. Whether through breath, music, intention, or kindness toward ourselves, Keith invites us to start small, listen closely, and come back to the present moment with compassion.

Resources:

• Keith Macpherson
• Making Sense of Mindfulness
• Making Sense of Mindfulness Online Program
• Keith Macpherson Daily Intentions
• Let’s Connect Podcast

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