The Emotional Backdrop: Music & Resilience If you’ve listened to the show, you know we don’t just talk: we use music to ground the narrative. There’s something about the right song that makes you feel like you aren’t the only person on the planet feeling this way. When I’m doing my 5-minute ritual, I usually have something playing in the background. It helps drown out the unnecessary calling out crap that people do online. Last week, when I was having one of those "depressing moments," I put on a playlist featuring artists like Bon Iver and Gregory Alan Isakov . It’s music that feels like a cold morning: a little bit lonely, but beautiful in its own way. We have to learn how to let the moments guide us, rather than fighting them all the time. In the episode Michael in the Raw , Michael talks about that raw honesty of just being human. It’s not always pretty. Sometimes, the "ritual" is just acknowledging that life is hard right now and not being too hard on ...
Today I talk about the damage I have caused to people and for whatever reason, there is no good reason. I talk about what made me become an angry person who didn't care about how I treated people and when did I finally decide that enough was enough and I had to hold myself accountable. MUSIC FROM THIS FROM THIS EPISODE MONSTER - Kanye West, Jay Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver, Nicki Minaj A MANSION IN THE DARKNESS - King Diamond FALL APART - Twiztid DARK SIDE - Skydxddy BASTARDS - Machine Head OTHER SIDE - Illenium
