Thrive x Strive Musician Podcast

In this deeply personal episode of the Thrive x Strive Musician Podcast, our host, Amy, shares her recent journey through the complexities of the healthcare system. After undergoing surgery for a tethered spinal cord and facing numerous challenges, Amy opens up about her struggles with self-doubt, the relief of validation, and the ongoing journey toward understanding and managing their health condition. And how musicians can also benefit from those lessons.

Key Highlights:

1. Personal Life Update: Amy reflects on the emotional and physical challenges faced before and after the March surgery, revealing insights into dealing with a rare condition and its impact on daily life and professional pursuits.
2. Navigating Healthcare: Amy discusses strategies for tackling self-doubt when facing complex medical issues and the importance of self-advocacy in seeking accurate diagnoses and effective treatment.
3. The Power of Self-Validation: A deep dive into the significance of trusting one's own experiences and feelings in the context of healthcare and how this self-validation can be a key factor in navigating the healthcare system.

Full show notes will be on www.amywangviolin.com/podcast/
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Today’s guest Adrian Anantawan is a Canadian violinist who holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, Yale University, and Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also the founder of the Music Inclusion Program, which aims to help children with disabilities learn instrumental music with other typical peers.

 In this episode, We discuss the diversity needs in the current classical world, technical adaptation in music performance, and how to see strength through our disabilities. 

This interview in video format is available on the Thrive x Strive YouTube Channel.

Please leave valuable reviews on the forum you are listening on and share your takeaway from today’s episode. More details will be in the show notes on my website, amywangviolin.com/podcast. 

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In this episode, I shared my medical story, part 2, about how I experienced traumatic experiences with progressive paralysis while staying in the moment and continuing my performance career.
I want to share my stories now, right before my surgery next week, on the podcast to raise awareness of the rare disease and let everyone know that it’s okay not to know the answer or find your diagnosis yet but still be validated for your symptoms.

Living in the present is the ONE thing that helps me through each traumatic experience with paralysis, still enjoy each of my performances, and cherish each performance opportunity.

As a musician podcast, I want to encourage disabled musicians to come out and talk about their experiences with accessibility at work, inclusivity in different work settings - orchestras, chamber music, composition, conducting - of course, not limited to these.; and what do you think are the obstacles for the disabled musicians to shine… list literally can go on. So, if you are a disabled musician and love to talk about your story and experiences, you can reach out to thrivexstrive@gmail.com; or fill out the contact form on my website amywangviolin.com.

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For this episode, I share my medical journey for the last two and half years being absent on my podcast, how I got my diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and other comorbidities, and what it is like to be a full-time patient advocate for myself. 

I hope this will lead us in a new direction as I will bring more guests who are musicians with disabilities. I want to bring awareness to the music community to see this minority group of equally talented people, what issues we have encountered in terms of accessibilities, inclusivity, and how we manage our disability as each individuals to accommodate our music career. 

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Today, we have two of the event coordinators Dr. Garrett Hope and Dr. Heidi Kay Begay coming to the show to introduce you to their  Ultimate Musician Business Summit, which will be taking place on January 5-7, 2023.

Books Mentioned: Seth Gordin - The dip

Quotes:
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing– that's why we recommend it daily.” — Zig Ziglar

we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with. -
Jim Rohn  

To find more info on UMBS:
Website :https://www.musicsummit.biz/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ultimatemusicb1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateMusicBizSummit/

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In today's episode, we are diving into the topic of gratitude. They can not only help you to maintain a healthy and happy mind, but it would also improve your music performance. we will discuss why gratitude improves our brain function, how to cultivate this attitude of gratitude, and how to having a grateful heart to all things in life.

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Source:

• The science of Gratitude 
  • https://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/The_Science_of_Gratitude.html
• Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
  • https://amzn.to/3bY8K4s

Detailed show notes: http://amywangviolin.com/podcast

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Talk to you all next time with our next guest: Mrs. Margaret Karp

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Today, we have mazzo-soprano and creative coach Maren Montalbano coming to the show to discuss topics on the importance of slowing down and living in the now, how to be resilient during this pandemic as a musician and creative person. How to overcome our perfectionism tendencies, and a lot more.

“Life is too important to take it too seriously.”

BOOKS MENTIONED IN THE INTERVIEW:

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

https://amzn.to/2ELMkqg

Essentialism by Greg McKeown
https://amzn.to/31CT6b1

Connect with her:

Website :https://marenmontalbano.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/supermaren/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maren.montalbano

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Are you frequently feeling exhausted and overbooked? are you afraid of letting people down? having a hard time to say no? or you just believe that all the obligations that you said yes to are all your personal responsibility?
Today I am honoring my own struggle with setting healthy boundaries and being honest about what I learned with my own journey. We will further discuss how we can set healthy boundaries to respect our own energy and what you can learn from my mistakes.

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Source:

• Overcoming the Need to Please https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/nurturing-self-compassion/201710/overcoming-the-need-please
• Th Neuroscience of wanting and pleasure https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/neuroscience-in-everyday-life/201702/the-neuroscience-wanting-and-pleasure

Book: 

• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E Frankl https://amzn.to/3a6gJey

Detailed show notes: http://amywangviolin.com/podcast

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I appreciate every one of you! Talk to you all next Friday!

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Today, we have solo violinist also known as mind over finger podcast host Renée-Paule Gauthier coming to the show discuss how mindful practice benefits our daily life,  the importance of gratitude,  a deeper dive of self-compassion, using questions to empower student's problem solving ability, and tips on performance anxiety.

BOOKS MENTIONED IN THE INTERVIEW:

Man's Search for Meaning 

By Viktor E Frankl 

https://amzn.to/3a6gJey

Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life

By Byron Katie

https://amzn.to/33DsYOM

The Inner Game of Music

By Barry Grren

https://amzn.to/3khRCdw

Flow

By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 

https://amzn.to/31zwwyI

Performance Success: Performing Your Best Under Pressure

By  Don Greene

https://amzn.to/3knORY6

 Connect with her:

Website :https://www.mindoverfinger.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindoverfinger/

The episode she mentioned: 

045 Milan Milisavljevic: Life Changing & Career Defining Mindsets

050 Barry Green: The Inner Game of Music

061 Violaine Melançon: Becoming a Well-Rounded Artist

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You will hear some snippet of highlights in this short episode for our next week Interview with  Dr. Renée-Paule Gauthier.
 As we were speaking about mental health, recovery from burnout, and self-compassion related topics in the last couple episodes, I decided to take this extra week of Friday in July to give all of us an opportunity to catch up. If you haven't listen to some of the interviews I had with those amazing guests or my own solo episodes, this week is the time to do that. And it is also an opportunity for me to take care my own personal needs and optimize my mental health, so that I can bring you more quality content in the future months.
For all the interview show notes, transcription, and full interview content, please visit:
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I appreciate every one of you! Talk to you all next Friday!

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have you feel stressed, nervous, but don't really know why? Do you feel hard to build  deep meaningful relationship or feeling isolated and lonely?
In this episode, we will discuss how repressed emotions are formed, and bring you some practical tools to safely recognize and release those negative emotions. we will practice a short body scan meditation with some calming ambience to reconnect with your emotions and let go of them.


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Source:
Article: https://www.healthline.com/health/repressed-emotions

Book: Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert  https://amzn.to/32SQwPi

Detailed show notes: http://amywangviolin.com/podcast

sneak peak: Next week, we have Dr. Renee-Paule Gouthier, the creator of Mind over Finger podcast, on our show!
talk to you all next week! 

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 In this episode, we have Dr. Arna Alayne Morton, PHD in violin performance, share her experience with burnout in her doctoral studies. Not only was she completed her PHD, she was maintaining a YouTube channel with over 90K subscribers. The multi facet income stream brought her more stress than she can managed. for the past two years, she has been gradually recovered from her burnout.
Today, she is on the show sharing her story and valuable insights she learned from her own journey. We discuss tips on recovery and prevention, and how to maintain a balanced lifestyle.
She will also share her incredible newly launched music course - HIIP method. It is a proven to be efficient practice method that help you to achieve more and faster in your practice room.
You can find more about her at:
https://www.mortonmusic.online/
her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arnaalayne/


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let's think about some of our beliefs and values, are they all really coming from you?
Today we will talk about how to find yourself in this information-saturated world and how to stay centered with knowing who you really are. If you have already listened to our last episode, me and my friend Luke Ellard have briefly touched upon the idea of "being authentic and find things makes you happy". We will dive a lot deeper in this episode with  my personal story and my thoughts on this topic.

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Source:
Mark Manson's article - Why You Can't Trust Yourself

https://markmanson.net/trust

Stumbling on happiness by Daniel Todd Gilbert

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Detailed show notes: http://amywangviolin.com/podcast

sneak peak: Next week, we have Dr. Arna Alyane Marton, a violinist with PHD in music performance and a beauty lifestyle YouTuber,. She will share her journey through recovery from burn out, how to deal with our anxiety and our perfectionistic thinking. 

talk you all next week! 

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In this episode, we have clarinetist Luke Ellard, who just recently released his new single  “met you" and "emigrate” for his bass clarinet and electronics band, L.E, to share his music and his insights on being authentic in music making and stories about his new album. We discuss all struggles we face as musicians during this unprecedented time and how we bring new music to our students to improve their learning.

To see detailed show notes, please visit: amywangviolin.com/podcast

Have a wonderful 4th of July weekend!
Talk to you all next Friday!

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Have you ever talk to yourself negatively or thinking others are possibly judging the way you talk and behave?
I believe showing our vulnerability is a form of strengths instead of weaknesses. In this episode, I will bring you into my past insecure self, and share 3 practical ways I found to be helpful to step away from that self-judgment. 

Be sure to check out the blog post for this episode at amywangviolin.com/podcast. you will find all the resources we mention today and additional reading in the show notes on my violin website. 

For next week, we have my friend Luke Ellard, clarinetist, composer, and educator, coming to the show and talk more about how to be more authentic and align with your work. Thanks again! Talk to you next week. Be inspired & be kind !

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In this episode, Sarah will tell you her success story on how she turns her creative passion into an actual business. As she says "The creative person can not always be satisfied by a creative career". We discuss how a creative outlet elsewhere is actually making us a better musician, helping critical thinking in practice room, and building a healthier body and mind.

she helps us to understand the most important factors in finding your passion and turning it into a side business. We will learn from her that how vulnerability is the key to build trust and connection with like-minded people on different platforms. 

Lastly, we uncover some time management tools and how to be mindful with the contents you consume and create on Social media to align with your value in life.

To see detailed show notes, please visit: amywangviolin.com/podcast

Talk to you all next Friday!

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Have you ever say to yourself "I'm not good enough"? In today's show, I will tell you my story behind this unhelpful self-talk and how I changed this unhealthy mindset. If you read the book "mindset" by Carol Dweck. it is the concept of a growth mindset.
A great quote by Eleanor Roosevelt for you to take away in this episode:
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

A quick announcement in the beginning of the show explaining why we have changed the podcast name. There was a duplicated name on iTunes, and we decided the change is better early than later.  So, if you just subscribe and join us, welcome to the Thrive x Strive family, where we learn and grow together!
All show notes is on http://amywangviolin.com/podcast

Hope you enjoy the show! See you next week!

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Introducing the Thrive x Strive Musician podcast!
In this pilot episode, you will hear me sharing my personal story and what led me to launch this brand new podcast.
Why everyone is "perfectly imperfect", and that includes especially musician. You get to know the science behind why musicians are vulnerable to negative emotions and mental healthy issue.

My mission is to invite friends and successful musicians into the conversation musicians' mental and physical health. I hope this show will provide you practical tools and wisdoms to achieve a healthy and balanced mental space for a long-lasting career life.

For every episode, I will also share detailed show notes & resources mentioned in the episode:
http://amywangviolin.com/podcast

Resources:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323892
https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2020/04/5-mental-health-resources-for-musicians.html

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