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This episode features three wonderful women who have created a wonderful service and experience for people living with dementia. As truly holistic approach, you'll hear about their experience in guiding people living with dementia as well as their families, staff, and care teams. Take a listen to hear more about healthy selfishness, important for all care team members and helping professionals in general!

About The Creative Dementia Collective:We are three passionate millennial women who have extensive experience in the senior care industry.  Our experience has shown us where the gaps and needs are for people living with dementia and their loved ones.  We saw the need for real and tangible support which, oftentimes, is not available to them through larger, more institutional organizations. 

The need for additional, deeper support and resources remains a real and ongoing concern, and we created The Collective to address and support these needs as well as to work toward normalizing, not stigmatizing people living with dementia.  Our people-first approach to creatively caring for our clients and their loved ones allows us to build relationships, create much needed educational opportunities and bring awareness to the people behind the disease.

Links:Website: CreativeDementiaCollective.comInstagram: instagram.com/cCeativeDementiaCollectiveFacebook: facebook.com/CreativeDementiaCollective

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SUGGESTED MEDIA:Open Letter to the Music Therapy Community on Justice and Equity by Dr. Natasha Thomas and Dr. Marisol Norris EVENTS/TRAININGSIntro to Anti-Ableism through Music Therapy Academy Confronting Racism, Discrimination and Othering: Perspectives from Around the World through the William Alanson White Institute

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PODCAST EPISODE SUGGESTIONS: Necessary Expressions: Allowing Black Pain Into Therapeutic Spaces from the Chronicles of a Play Therapist with Althea T. SimpsonUnderstanding Play Therapy Interventions for Black Children Affected By Racial Trauma with Arron Muller, LMSW from Chronicles of a Play Therapist with Althea T. SimpsonDear Asian Americans PodcastDisability and the Arts: How can we make the Arts Accessible for Patrons? from Disarming DisabilityDisability Basics: What are the Intersections of Race and Disability? from Disarming DisabilityDisability and the Arts: What are the Barriers for Professional Artists? from Disarming DisabilityCode Switch – Finding ‘A Perfect Match’The Accessible Stall Disability After DarkStill Processing PodcastLGBTQ&AYOUTUBE CONTENT SUGGESTIONS:Creative Vibes Music Therapy – The Untold History of Music TherapyCreative Vibes Music Therapy – Racial Inequity in Music Therapy ARTICLES/BOOKS"Ignoring The History Of Anti-Asian Racism Is Another Form Of Violence" article by Connie Wun"How to support Asian American colleagues amid the recent wave of anti-Asian violence" by Jennifer LiuAnti-Racist Resource Guide by Victoria AlexanderAnti-Racist Resource List Deaf Culture and Community The Deaf Community Challenges that still exist for the Deaf Celebrating National Deaf Awareness Month (AND ALL YEAR LONG!)The Milan Conference: When Sign Language Was Almost DestroyedDONATEHate Is A Virus - Raising $1 MILLION to give back to local and national community organizations that are providing pivotal services and programs for our community. This includes programs related to mental health, better protections for our elderly, AAPI representation, solidarity-building and more. -Also you can donate to many of the content creators above!!!

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In this episode, Tamara talks with us about how movements, creative movement, and dance can reconnect us back to our minds and bodies. She describes how we can use creative movement and body connection in our sessions to support clients as well as how to use that connection for ourselves as therapists! Take a listen and enjoy!

Tamara Nazon is a Dance Movement Therapist and dancer from Montreal, Canada, whose mission is to help people cultivate psychological, emotional, and physical transformation through movement. Putting the body and movement at the center of the therapeutic process, she uses a combination of creative movement, psycho-somatic techniques, and movement analysis to guide people into connecting with the deepest parts of themselves, and tap into the healing power of their bodies. Tamara's clinical experience includes working with children, artists,  immigrant populations, people suffering from eating disorders, and people suffering from chronic pain.  Tamara is part of the Inclusivity, Diversity, Accessibility, and Equity (IDEA) committee of the Dance Movement Therapy Association of Canada. She is also the founder of the Healing Dance Class and Power & Flow technique, where she mixes her love for dance, movement, and healing in creative exploratory workshops.  Tamara is passionate about helping mental health professionals find creative ways to embrace and integrate the power of the body in their own practice and connect to their inner mover!

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In this episode, Rachel talks about the ins and outs of eating disorders, recovery, the basics of polyvagal theory, diet culture, and more. Through this discussion Rachel shares ways that she integrates Polyvagal theory into her own practice and what she has learned utilizing this theory as a therapist and human. Take a listen and enjoy!

Rachel Sellers is currently on the road to licensure as a mental health counselor with a focus on young adults and adolescents through both private practice and The Renfrew Center. She has most recently completed her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counselling, while also holding a master’s degree in Early Childhood Education. Rachel uniquely combines these two aspects of passion as a way to educate, counsel, write and lead about the interconnectedness of trauma, the polyvagal theory, diet culture, and eating disorders -- all with a mission to end the stigma around mental health -- especially for younger generations. An Atlanta native, Rachel has lived and worked in Nashville for the past 7 years with her husband, Coy. Rachel is the host of The Rachel Sellers Podcast, an avid mental health blogger, a coffee enthusiast and a lover of slow mornings and sleeping in. To connect further, you can find Rachel online at https://www.rachelesellers.com/ or on IG @iamrachelsellers. 

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Check out Rachels blog post "Body Neutrality" on her blog!

More posts on Polyvagal theory from Rachel's blog!

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In this shared episode, Tricia and I talk about the importance of leaning on your community during difficult times. Without community support, self-care can be an empty vessel and having others to lean on for creative ideas, general support, and validation is so crucial for our creative well-being. Tricia and I talk about shared experiences of creativity within groups, communities, and more in this episode. take a listen to learn more!

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How do we expand our own idea of what creativity is? Can we tune in to how often we are creative throughout the day and give ourselves more credit for our creativity? Take a listen to learn more about how when we take the time to expand our own creative awareness, we can actually cause a ripple effect that helps the clients we work with and that can have a larger effect on our cultures view of creativity!

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What is a sensory inventory? When we notice what is happening around us by focusing on our senses, we are able to tune in to everything that is happening around us. So often our brain tunes our sense out (understandably) but what happens when we notice? If we take an inventory of some of things we see, hear, or feel then we can really notice when something is different. Also -- take a listen to hear how you can turn this experience into an intervention in itself!

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In this episode, we talk about how important our environment is for our creativity. How can we utilize the items and space around us to our advantage? How can we create something from our environment for creative self-care? How do we look at the environment with fresh eyes again? How do we take notice of what is going on around us and how does this impact creativity? We answer these questions in todays episode! Hop on the challenge!!

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In this episode, I talk a little bit about the power that space can bring to creativity! Not like outer space, but silence -- absence of doing -- the space of being. In this weeks challenge, you will find ways to utilize silence and create more space for yourself and for your clients. When we have more space -- we have more opportunity for new ideas to emerge!

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Hear more about leaving space in therapy in episode #77 with me!

Check out my article "Leaving Space: Supporting The Emotional World Of Children" in the Connect 2 Music Therapy Magazine

"The Art of Noticing" book by Rob Walker

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In this episode, I am sharing our first creative self-care challenge! In light of recent events and dealing with some tough family health concerns, we will be taking some time to do some extra self-care in these next few weeks. Instead of interviews, we will posting a series of creative self-care challenges instead as we take some time to heal and get back to our groove. Once we are back in that place, we will be recording our 100th episode and releasing that (a Q&A episode!).

We want to hear how the challenge went for you! What ideas came up for you -- how was "yes and"ing??? Tag us on Instagram #ctucreativitychallenge or email us at [email protected]

Take a listen to episode #33 with Emily to learn more about Yes And..

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