Seasons of Resilience

Who are you if you don't have your titles? Who are you if you don't have your job?  Like many, music therapist Brianna Nilsen was furloughed last year at the first hit of the pandemic. In this episode of Seasons of Resilience, Brianna shares with us about her grief and other feelings involved upon losing her job and reflects on a very personal existential question: "who am I if I'm no longer a music therapist?"   Follow Bri on Instagram: @SongBirdBri   Connect with us! Instagram Kim: @KimberlyJaneBest Mabel: @LimitlessHarmonies     Our Websites: Kim: www.kimbest.com Mabel: www.limitlessharmonies.com   Music, production, and editing by Greg Best.

Resolutions? Setting goals? Planning? How about we start the new year with some hope? In this episode, Kim and Mabel talk about the new year and how to prepare for this season. They talk about their losses, wins, their "word of the year" and their hopes for 2021.    Resources mentioned:  RAIN acronym by Tara Brach Not your average music therapist podcast December Grief Journaling worksheets by Mabel Ortiz Guzman & Nicole Moore @elisejoy on Instagram The Enneagram Ami Kunimura's The Harmony Handbook, Images of Hope Meditation:    Connect with us! Instagram Kim: @KimberlyJaneBest Mabel: @LimitlessHarmonies   Our Websites: Kim: www.kimbest.com Mabel: www.limitlessharmonies.com   Music, production, and editing by Greg Best.

Mariagracia Rivas Berger is a music therapist working at the center for cancer and blood disorders at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC.  Mariagracia shares about the grief and losses she has experienced this year in relation to big plans directly associated with the people she loves. The event? Her wedding.    Connect with Mariagracia: @MGRivasBerger   Connect with us! Instagram Kim: @KimberlyJaneBest Mabel: @LimitlessHarmonies     Our Websites: Kim: www.kimbest.com Mabel: www.limitlessharmonies.com   Music, production, and editing by Greg Best.

The "holidays," as many would call this season, is usually associated with time spent with loved ones and cheerful feelings. But, what if you've experienced a loss (or many losses)? What if this ends up being not the "most wonderful time of the year" after all?  We sat down to talk about navigating loss and grief around this season when many celebrate various holidays. Feelings of comfort and joy are valid, and so are your loss and your grief.      Connect with us! Instagram Kim: @KimberlyJaneBest Mabel: @LimitlessHarmonies     Our Websites: Kim: www.kimbest.com Mabel: www.limitlessharmonies.com   Music, production, and editing by Greg Best.

For Jessica Ann Best, music is just not a hobby; music is her life. She is a professional Mezzo-Soprano and a voice professor at Nazareth college. But what happens when the world is fighting a pandemic and singing is prohibited? No more shows, no more performances, no more in-person voice lessons, no more group music-making. Tune in to listen to this heartfelt conversation with Jessica Ann Best where she shares about her journey in navigating her feelings of grief related to the loss of being unable to do what she loves most; sing.    Resources mentioned: Verdi - Nabucco: Va Pensiero - MET 2002 Verdi Requiem: Recordare (Shirley Verrett & Elena Obraztsova)   Connect with Jessica! Instagram: @JessBestSings Website: jessicaannbest.com Connect with us! Instagram Kim: @KimberlyJaneBest Mabel: @LimitlessHarmonies     Our Websites: Kim: www.kimbest.com Mabel: www.limitlessharmonies.com   Music, production, and editing by Greg Best.

Welcome to another episode of Seasons of Resilience. This season, we will be focusing on having conversations about grief and loss; grief related to death and non-death losses. Before we explore the different losses and feelings involved we thought, "shouldn't we talk about what grief is first?", and so this episode was born.  Listen in as we talk about symptoms, coping strategies and share our own stories of grief with you. We are in this together.    Resources mentioned: On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross https://www.ekrfoundation.org/5-stages-of-grief/on-death-and-dying/ Finding Meaning by David Kessler https://grief.com/sixth-stage-of-grief/   Connect with us! Instagram Kim: @KimberlyJaneBest Mabel: @LimitlessHarmonies   Our Websites: Kim: www.kimbest.com Mabel: www.limitlessharmonies.com   Music, production, and editing by Greg Best.

Welcome to Seasons of Resilience. This podcast is for anyone who goes through challenges, difficulties, and loss but recognizes that life is lived in seasons. We'll engage in comfortable and uncomfortable conversations, we'll share about the good and bad, the ups and downs, just how life is. To everything, there is a season and a time for every emotion that is experienced. Enjoy these stories of resilience.   Connect with us! Instagram Kim: @KimberlyJaneBest Mabel: @LimitlessHarmonies   Our Websites: Kim: www.kimbest.com Mabel: www.limitlessharmonies.com   Music, production, and editing by Greg Best.