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For parents, students, and anyone else who believes that music can and should be a meaningful part of our lives.

The Weekly Review

When 2 + 2 = 10

Embracing Uncertainty

Why Today?

Space to Breathe

Servant Leaders

When You’re Exhausted, Do This

Dare to Be Righteously Emotionless

Find a Friend

Doing It Slightly Slower

Relationships with Adults

Selling Points

Anything is Better than Nothing

Everyone Struggles

Imperfectionism

The Great Escape

The Curiosity of a Child

The Thing About Size

What They Want and What They Need

Planning to Plan

Where Everyone is Above Average

Starting with a Seed

Steps, then Don’t Think

Performance Opportunities

Surviving Being Swamped

The Self-Care Superpower

What’s the Solution?

Changing Definitions of Reality

The Thing About Tomorrow

The Only One in the Room

The Persistence of a Child

Levels of Friction

The Bomb Club

Permission to Restart

If You Take Action

Guilt By Association

If You’re Working, You’re Practicing

Letting It Bake

Different Layers of Patience

The Walls Are Real

Exploring Your Cracks of Time

The “Just Do It” Paradox

The Patience Gateway

Balancing Literacy and Creativity

There’s Something On Your Face

Power of Community

Be Like the Terminator

Chase the Red Dot

An Engineering Approach to Practicing

Visualization vs. Mental Rehearsal