Memories With A Beat

Send us Fan Mail Everyone isn't always nice.  The world likes to label people and put them in boxes.  This world is full of toxic people and products.  Joyce Wheeler refuses to accept any labels anyone tries to put on her.  She also refuses to use toxic products.  She runs her business the way she wants.  She's a self-proclaimed rebel. LOL! Joyce explores all areas of natural health and...

Send us Fan Mail Where are my 80's hair band fans?  Shelley is and shared memories of this song with me.  The good ole days ya know?  It's too bad we don't know it when we are living them.  Shelley can remember watching MTV and guessing the videos on the countdown with her brother.  They knew it was always going to be "Livin'On A Prayer" because it was number one for...

Send us Fan Mail They don't call her "Mama Pistachio" for no reason!  Angela Locashio is my guest, speaking about the song "Hero of the Day" by Metalica for SO many reasons!!  Mama Pistachio is good at holding space for others and a safe space at that.  Angela is a unique soul bursting with love for others and the desire for them to love themselves too!  Angela has a son w...

Send us Fan Mail What an inspiring author Kevin Eastman is?!?  I loved the story he shared about his supervisor in the Air Force who sat him down and explained how everything was not happening TO Kevin.  Kevin reflected on that conversation and had to take a long hard look inside and decided to make some changes.  Kevin had a lot of motivational topics he shared.  He was so inspired to change his...

Send us Fan Mail Green Day, a great band from the 90's...or that's how my best friend from High School and I see them.  Don't worry, we know they are current and are still producing great music.  Amber Cummer shared the song "Good Riddance" or we knew it as "Time of Your Life."  This was one of those overplayed songs on the radio during our High School years.  th...

Send us Fan Mail Introducing Avery...you see Avery's name used to be Heather!  Heather was working as an RN and was working loooong shifts.  Christmas morning of 2018, the Charge Nurse, of the pediatric ICU, "commanded" her to go home saying she didn't look too well.  Heather would find herself so sick that she was bedridden. Heather was newly married and "In sickness and...

Send us Fan Mail Andrea really does her research on the music she loves.  Andrea picked "Peg" by Steely Dan for multiple reasons.  Andrea explained how some words in the song were not sung as one word however they were created by each letter or syllable. Peg is so interested in song creation because she is part of the music industry.  Andrea's work history makes me jealous because o...

Send us Fan Mail Bonnie is working on her rags to riches story.  She is doing this by coaching others to be positive which is pretty easy for her since she is such a positive person! She was so inspired by this song that she uses it in business. Her coaching tagline is "The Wind Beneath Your Wings".  Bonnie is no stranger to hard times and adults with no manners.  Bonnie just stays posit...

Send us Fan Mail Speaking with an Aussie this time.  Jenn stumbled upon HSP-Extroverts in her time of illness without a diagnosis.  She was a thriving singer living her dream when she became very tired and unable to recover from these bouts of fatigue.  Since that time Jenn has been utilizing her psychology degree and coaching others to "live their best life" and supporting Highly Sensit...

Send us Fan Mail When did kindness become revolutionary?  We are all human and words hurt more than sticks and stones most times.  Word wounds take a lot longer to heal too!! Hope is familiar with this kind of wound and appreciates this song "Human" because of it!  Hope is a coach and cautions others to only share wounds that are healed and that is why she was compelled to share her conn...

Send us Fan Mail What a genuinely kind, calm, zen person Lynne is! Lynne wanted to share music with no words... Y'all know I like my stories from each song.  So, I thought we'd give it a try!  Lynne connects with this music when she wants to be laser-focused and productive.  She has spent a lot of time meditating as a Heartfulness Trainer.  And I mean a lot of time.  She is also a globe-...

Send us Fan Mail Got a KJ in the hot seat this time...Are you thinking what I was thinking when I heard "KJ"????  It's a karaoke jockey...Duh!  They are the people who have come, set up, provided equipment for us to all live out our dream of singing on a stage.  I love the meaning for this song for Tess though.  Life is hard and we all know it.  Tess was at a point where she was jus...

Send us Fan Mail Having a colorful musical background Fred proposed to me to discuss the top 5 women that were kind of "Trail Blazers" of their time!  You see when Fred first started to decide on a specific song he'd like to discuss, all these women sang songs came on in a row of him listening to music, research if you will.  He asked if he could discuss multiple songs and 5 women. ...

Send us Fan Mail Marie Ellis Cook, A self-proclaimed Taylor Swift expert, was my guest for this episode.  Marie used Taylor Swift music and the emotions she could feel from the music to get through a very tough childhood.  Marie would pay attention to Taylor Swift's actions and imitate them because she was not taught basic human interaction etiquette. So she was basically learning from Taylor...

Send us Fan Mail New World Normal...what is that?  Debbie had just gone through a leave of absence at work and divorce.  She learned how our bodies process trauma. Just as she was starting to think about starting a business and podcast helping others with their trauma... the pandemic hit!  She knew everyone was looking and thinking about what the new normal was going to be.  But Debbie thought abo...

Send us Fan Mail When I was drawn into Patient's reel by her smile and energy. I knew I wanted to see what kind of story was attached to the song making her so happy. Patient Modevi was dancing to Spanish Harlem and remembering lazy days dancing with her dad and having friends over and he thought he was invited to hang out too -  he wasn't!   Full Show Notes

Send us Fan Mail I cannot express how much I love all the things that came out of this interview with Marie!!  She has interviewed a lot of people and knows a lot of stuff!!  Marie loves this song "Rise Up" because of her own trials in her life that she has overcome!  She loves the message of getting up over and over again to conquer trials. And what a cool story about Andra Day playing...

Send us Fan Mail Ahh the 80's...still my favorite music. Who didn't love Madonna?  I have to say she sure has aged well!!  I was instantly transported to being in front of the tv trying to make a mixtape when this song came on in my car the other day.  I HAD to share it with you! Full Show Notes

Send us Fan Mail Lisa brought so much joy to the conversation about this song "Older and Wiser."  She relates to it remembering her birthday party coming to an end and this song playing. She was unsure about her father's future as he was not doing well.  I loved when she said, "To know me is to know him."  I love that she knows that about herself and can appreciate that sh...

Send us Fan Mail Do you know the Fleetwood Mac version or The Chicks version of "Landslide"?  Wes first heard The Chicks version and resonated with it. He appreciates the "struggle of emotion" the song evokes in him. When Wes finds himself wrestling with his feelings this is often a song he'll play. Wes is very familiar with music, he has sung for much of his life and is o...

Send us Fan Mail Who had a banana seat bike?  I did, mine was green.  And so did Bob Bland, my guest.  Bob is immediately taken back to the summer before his twelfth birthday!  He was a man on the town, his first summer his parents left him home alone, on his banana seat bike.  No sunscreen. No water bottle.  "Baker Street" just seemed to be the soundtrack to that summer.  When he was in...

Send us Fan Mail Do you know the group Bony M?  Haven't heard of that group in a while, eh?  Don't ya know?  I made a new Canadian friend, Tammy Johnston, who quickly replied to a FB post about holiday music.  Turns out Tammy loves all things Christmas but does not believe in God.  And that's ok...she shared "Mary's Boy Child" with us all.  She fell in love with this...

Send us Fan Mail David Bowie and Bing Crosby have been singing this song to us for many years.  And for many years, Kristin, her Aunt, and her cool older cousin Laura have made Christmas cookies while listening to this and many other Christmas songs.  Kristin remembers being in her Aunt's kitchen, mixing the ingredients, baking the cookies and icing the cookies.  She was so honored the day he...

Send us Fan Mail The most popular Christmas song of all times is the one my guest Maggie Olson picked..."All I Want for Christmas is You!"  When Maggie hears this song she remembers being very pregnant and singing this to her baby.  Four years ago, Maggie really prayed that on Christmas day she would NOT still be pregnant!  Baby Maeda was born on the 14th and Maggie's wish came true...

Send us Fan Mail This interview took me by surprise...this 80's song, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper has to be all things about careless fun with your girlfriends, right? Well, not in this episode.  Isis loves this song just because of the joy she feels when the song comes on the radio.  In fact, she had no TV to rot her brain out to MTV like the rest of us in the &ap...