Trust the Process Podcast

Well guys, its finally here. The end of Season 4. This season has pushed me more than any other To create quality content for you musicians, music educators, those recovering from injury or not. This podcast is a labor of love for anyone and everyone involved in music. Because we have a HUGE need in our world - to help performers achieve their goals in the healthiest way possible -to help musician...

One new thing I learned this season is that body mapping is just as important for singers as it is for instrumentalists.  Also, it is so important to get a correct diagnosis when recovering from an injury! My guest this week has experience in both.  Dr Bonnie Draina is a renowned vocal pedagogue and performer. In addition to this, she is an expert in body mapping for vocalists, and literally studi...

I had such a pleasant conversation with Dr Amy Likar today (well, I guess it was a few months ago when we recorded, but I enjoyed it all the same!) She has been in the musician wellness field for over 30 years, and has a WEALTH of knowledge when it comes to body mapping, technique, and connecting with your instrument. She also shares stories of how injuries and surgeries she experienced led her to...

This is the last Research and Development episode for Season 4! This study, entitled “Treating the musician rather than the symptom: The holistic tools employed by current practices to attend the non-motor problems of musicians with task-specific focal dystonia” by Anna Détári (2023) is a really well written piece on what musicians focal dystonia is. She interviewed several experts when it comes t...

This is the last episode in our Music Educators Injury Education Series. And it is my favorite one! We have talked about what to do to prevent injury... What to NOT do when your musician comes to you with an injury... and today, we are talking about what TO do when your musician comes to you with an injury! This is my thank you letter to music educators. You are doing better than you think, but yo...

I love highlighting the good things happening in the musician health world! One of those things is happening on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder's College of Music. A few weeks ago we met the embedded psychotherapist who is in the COM, Matthew Tomatz, LPC. This week, we meet the director of the musician wellness program: Dr Emily Gee. We talk about her personal experiences with...

This week's episode is part 2/3 in our Injury Prevention for Music Educators series. And like most content creators and thought leaders these days...I made an acronym for it to help you remember. Nope, it's not the 3 C's of Injury Prevention (sound familiar?) It is just a bit of sage advice from yours truly: Don't be a SAP! What is a SAP? Someone whose reactions to injury in their music student ca...

I got to know Matt a few months back when I found out what CU Boulder has going on in its music department. Some schools have a downloadable pdf about musician wellness. Well, CU Boulder College of Music has a whole DEPARTMENT for it! In today's episode, I sit down with the embedded psychotherapist in that department, Matthew Tomatz It was an AWESOME conversation! He shares his thoughts on the dif...

In this episode, l introduce the first part of a three-part series aimed at educators, contractors, managers, and leaders in the music industry. I share valuable tools and frameworks to help musicians stay healthy and avoid injury. I emphasize the importance of creating a supportive culture, curating thoughtful music programs, and coaching musicians on injury prevention. Tune in to learn how to fo...

First off, I just want to say thank you. Thank you to those who first believed in this mission and supported it. To my family, Bryant Jordan, Daniel Baldwin, Dana Lovell, Kevin West, Payton Womack. All dear friends who volunteered to help me realize this vision To the guests who have given of their time to share their stories and expertise... To all of you. The tens of thousands of you in over 60...

It is our 100th EPISODE!!! And I could not be more thrilled about how this interview turned out! Ashley Hall-Tighe is someone I have wanted to have on the show since before it started. She was the one that planted the seeds for my journey of self-discovery, especially when it comes to my relationship with music and the trumpet If you want to learn how to use your time of injury recovery as a time...

In this episode, Clark Lovell shares five practical and heartfelt ways friends, family, and supporters can help injured musicians through their recovery journey. Whether you're a loved one or a supporter in the music community, these insights provide actionable steps to offer meaningful assistance. Key Topics The importance of emotional, tangible, motivational, advocacy, and community support for...

First of all, I apologize to Ms. Roskell for mispronouncing her last name on the recording (it is pronounced RAWSKell)!! I meant no disrespect and I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation! Because she REALLY knows her stuff! She literally wrote the book on it! She is not only a professor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London, Or the President-Elect of the European Piano Teachers Association But wr...

One of the cool benefits I have with the podcast is sharing what I am learning in my masters program in real time! One of the key theories and concepts in confidence building for performers is self efficacy. Self Efficacy (coined by Dr Albert Bandura) is one's belief in their ability to complete a task. No one who has gone through an injury needs to be reminded of how their confidence took a huge...

Sometimes the best tool we have against adversity is our own attitude. Viktor Frankl, who survived the Holocaust, once said "Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." In today's episode I talk with Josh Rzepka, trumpeter, educator, and content creator, about the experience...

This week we hit another Research and Development episode and this one confirmed everything I have been talking about for the last couple years. A couple of European researchers (link below) sought out to determine if there were certain psychological risk factors for overuse injuries in athletes (insert musician there) They measured perfectionistic tendencies, perfectionistic strivings (watch to f...

Imagine having a normal day with your family, and you get a call: "you have a brain tumor" As a musician, and more importantly, as a human, that would rock your world. Dr Amy Lee Gabbitas (my former boss) shares with me how she was able to go through major brain surgery... How she learned to walk again... How she found other passions through teaching... And how she was able to eventually return to...

THANK YOU for listening to the show! As promised, copy and paste this link into your browser for 3 Exercises I take my 1-1 coaching clients through: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OqEclwNWOlLgWlrnXXhu850zTsRopb4B/view?usp=sharing In this episode I wanted to give you some tangibles. What can you DO while you are going through your injury recovery? Because it can get pretty dang lonely and tough w...

Could the pain you're feeling while performing have NOTHING to do with your technique? Dr Nancy Taylor, UTEP Trumpet Professor AND Occupational Therapist shares simple ways we live our life... That are actually hurting your playing! AND, how to fix them! Dr Taylor is a legend in the trumpet world, and I am SO excited for you to hear our conversation! Keep on keepin' on! Follow Dr Taylor on IG here...

Use the coupon code "HighPerformance" at checkout with the link below to get 60% OFF the Roots of Recovery Masterclass Package! https://roots.musicianunchained.com/offer This week's episode is all about developing the RIGHT kind of habits. These are the habits that the worlds TOP performers use to be on top of their game AND stay healthy while doing it. This is the FIRST Research and Development e...

APOLOGIES to my audio podcast friends! for some reason, last week's episode did not publish on the audio platforms! Social media can really bring people together! Today I share my conversation with Welsh tenor Joshua Owen Mills, whom I met through Instagram! He shares his experience as a freelance opera singer, and how a devastating illness taught him one thing: financial preparedness Freelancers...

I love getting to highlight peoples' stories on the podcast But I love sharing lessons learned from them even more! Recently I facilitated a panel discussion on injury prevention at my alma mater, BYU We talked about injury prevention techniques We talked about how WORLD CLASS ATHLETES and collegiate musicians have more in common than you think And how gratitude may just change the trajectory of y...

WHAAATTT??? No way - athletes and musicians are NOT the same! Ok they are very, very similar. At least in how they experience injury psychologically This interview is one that I have wanted to do for a year and a half Carrie Jackson has been working with injured athletes as a Certified Mental Performance Consultant for twenty years She is one of THE experts on how to help athletes optimize their r...

"I’m holding on for a hero ‘til the end of the night..." Just kidding (Go check out Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler for THAT song) Today I share a framework that has been absolutely instrumental (no pun intended) in my own recovery journey Ever notice how Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter, and Bilbo Baggins all seem to have the same story arc? Something difficult happens, a mentor shows up, a jo...

Welcome to Season 4 of Trust the Process! We start off with musician health researcher, clarinetist, and Emmy award winning journalist, Dr Kensley Behel. She shares how an anatomical hole in her soft palate kept her from performing clarinet How that and other setbacks led her to the OLYMPICS, and becoming a musician health researcher Most of all, if you are a music educator or student, she shares...