PinnedElisabeth C. Swim, M.A., OAK to NYC to HTX·Jul 24, 2021Stop Bullying & Start Enjoying YourselfIf you’ve been to therapy, you know about self talk. How is your self-talk supporting your learning process and how is it getting in the…
Elisabeth C. Swim, M.A., OAK to NYC to HTX·Oct 20, 2021Like Nails on a KeyboardLearning to play with a relaxed, but rounded, hand helps immensely with piano or organ technique. A rounded hand transfers energy from the…
Elisabeth C. Swim, M.A., OAK to NYC to HTX·Sep 21, 2021Buy Yourself Some TimeThis Preschool counting trick will help your young ones stop doing one thing and start doing something else.
Elisabeth C. Swim, M.A., OAK to NYC to HTX·Aug 20, 2021Mindful Music TrickHere is a quick way to find your center even in the midst of a hundred thousand things to do.
Elisabeth C. Swim, M.A., OAK to NYC to HTX·Aug 11, 2021Balance in Three ⚖️Some of my favorite centering songs have 3 beats. What I mean is that their underlying pulse — their heartbeat — is counted 1–2–3. This…
Elisabeth C. Swim, M.A., OAK to NYC to HTX·Aug 9, 2021Keep Up the Flame 🔥I love this song and have wanted to play it for 25 years, ever since I heard it on KCSM radio in the SF Bay Area. There were a number of…A response icon1A response icon1
Elisabeth C. Swim, M.A., OAK to NYC to HTX·Aug 7, 2021Creative First Aid ✏️Why pencils and erasers are not just for young childrenA response icon1A response icon1
Elisabeth C. Swim, M.A., OAK to NYC to HTX·Aug 6, 2021Earworms — What to do when you just can’t listen to that song again!?*%$Have you ever been somewhere waiting, in traffic or on a telephone hold — and a song came on that you’ve heard countless times? A song…
Elisabeth C. Swim, M.A., OAK to NYC to HTX·Jul 24, 2021First Comes Rhythm“Rhythm and rhythmic movement are critical to the basics of life: almost all of our regulatory functions keep some sort of a beat, from the…
Elisabeth C. Swim, M.A., OAK to NYC to HTX·Jul 12, 2021The Joy of NoIt’s difficult to create if whatever comes out has to sound or look a certain way, or if there is a list of things that ‘should not’ be…