Видео

Thank you for this thoughtful comment, Mom. I'm feeling grateful this weekend for the opportunities I have found to heal. Thinking of you. xoxo

You're welcome. Thank you for listening and commenting.

Thanks for listening and commenting, Mom!

Thank you for sharing your experience with this lens for viewing addiction and codependent behaviours. I hear you loud and clear.

You're welcome. Thank you for listening and appreciating and commenting. <3

Thank you for listening and commenting, Mom. This song feels really close to my heart.

Thank you very much for listening and for commenting. I feel moved that you found this powerful.

🙏🙏🙏🙏

@@alexhickeysings 🌟🇧🇷

Your are welcome. Thank you for listening and commenting.

Thank you for listening and for your comment, Mom. It rings true for me, also.

Thanks for listening and commenting, Michael!

Thanks for listening and commenting, Mom! More hammers and nails coming - even explicit ones - lol. Stay tuned!

Thank you for listening and commenting, John. I'm glad to hear that you appreciated this song.

Thank you for listening and commenting, Michael. I appreciate your feedback and support.

Thank you for listening and commenting, Mom.

Thank you very much for listening, Michael, and for your thoughtful response. I can see what a serious task it is for parents to be mindful of their own choices as parents. I agree that creating for creation's sake and being oneself for that joy of that experience is preferable to competing for accolades. I am doing well (better than I have been for some time, in fact). I hope you are doing well yourself. Take care!

Thank you for listening and for your feedback, Mom. I agree that there has been little consideration about the impact of the common use of praise as a reward for behaviour and the implicit message it gives to young people.

Thank you for listening and commenting. I feel glad to know that you are on this journey with me.

Thanks for this, Mom! I appreciate you being able to see this from multiple perspectives. I know that you were devoted to guiding your students to think critically and to understand the importance of being able to express themselves clearly.

Thank you for listening and sharing your response in the comments, Melissa! This is my very favourite of all of the songs in the project (so far) and I love that you took the time to listen to it and take in what it means to you. <3

I know, right? Later songs will attempt to explain why and how this is possible.

@@alexhickeysings I’ll be listening, I hope🫶🏽

Thanks, Mom! This one was fun to write but it was really challenging to get a good take - it took me hours and hours! I appreciate you listening and commenting!

From my experience and from what Dr. Maté says in his book, peer support can not be an adequate substitute for the support of attuned and loving adult caregivers.

Thanks for listening and commenting! And thanks so much for Push Week and the great, big excellent PUSH it gave me to keep writing!

@@alexhickeysings We loved having you there, and everyone was raving about this song!

Thank you for listening and commenting. I really appreciate it.

Thanks for listening and commenting, Jen! Glad you liked it!

Thanks for your comment, Mom! I particularly like this one (song-wise, especially) and I'm glad you do, too.

Thank you, Helen. I deeply appreciate your comment telling me that these songs are introducing you to something new. Thank you for your support and encouragement.

Thank you for listening and commenting, Kay - and for creating an account to do so! I appreciate you showing your support for my work on this project.

Thanks, Mom. I appreciate your encouragement. This week felt hard for the first time in the project. I hope it will get easier again soon; there are a lot of chapters still to write about!

Yes, Dr. Maté does believe in healing - he talks a lot, later in the book, about the ways in which he has healed and the ways in which he sees healing is possible - this song project will get to that material!!!

Thanks, Mom! <3

Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

Beautiful, fascinating (thank you), but so sad. “What happens then?”, indeed.

@@JannyBeFree Thank you for listening and sharing. Yes, this one felt sad to me too. I had a lot of feelings about it while I wrote and performed it.

Thank you! I am grateful to receive your comment that confirms that my intention to make these ideas more accessible through song is successful for you!

Yes, I also find it startling that what has been deemed "normal" or acceptable for a long time is so far from the way humans evolved and the practices that contribute to healthy human development. Thank you for listening and commenting!

Doesn't it? Most humans have come a long way from our hunter-gatherer beginnings and we have sacrificed a lot along the way. Thank you for listening and commenting!

Thank you for commenting to let me know that you're listening along. I love knowing that. I actually think of you every time I try to remember to adjust the audio so that the videos are easier to hear! I mostly remember to do it 🙂. Glad to think of you singing along and nice to know that the lyrics were there to help.

Thanks for the good wishes! And thank you for listening and commenting!

Aw, I love hearing this! The mission statement of this project is to write "catchy little songs about the emotional regulation system and its relationship with culture and health". I'm glad you got this one stuck in your head <3

Thanks for listening, Mom, and for letting me know that you are finding value and interest in this project! xoxox!

Thank you for listening and commenting, Michael! I appreciate you!

Thank you for listening and commenting, David!

Thank you for listening, Sarah, and for commenting with your response. It is a lovely line, isn't it? I can't take credit for the idea, since it's in the source material, but I will take credit for the way I worked it into the song 🙂

Thank you for listening and commenting! I invite you to subscribe and to listen to more songs in this series. 🙂

Thank you for listening! I invite you to subscribe and to listen to more songs in this playlist! A new song every Sunday evening at 6pm Atlantic Time!