31 JAN 2021 · Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. We are excited to release this episode with Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou. Daria is a world music children’s songwriter and performer in the USA and around the world, creating music to inspire all the world’s children. 🧡🎙️✨ In this episode we talk all about music connections that make a difference. From Daria's experience traveling the world🌎 and learning about world music🎶 to using recycled materials♻️ and becoming self-aware about the impact we have on others (and the impact others have on us)! 🤝 Let us know how you enjoyed this episode. We would love to hear from you! Leave us a review and rating on your podcast app. Also, if you enjoy this episode and would like to hear more from us, please subscribe to Able Voice podcast and visit us on instagram (@mtahayley & @mta.kimberly)! AVP Theme Music by: Christopher Mouchette. Follow him on instagram (@cmouchette_) and Soundcloud (Chris Mouchette - https://soundcloud.com/chris-mouchette/able-voice-podcast-music). Daria’s Links: DARIA's Artist Website With Free Crafts and Teacher Resources - http://www.dariamusic.com The Music Museum Online - https://www.youtube.com/c/MusicMuseumOnline DARIA’s Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/DariaMusic Daria’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dariaworldmusicgal/ DARIA’s TPT site - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/World-Music-With-Daria DARIA on SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1k4iy6jZrQiycnfNjYlU3c

27 SEP 2020 · Welcome back to another episode of Able Voice Podcast with Hayley and Kim. In this episode we are excited to introduce three guest panelists to share useful tips and insights about starting a private practice. Miya Adout founded Miya Music Therapy in 2015 based on her vision to improve patient quality of life in healthcare settings throughout Ontario. Miya is a graduate of Concordia University where she received a Master of Arts in Creative Arts Therapies after having completed a BA in Cultural Studies. Miya works with individuals of all ages and abilities including with parents and infants, adolescents with autism, and seniors living with dementia. Miya is passionate about educating the public about the impact of music therapy through engaging presentations and workshops. Miya also sits on the board of the Music Therapy Association of Ontario, provides business coaching to healthcare entrepreneurs, and has created Connect 2 Music Therapy, an online global magazine for music therapists. When she's not providing music therapy or business coaching, Miya enjoys spending time with her toddler, spending time in nature, and practicing photography! Mackenzie Costron’s journey is shaped through work as a Certified Music Therapist (MTA) and Registered Counselling Therapist (RCT) where she uses music and storytelling to bring hope, love and light into people’s lives. Mackenzie is also grateful to be the Owner and Founder of Find Your Voice Music Therapy with locations in Katarokwi/ Kingston, Ontario and K’jipuktuk/ Halifax, Nova Scotia. There she works with a team of heart-centered therapists where they strive to unite in love, hold safe space, and empower community. Mackenzie is beyond grateful to be in loving service as Co-Founder of Costron + Co alongside Jacquie Costron. Her training as a Licensed Heart Centered Facilitator and Fire Starter Sessions Facilitator, through Danielle Laporte, informs her work. She is passionate about supporting individuals through the development of their therapeutic, creative, health, wellness business. To shine their beautiful light and share their gifts with community. Danielle Nicholls, BMT, MTA, is the owner and operator of Dolce Music Therapy, and is an accredited music therapist in good standing with the Canadian Association of Music Therapists. She completed her Bachelor of Music Therapy from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2016, where she studied voice. She graduated with Honours-with Distinction, and a minor in Psychology. After graduation, she completed her internship in the Hamilton/Burlington area, focusing on music therapy in palliative/hospice care, and long-term care settings. Since moving to Ottawa in 2017, she has been continuing to work with seniors and adults in mental health and dementia care. Using a client-centered and music-centered approach, Danielle incorporates her vocal training and guitar skills to focus on clients’ abilities and meeting them in the moment. She is passionate about using music to help people connect with each other and themselves. We are excited for you to dive into this insightful discussion answering the following questions: What skills and tools are useful when transitioning from a creative mindset to a business/entrepreneur mindset? Can both mindsets still co-exist? Why is it important to understand your professional identity when deciding to start a private practice? What advice might you give people afraid of taking the step to start their own private practice? What have you learned during that experience? Let us know how you enjoyed this episode. We would love to hear from you! Leave us a review and rating on your podcast app. Also, if you enjoy this episode and would like to hear more from us, please subscribe to Able Voice podcast and visit us on instagram (@mtahayley & @mta.kimberly)! AVP Theme Music by: Christopher Mouchette. Follow him on instagram (@cmouchette_) and Soundcloud (Chris Mouchette - https://soundcloud.com/chris-mouchette/able-voice-podcast-music). Contact Miya - Instagram: @MiyaMusicTherapy & @MiyaAdout Facebook: www.facebook.com/miyamusictherapy Website: www.miyamusictherapy.com Email: info@miyamusictherapy.com Contact Mackenzie - Facebook at Costron+Co and Instagram @costronco Contact Danielle - Website and contact information: ottawamusictherapy.ca Facebook: facebook.com/dolcemusictherapy Instagram: instagram.com/dolcemusictherapy Contact Jennifer & the CAMT jennifer@musictherapy.ca https://www.musictherapy.ca/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/canadianassociationofMTs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camt.insta/ Show Links - - 'Traction' by Gino Wickman - Danielle Laporte and Desire Map - Marie Forleo: Ideal Customer Avatar - Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert - Wellness Incorporated: The Health Entrepreneurs Handbook by Jennifer Buchanan - The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown - Super Soul Sunday March 2019 podcast with RuPaul and Opera

13 SEP 2020 · Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. We are excited to release this episode with Stacy Jowett. Stacy has been practicing in the field of recreation therapy for over 20 years primarily serving individuals living with mental health issues and living with dementia. Recently, to add to her therapeutic recreation education she received her B.A with a concentration in Gerontology and has also begun taking courses in end of life care. Interprofessional collaboration has always been an important aspect of Stacy’s service delivery as she believes that when professionals from different backgrounds support individuals together greater outcomes can be achieved which can be empowering and powerful for the service recipient. We’re grateful for the interdisciplinary relationship we have built with Stacy over the past few years, because as she mentions in this episode - WE CAN’T DO IT ALL! Let us know how you enjoyed this episode. We would love to hear from you! Leave us a review and rating on your podcast app. Also, if you enjoy this episode and would like to hear more from us, please subscribe to Able Voice podcast and visit us on instagram (@mtahayley & @mta.kimberly)! AVP Theme Music by: Christopher Mouchette. Follow him on instagram (@cmouchette_) and Soundcloud (Chris Mouchette - https://soundcloud.com/chris-mouchette/able-voice-podcast-music).

30 AUG 2020 · Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. We are excited to release this episode with Sarah Bell. Sarah is based in Saint John, southern New Brunswick. She recently finished a five year term, at the end of June 2020, with Arpeggio Music Therapy services. Sarah is a graduate of Concordia University, where she received a Master of Arts in Creative Arts Therapies (Music Therapy after having completed a BHons. in Music Education and Psychology at the University of Western Ontario. Sarah has worked with a variety of clientele from infants, newcomers from diverse backgrounds, people living with mental illness and those living with dementia. Sarah sits on the Atlantic Association of Music Therapy as the Membership Chair and is a founding member of the Equity Advisory Council to the Canadian Association of Music Therapists. She is passionate about social justice and enjoys spending time at L’Arche, a community for people with various intellectual abilities. Let us know how you enjoyed this episode. We would love to hear from you! Leave us a review and rating on your podcast app. Also, if you enjoy this episode and would like to hear more from us, please subscribe to Able Voice podcast and visit us on instagram (@mtahayley & @mta.kimberly)! AVP Theme Music by: Christopher Mouchette. Follow him on instagram (@cmouchette_) and Soundcloud (Chris Mouchette - https://soundcloud.com/chris-mouchette/able-voice-podcast-music).

16 AUG 2020 · Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. We are excited to release this second episode in our Podcast in a Park series. It's so great to be connected outside at a safe distance to record this episode for you. As we sit outside and talk about life in a pandemic, you may hear various sounds in the environment around us. We hope this adds to your experience while listening! Let us know how you enjoyed this episode. We would love to hear from you! Leave us a review and rating on your podcast app. Also, if you enjoy this episode and would like to hear more from us, please subscribe to Able Voice podcast and visit us on instagram (@mtahayley & @mta.kimberly)! AVP Theme Music by: Christopher Mouchette. Follow him on instagram (@cmouchette_) and Soundcloud (Chris Mouchette - https://soundcloud.com/chris-mouchette/able-voice-podcast-music).

2 AUG 2020 · Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. In honor of this, our 10th episode, we wanted to celebrate with something special! A bloopers episode! You read that right... a bloopers episode. Hopefully this makes you laugh just as much as it did us. Why would we decide to do this to ourselves? As music therapists, we learn to embrace the unconventional moments, the silly moments, the unexpected moments AND view them not as failures or distractions but as opportunities to tap into our humanity. So, we invite you to let loose with us during this episode because we are all in need of a good laugh. Let us know how you enjoyed this episode. We would love to hear from you! Leave us a review and rating on your podcast app. Also, if you enjoy this episode and would like to hear more from us, please subscribe to Able Voice podcast and visit us on instagram (@mtahayley & @mta.kimberly)! AVP Theme Music by: Christopher Mouchette. Follow him on instagram (@cmouchette_) and Soundcloud (Chris Mouchette - https://soundcloud.com/chris-mouchette/able-voice-podcast-music). We do not own any of the rights to the following audio clips: "The Little Mermaid - Part Of Your World (Karaoke Version)" posted by Sing King on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnWKoEATxh8 "Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott - A Whole New World (Karaoke Version)" posted by Sing King on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hwpLK7CWVM

19 JUL 2020 · Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. In this episode we talk about and actively engage in toning. We decided to visit a park to record this episode and so, the sound quality may not be the best. We encourage you to put in your headphones and join us along this melodic journey. Let us know how you enjoyed this toning experience. We would love to hear from you! Leave us a review and rating on your podcast app. Also, if you enjoy this episode and would like to hear more from us, please subscribe to Able Voice podcast and visit us on instagram (@mtahayley & @mta.kimberly)! Theme Music by: Christopher Mouchette. Follow him on instagram (@cmouchette_) and Soundcloud (Chris Mouchette - https://soundcloud.com/chris-mouchette/able-voice-podcast-music). Beatboxing Soundclip by: Lovell (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeTgQXPB4bY&list=PLu3jtoRY-KlpfB0MfsYTUOKAg9kSILh29)

5 JUL 2020 · Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. In this episode we talk about identity. This is a big topic that has many layers. We have both discovered, along our journeys, pieces of our identities as human beings that correlate with our professional identities and pieces that do not. This episode of AVP was recorded before the escalation of recent world events surrounding the targeted police brutality and oppression of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC). However, we challenge you to further consider how the factors of your intersectionality - including race, sexuality, age, level of education, ability, religion, gender identity, nationality, etc. - relate to your identity as a music therapist. We challenge you to think about the parts of your whole self that tangibly transfer into your identity as a music therapist. We would love to hear from you! If you enjoy this episode and would like to hear more from us, please subscribe to Able Voice podcast and visit us on instagram(@mtahayley & @mta.kimberly)! Music by: Christopher Mouchette. Follow him on instagram (@cmouchette_) and Soundcloud (Chris Mouchette - https://soundcloud.com/chris-mouchette/able-voice-podcast-music). Purchase your copy of Mandy's Mom, The Music Therapist Book - https://mtahayley.com/collections/all

21 JUN 2020 · Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. In this episode we talk with Daiva Paskauskas of Harmonia Music Therapy in Toronto, ON. Daiva is a certified music therapist and Reiki practitioner. During our chat, we learn more about the ways Reiki can be used within a music therapy setting. We also talk hope - hope for the future of this profession, hope for more diversity & social justice. We challenge you to think about how you create an anti-oppressive environment professionally and personally. Be sure to let us know your thoughts after listening. We would love to hear from you. If you enjoy this episode and would like to hear more from us, please subscribe to Able Voice podcast and visit us on instagram(@mtahayley & @mta.kimberly)! Music by: Christopher Mouchette. Follow him on instagram (@cmouchette_) and Soundcloud (Chris Mouchette - https://soundcloud.com/chris-mouchette/able-voice-podcast-music). Connect with Daiva: > www.harmoniamusictherapy.com > @harmoniamusictherapy (instagram) > Harmonia Music Therapy (facebook) > harmoniamusictherapy@gmail.com Links mentioned in this episode: > @clarekenty (instagram for Reiki Coach) > https://www.medicinalmelodiesllc.com/ (Jenna Bollard-Markovitz MTBC practicing MT and Reiki in LA)

7 JUN 2020 · Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. In this episode we talk about creating safe space and the importance that holds within the therapeutic relationship. This episode of AVP was recorded before the escalation of recent world events surrounding the targeted police brutality and oppression of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC). However, we still think this is an important topic to present this week. It might be more important to hear now than ever before. We challenge you to think about how you create safe and diverse spaces within your workplace, within your homes, and within your practice. Be sure to let us know your thoughts after listening. We would love to hear from you. If you enjoy this episode and would like to hear more from us, please subscribe to Able Voice podcast and visit us on instagram(@mtahayley & @mta.kimberly)! Music by: Christopher Mouchette. Follow him on instagram (@cmouchette_) and Soundcloud (Chris Mouchette - https://soundcloud.com/chris-mouchette/able-voice-podcast-music).