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Caroline Neeling
May 4, 20241 min read
Seven Second Saturday: your weekly glimpse into music theory...
Let's talk about the black notes on the keyboard. If we start on C and play all of the notes, black and white, up to the next C, it...
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Caroline Neeling
May 2, 20241 min read
What is the best music to relieve stress?
Recently, prospective clients have been asking for details of how the Stress Less Music program actually works. How does music which you...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 25, 20241 min read
Lest We Forget
ANZAC Day Remembering those who served and died in wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 22, 20241 min read
C, See, Si
Hello there and welcome to Step Five in the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music! This step features the left hand playing octave Cs. The pace...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 20, 20241 min read
Seven Second Saturday: Music Theory, Middle C
Last week we learned about the five lines and four spaces of the stave. Today we have a note which has its own little line, called a...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 16, 20241 min read
The voice inside our head
One of our SLM students recently rocked up for her fourth lesson. She's smart, accomplished, experienced, lauded in her field. But she...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 15, 20241 min read
Monday Monday
Happy Monday! Here's the next installation of the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music. At this stage each step is still too easy for words, so...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 10, 20241 min read
April Sun
As mentioned last week, we are devoting Wednesday posts to a fun musical offering, a riff (or musical snippet), for the next little while...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 9, 20241 min read
Other People's Pain. OPP.
This stressor can be very difficult to negotiate. You really feel for your family member/friend/colleague, you help in every way you can...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 8, 20241 min read
10 Steps to Stress Less Music
As promised, our Monday posts for the next little while are being devoted to the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music, offering you free access...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 5, 20241 min read
Catch a Falling Star
What is your North Star? Post-pandemic, a huge number of people worldwide reconsidered their lives and left jobs which no longer matched...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 4, 20242 min read
How alarming
School holidays: stressor or stress buster? People who have school-aged children most often have strong feelings about school holidays,...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 2, 20241 min read
You are getting very sleeeeeepy...
Aesthetic lo-fi music: have you heard of it? Stress Less Music is thrilled to announce that very soon, we will be offering free,...
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Caroline Neeling
Mar 30, 20241 min read
Must be funny (according to ABBA)
Money. The other day, a dear friend asked me why I hadn’t written about money as yet in these posts. I responded that there have been a...
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Caroline Neeling
Mar 29, 20241 min read
Hers and Spices
People meet. Sometimes they fall in love and make a commitment to each other. Daily life ensues, and they are happy. Until something...
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Caroline Neeling
Mar 25, 20241 min read
Tango, Anyone?
When researching today's topic - exercise - I came across a wonderful National Library of Medicine article (link below) which speaks of...
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Caroline Neeling
Mar 24, 20242 min read
Give A Little Whistle
Guilt. It's a horrible, stressful feeling. You've done the wrong thing and you know it. Your conscience, your inner Jiminy Cricket,...
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Caroline Neeling
Mar 20, 20241 min read
Bashful, Coy, Demure
Shyness. It's probably not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about stressors, but shyness can be very stressful indeed....
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Caroline Neeling
Mar 19, 20241 min read
Deathly Discussions
Death. It's a subject that many people don't want to think about, let alone read about or discuss. So do feel free to stop reading now!...
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Caroline Neeling
Mar 18, 20242 min read
Waiting, Waiting, Waiting
Waiting, aan het wachten, espera, feitheamh... no matter the language, waiting is not always the most positive of feelings. In fact,...
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