Thrive x Strive Musician 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 [email protected]; or fill out the contact form on my website amywangviolin.com.

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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/This podcast is only on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ND-ggwW_Jus

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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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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 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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