Book of the Month Recommendation: The World in Six Songs by Daniel Levitin (2008)

Book of the Month Recommendation: The World in Six Songs by Daniel Levitin (2008)

What Amazon says:

Daniel J. Levitin’s astounding debut bestseller, This Is Your Brain on Music, enthralled and delighted readers as it transformed our understanding of how music gets in our heads and stays there. Now in his second New York Times bestseller, his

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Book of the Month Recommendation: Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions by Russell Brand (2017)

Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions by Russell Brand (2017)

What Amazon says:

A guide to all kinds of addiction from a star who has struggled with heroin, alcohol, sex, fame, food and eBay, that will help addicts and their loved ones make the first steps into recovery

“This manual for self-realization comes not from

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Book of the Month Recommendation: Healing at the Speed of Sound How What We Hear Transforms Our Brains and Our Lives by Don Campbell and Alex Doman (2012)

Book of the Month Recommendation for January:

Healing at the Speed of Sound: How What We Hear Transforms Our Brains and Our Lives      by Don Campbell and Alex Doman (2012)

What Amazon says:

At this very moment, you are surrounded by sound. Pause for a minute and try to listen to it

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Book of the Month Recommendation: Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler (2012)

Book of the Month Recommendation for December:

Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler (2012)

What Amazon says:

A stunning new approach to how individuals can not only change their lives for the better in the workplace, but also their lives away from

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Book of the month recommendation: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (2011)

Book of the Month Recommendation for November:

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (2011)

What Amazon says:

In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of “outliers”–the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers

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Book of the Month Recommendation: This is Your Brain on Music

Book of the Month Recommendation for October:

This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel Levitin (2007)

Here’s what Amazon.com says:

In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music—its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it—and the human brain.

Taking on

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Tales from The Front Line: Drumming for Interpersonal Connection

You can tell a lot about the group dynamics of a recovery house by how well or poorly they drum together.

They can’t fake it.

When a group is experiencing harmony in the home, they groove. They don’t even have to try. It just happens.

However, if there’s someone who does NOT want to connect

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Tales from the Front Line: Drumming for Non-verbal, Emotional Expression

Today, I got a 14 year old female to brake a mallet while drumming… it was literally her assignment. I wanted her to get into her anger and release it on the drum…Where else are girls (and women) in our culture allowed to express their anger in a healthy way and NOT be judged for

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