In this episode, Corinne Burch joins Akshata to talk about their experience as a music therapist. We begin with how music therapy benefits cognition, emotion, and social development, but we take a couple interesting detours. What actually counts as music and who gets to make that definition? Is music therapy an isolated, elite, individualistic phenomenon? Or can we make it more community-oriented and culturally inclusive? We cover a lot of ground, from the weird and creative ways that musicians push boundaries, to the concrete and clinical ways that music therapy helps premature babies regulate their bodies. We really hope you enjoy this truly expansive episode!

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