Art Finds a Way

Art Finds a Way

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Art Finds a Way episodes

  • Ep 2 - The Roots and Rhythm of the Heart, Dr. Krystal Demaine, Expressive Arts Therapist

    Dr. Krystal Demaine, Ph.D. grew up in the small coastal community of Rockport, Massachusetts, with her mother, father, and two sisters.  As a young girl she was inspired by her creative surroundings; with her parents as owners of the iconic Bearskin Neck Country Store and her father an accomplished bass player; she was drawn to creative pursuits with music and art which became her life’s passion.  Her roots of training in music therapy, neuroscience, creative writing, photography, expressive arts, and yoga led her to 20 years of private practice working across the lifespan with neurodiverse populations, mental health, and grief support.  She earned a B.M. in Music Therapy from Berklee College of Music, M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology from Cambridge College, and a Ph.D. in Expressive Therapies from Lesley University.  She is a Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC), Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT), Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) with advanced training in Neurologic Music Therapy, Performance Wellness, Integrative Medicine for Mental Health, Trauma Sensitive HeartMath, and is a Listening Hour Practitioner.  She has written numerous peer reviewed articles and book chapters and presented her work across the globe. She is currently Full Professor of Expressive Therapies at Endicott College in Beverly, MA overseeing the Art Therapy and Expressive Arts Therapy undergraduate degree programs and coordinating the biennial Endicott College Expressive Therapies Symposium.  She also teaches part time at both Lesley University in the Psychology & Applied Therapies Department and at Salem State University in the Music  & Dance Department. Dr. Demaine lives in Beverly, MA, with her bright young son.  Her most recent book, “The Roots and Rhythm of the Heart” shares her philosophy of working with heart, healing, and the arts.   Dr. Demaine is available for talks, workshops, and writing projects.


    Visit www.krystaldemaine.com

    40 min
  • Ep 1 - Recovery Through Rap: Matt Roy, Music Therapist

    Matt Roy shares a unique and effective approach to using rap songs with patients in support of their recovery from addiction.


    Matt Roy is a board-certified music therapist and currently works at Recovery Centers of America in Danvers, Massachusetts. He is passionate about working in recovery and substance use and is experienced in crisis intervention, mindfulness, and trauma-informed practices. Matt believes that expressive arts and holistic treatment approaches to healing are an important part of the recovery journey. 


    Matt is a talented songwriter, instrumentalist, rapper, and producer. He recently released his first self-produced rap album called Changes under the name Royal the Rapper, available now on all listening platforms. Matt is also a skilled musician, with over 12 years of experience teaching private music lessons. Matthew currently offers private piano and guitar lessons and private songwriting, recording, and music production sessions. 


    Recommended links:

    Royal the Rapper

    Yondo Beats - Aweome beats on Youtube

    37 min
  • 12-14-20

    Notes:

    Boston Globe:
    1. Maybe we need sages and monks to make our tough decisions
    2. Rev. Liz Walker persuades Black people to take the vaccine
    3. John Le Carre, obit, author of spy books

    Wall Street Journal
    4. Painful changes we had to make at work during 2020
    5. Book: Gray Matter: 71/2 lessons about the brain - Lisa Feldman Barrett
    6. Dr. Jill Biden
    7. C-Suite Strategies section
    8. CEO Spotlight section

    New York Times
    9. Students kidnapped in Nigeria (gratitude for what we have when you think about how difficult things are for others)
    10. Book: My Struggle - autobiography by Karl von Knausgaard, fashion icon
    11. Taylor Swift’s new album, Evermore
    12. Queen’s Gambit causing more females to play chess
    13. Color words

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    15 min
  • 12-13-20

    Notes:

    Boston Globe
    1. Book: Red comet: The short life and blazing art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark Knopf
    2. Little girl loves new vocabulary
    3. New way to play chess
    4. Intriguing opening lines

    New York Times
    5. Recipes:
    * Rice cake soup with bok choy & edamame
    * Pasta with bacon, cheese, lemon, & pine nuts
    * White borscht

    6. Convey different tones with body language
    7. Tattoo artist, Mira Mariah
    8. Books:

    • Is this anything? - Jerry Seinfeld
    • Mindful thoughts at home - Kate Peers
    • 10 lessons for a post-pandemic world - Fareed Zakaria
    • JFK: Coming of age in the American century - Fredrik Logevall
    • A certain hunger - Chelsea G. Summers
    • Group: How one therapist and a circle of strangers changed my life - Christie Tate
    • The sun collective - Charles Baxter
    • The Ickabog - JK Rowling
    • Dolly Parton, Songteller - DOlly Parton
    • Eleanor - David Michaelis

      • 9. Creativity: A short & cheerful guide - John Cleese

      10. Color words

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      17 min
    • 12-12-20

      Notes:

      Boston Globe
      1. Neil Krieger, obit, neuroscientist, bioluminescence
      2. Godfather 2
      3. Stella Sullivan, obit, 96, “that dirty bird virus”
      4. Dad pays for son’s first legal beer
      5. Joan Baez, painter
      6. Massachusetts Conference for Woman

      Wall Street Journal
      7. New rule in England: can only serve alcohol with a “substantial meal”
      8. Tony Hsieh’s unwieldy estate
      9-10. Consumer psychology: sloppy vs neat present wrapping
      11. The Lindler brothers and fishing business
      12. Walter E. Williams, obit, good or bad? hold space
      13. Microsoft engineer, Eric Engstrom, obit
      14. Margaret Chase Smith, courageous senator
      15. Autism/invention connection
      16. Older people are happier than younger
      17. Book: Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present - Ruth Ben-Ghiat
      18. Atomic Habits - James Clear
      19. Resilient systems in nature
      20. Dan Ariely: make tasks manageable, peak-end rule
      21.  Monastery in Switzerland
      22. Recipe: Delicata squash with cauliflower puree, brown butter, and hazelnuts
      23. Solution for rock-hard brown sugar
      24. Steven Soderbergh, director, interview
      25. Jen Atkins, hair product CEO, Ouai
      26. Goldie Hawn, non-profit, MindUP

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      27 min
    • 12-11-20

      Notes:

      1. TV recs: Pennyworth & The Wilds (NYT)
      2. Documentary: Gunda (follows a family of pigs) (NYT)
      3. Deb Price, obit, ground-breaking gay columnist (NYT)
      4. Building homes on the moon (WSJ)
      5. Amphibious homes (WSJ)
      6. High-tech fresh air (WSJ)
      7. Digital nomad, Alan Frei (WSJ)
      8. Book: Brazil that never was - A.J. Lees (WSJ)
      9. Fire-inspired artwork, Dave Cole (B. GLOBE)
      10. Smoky cocktails, https://www.tiktok.com/@johnrondi
      11. Cigar reviews, https://www.tiktok.com/@cigarprop

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      17 min
    • 12-10-20

      Notes:

      1. Los Angelis Rams coach, Sean McVay inspired by Patriots coach, Bill Belichick: “Consistency is the truest measure of performance.”
      2. Shakespeare quote: “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions” - from Hamlet
      3. Book: Breaking bread with the dead - Alan Jacobs
      4. Pantone colors for 2021
      5. Book: How science taught Leonardo Davinci to paint - Francesca Fiorani

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      7 min
    • 12-9-20

      Notes:

      1. Swiss cheese defense for the pandemic: multiple layers of defense are very effective
      2. Honeypot: catching hackers by luring them in, deceptive technology
      3. Reignite the spark in your relationship during the pandemic
      4. Help your teenagers focus
      5. Woman loves her Ferrari, philanthropist
      6. Book: Friends and Enemies - Barbara Amiel
      7. Chuck Yeager, obit, broke the sound barrier
      8. Recipes: Taiwanese beef noodle soup, latkes, spice-rubbed braised brisket, & caramelized sheet-pan French toast
      9. Barack Obama/: how he became an effective storyteller and writer

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      19 min

    About Art Finds a Way

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    Conversations with expressive arts therapists about their work. Informative interviews focused on music therapy, art therapy, drama therapy, and psychodrama therapy.