Art and Your Health
This is a continuation of my series Stress and Your Health, based on information learned from a Brene Brown Podcast with guests Dr. Emily Nagoski and Dr. Amelia Nagoski, authors of Burnout. They discuss several evidence-based techniques for unlocking the stress cycle in order to prevent burnout and illness. Today I want to highlight my favorite technique: creativity and art.
Stress and Your Health
For people who stutter, the very act of communication may be a stressor. Examples include speaking in a feared situation, worrying about what other people might think if they stutter, or even a full day of using fluency strategies.
Over the next few posts, I’m going to share some tips I learned on ways we can unlock the cycle on our stress so we can prevent it from making us sick.
Let Your Light Shine
In May 2020, the Mississippi Arts Commission stopped me in my tracks when a group of artists and musicians collaborated on a performance of “This Little Light of Mine.” I went on to spend much of the summer with this simple tune running through my head. This is the summer I made my dream of Bold Speech Therapy a reality. Although I had been planning for months, it was the time for the hard work to make it happen. I made a promise to myself that despite everything that was going on in the world, despite my insecurities, and despite my fears, I was going to let my light shine.