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Welcome Back After a Long Break: Tips and Inspiration
Happy New Year! For those of you who were/are members of Stress Less Music, you may have noticed that I took a little break from the organisation: for 18 months! I had a wonderful opportunity to both take up an important executive managerial role, and to contribute to a very worthy new NFP organisation. That role finished at the beginning of December and I've since enjoyed a month's leave. I'm very excited to be back at SLM and to share what I learned about the world (and m
Caroline Neeling
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A return to clarity
Dear All, I’ve spent the last 18 months in a different role, working for an NFP. It was an amazing adventure. I resigned last week. And now I'm back to Stress Less Music, with a new tag line and a renewed clarity and alignment enhanced by my interactions with Gaia's Architect+. If you haven't experienced Architect+ to date, I'd strongly recommend it. It/her insights are incredible! Please do let me know what you've been doing since we last spoke. Can't wait to learn abou
Caroline Neeling
Dec 2, 20251 min read


Step Seven in the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music
Hello there and welcome to Step Seven in the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music. This step features BOTH HANDS playing together! Yay! All...
Caroline Neeling
May 6, 20241 min read


Sunday Beauty Spot
Did you know that birds sing when they feel safe? We instinctively know this, and it's one of the reasons birdsong lowers our stress levels.
Caroline Neeling
May 5, 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...
Caroline Neeling
May 4, 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...
Caroline Neeling
May 2, 20241 min read


You Shook Me...
Welcome to this Wednesday's riff, a mid-week moment of fun meant to lighten your stress load. This six note riff is beloved in Australia...
Caroline Neeling
May 1, 20241 min read


Breaking a drought...
It rained today after many months of no rain, and before you shrug and think so what, think about what it takes to grow food and people...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 30, 20241 min read


Step Six in the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music
Hello there and welcome to Step Six in the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music! This step features the left hand once again, this time playing...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 29, 20241 min read


Sunday Beauty Spot
A virtual forest bath. Contemplate beauty as you breathe in for four, hold for four, breathe out for four, hold for four. And stress...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 28, 20241 min read


Seven Second Saturday: 8va
Last week we learned about Middle C, a note which has its own little line called a ledger line, and that technically speaking, you can...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 27, 20241 min read


Only two weeks til Mother's Day!
Do write to us at caroline@stresslessmusic if you'd like a free ebook gift to send to your mother. #stresslessmusic
Caroline Neeling
Apr 26, 20241 min read


Lest We Forget
ANZAC Day Remembering those who served and died in wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations
Caroline Neeling
Apr 25, 20241 min read


Regrets, I've had a few...
Do you have any regrets? Tonight's full moon is the perfect time to let them go.
Caroline Neeling
Apr 23, 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...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 22, 20241 min read


Sunday Beauty Spot
Here is your Sunday Beauty Spot: you are invited to contemplate this image and... breathe in for four counts, hold for four counts,...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 21, 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...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 20, 20241 min read


Motherless Daughters
With Mother's Day only three weeks away, we'd like to acknowledge Motherless Daughters (https://www.motherlessdaughters.com.au/), who...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 19, 20241 min read


Insomnia
I've started making friends with not being able to sleep, viewing it as time when I can catch up on podcasts. I tell myself that my body...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 18, 20241 min read


Beds Are Burning
As promised, here is your Wednesday post dedicated to a fun riff. Today's 'Aussie, Aussie, Aussie' riff is Beds Are Burning by Midnight...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 17, 20241 min read
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