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Published Research
Songs for the Soul: A Program to Address a Nurses’ Grief
Learn how our non-profit first began and how music plays a role in expression
Music in Medicine
Storytelling Through Music to Improve Well-being in Oncology Nurses: A Feasibility Study
Writing a meaningful song encouraged oncology nurses to complete an intervention aimed to better their psychosocial stress- proving story telling through music as a feasible intervention.
Storytelling Through Music: A Multidimensional Expressive Arts Intervention to Improve Emotional Well-being of Oncology Nurses
The musical intervention led to significantly less loneliness and insomnia and greater self-compassion in participants.
A Musical Approach to Cope with Psychosocial Stress
Relieve your stress passively or actively with music. Find out why we resonate so deeply with music.
Themes of belonging, finding meaning, and transforming emotions emerged in qualitative analysis of the intervention. "My soul had become somewhat numbed to all the pain and devastation that I see daily in my workplace. This program helped bring back my kindness and empathy."
Mental Wellbeing in Healthcare
Insights describing why oncology nurses continue working in their professions despite the weight of their emotions and highlights their strong connectedness to patients.
“Creative expression and art have the potential to enhance
psychosocial well‐being and decrease stress.”
Professional quality of life is significantly impacted by loneliness, self-compassion, and depression. Feelings of loneliness showed the strongest relationship to burnout while compassion fatigue was associated with depression and anxiety.
Conference Presentations
Invited Lectures
The University of Houston, Department of Arts Leadership, “Arts in Health Programming for Self-Care.” Houston, TX. (2021-2023)
“Storytelling Through Music: A Celebration of Compassion and Reconnection to Meaning and Purpose,” 26th Annual Nurse Leaders & Managers Conference. Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH, 2022.
“Storytelling Through Music: A Renewal of Our Healing Spirits by Transforming Stories Into Song,” 11th Annual Holistic Nursing Conference. Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH, 2022.
“Use of Storytelling Through Music to Address Professional Grief Among an Interdisciplinary Gynecology Oncology Team.” Paula Major Award Lectureship at the Society of Gynecology Nurse Oncologists, Nashville, TN, 2020 [conference canceled due to COVID-19].
“From Cowgirl’s Lament to Campfire Song.” 9 th Annual Cowtown Oncology Symposium, Fort Worth, TX, 2019.
The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School, “Humanities, Heart and the Art of Medicine” – Guest Lecture on the Integration of Music into a Wellness Program for Healthcare Professionals, Austin, TX (2017)