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Apr 2022
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351. Music and Emotions with Bryson Merk...

Jody Moore
About this episode

This week, Business Minded student and musician Bryson Merkley shows us how to leverage the power of music to process our emotions. He's offering his wisdom on using music to center ourselves in our bodies, how music helps us isolate what the emotions we're experiencing feel like, and he's also created playlists of symphonic music to help you take this work deeper.

 

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