Music influences us in so many ways. Tim Ringgold uses music to help those struggling with addictions, pain, trauma, and stress to heal and recover. The beauty and power of music caresses our spirit in ways we can’t imagine! His story of how music touched his personal life is inspiring.

The Healing Power of Music

• Tim Ringgold is Director of Sonic Divinity Music Therapy Services and is a board-certified music therapist. He is also certified as Remo HealthRHYTHMS facilitator. His treatment encompasses helping people of all ages to recover from addiction, physical, emotional and spiritual pain, and stress.
• He is the author of “Sonic Recovery,” and “Bella’s Blessings: A Humble Story of Providence.” In his books, he writes about how music affects and helps people. “Bella’s Blessing” is the personal story of the loss of his baby daughter and how he, his family, and Bella benefited through music therapy.
• Tim is also a public speaker who, on countless occasions, shares how music helps people to be mindful in the present. 
• Tim has experienced his own emotional trauma through addiction, having five friends murdered, and losing his 17-month old daughter to a horrific skin disease. He shares how he discovered resilience through his music.
• He lovingly pays homage to his baby daughter by wearing unique and crazy socks. During his stay in intensive care, the only things she was allowed to wear were diapers and colorful socks he and his wife put on Bella daily. It was the one thing that they could do to help brighten each day for her.
• Tim’s philosophy on how he wants to live life is magnetic! “I light up every room I walk into, touch every person I meet, and leave inspiration in my wake. This is who I am, this is what I do, and this is what you can count on.”

Listen to the episode for the full story.

Resources Mentioned in the Show:

• Website: http://www.timringgold.com/about/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tim.ringgold
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tim_ringgold/
• Books: https://www.timringgold.com/products/  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SBYWNZL
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/tringgold/videos
• Other: http://www.sonicdivinity.com/about/

Stacy’s Journal

Welcome to Stacy’s Journal! In this segment, I let you peek into my journal as I share my thoughts on a topic or resilience resource.

I was so inspired about how Tim applies the healing power of music therapy not only in his professional life but personal as well. He is an excellent example of how one finds resilience from traumatic events and experiences. I can’t begin to imagine his pain of losing his daughter, friends, and suffering from addiction. Tim’s recovery and healing came from the beauty of using music to stay present in the here and now. His mindfulness in the present helped him to focus on moving forward rather than being stuck in the painful past. Music has such a profound influence on the very depths of our soul. The right music will keep you grounded in the present and keep you moving forward. How has music impacted you and any emotional, physical, or spiritual pain you have gone through? I’d love to hear about it! Share your comments on our Facebook page.

That’s all we have for today. Last episode, Stephanie McPhail shared her story about how she escaped a toxic and abusive first marriage – so if you are in a toxic relationship and don’t know where to turn, go back and have a listen. Next episode, we’ll interview Kristen Girard who talks about how growing up with an abusive father stole her self-worth. If you find it hard to love yourself and find value in who and what you are, stay tuned!

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100 Most Important Memoirs of the Past 200 Years

Our memoir of the day is Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was written in 1994 by John Berendt. Shots rang out in Savannah’s grandest mansion in the early morning of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city. Berendt’s suspenseful and witty narrative reads like a captivating novel, and yet it’s nonfiction. At once a true-crime murder story and a hugely entertaining and deliciously perverse travelogue.  Check out Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and all the memoirs on this list at stacybrookman.com/100memoirs.

About: Tim Ringgold

2.jpg">2-200x300.jpg" alt="the healing power of music - Tim Ringgold" width="200" height="300">Tim’s first steps like that were on the wooden stage of his elementary school for vocal solo after vocal solo. Tim’s first solo was at the age of 4 singing the timeless classic, “I want a harmonica for Hanukkah” (Ask him to sing it for you – he still remembers it). He’s been on stage ever since. First, it came as a soloist year after year which culminated with his singing a solo to His Holiness Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square in front of 13,000 Catholic pilgrims when he was only 16 yrs old.

Links:

Website: http://www.timringgold.com/about/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tim.ringgold

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

Books: https://www.timringgold.com/products/  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SBYWNZL

You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/user/tringgold/videos

Other: http://www.sonicdivinity.com/about/