Meet Brenna
I'm a music therapist, dog mom, nature enthusiast, business owner, sleep and stress management coach, and research lover on a mission to help you remove stress as a barrier to better health, greater happiness, and more meaningful connections with the people and passions that make life exciting.
A Common Problem with Too Few Solutions
Feeling "stressed out" shouldn't be the norm, but up to 95% of working Americans find themselves in this situation. With burnout so common in today's culture, the World Health Organization finally declared it an official medical diagnosis. Disappointed by the limited number of solutions suggested to me during my third round of burnout, I sought out lasting strategies against stress. Armed with what I learned, I now teach others how to build an unyielding defense and claim lasting victory over chronic stress.
The Career that Prepared Me to Serve
I spent the first half of my career guiding cancer patients undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments, elders with dementia, and kids with developmental disabilities toward better coping skills through music. Seeing the devotion of the family and friends that fought tirelessly to meet my clients' needs convinced me to take my mission further.
I set out to support these superstars, who push their own needs aside far too often in favor of someone else's. The parents and caregivers of loved ones with chronic or terminal health conditions face challenges that make them particularly vulnerable to the destructive effects of stress. With better tools more readily available in the face of sleepless nights, tough decisions, and lack of time these superstars don't need to give up their health in exchange for a loved one's.
I set out to support these superstars, who push their own needs aside far too often in favor of someone else's. The parents and caregivers of loved ones with chronic or terminal health conditions face challenges that make them particularly vulnerable to the destructive effects of stress. With better tools more readily available in the face of sleepless nights, tough decisions, and lack of time these superstars don't need to give up their health in exchange for a loved one's.
Personal Challenges that Pushed Me Forward
My own history of recurring burnout cycles, the first of which hit me at only 18 years old, most recently exploded in a month(ish)-long nightmare of unrelenting stressors. After nearly $2,000 in unexpected expenses, a broken nose, and two family members experiencing serious health issues I admittedly questioned karma and my ability to deal with anything more.
Whatever got me to this point of feeling like a mess inside wasn't going to fix it. I needed to approach things differently. Then, it occurred to me that within my reach sat every tool I needed to recover from and prevent burnout. Yet I ignored them instead of embracing them!
Reclaiming music for my personal health helped me adapt and persevere during that month of no breaks and no mercy (and a cracked windshield, a speeding ticket, getting locked out of my car two days in a row, and multiple emergency vet visits).
Whatever got me to this point of feeling like a mess inside wasn't going to fix it. I needed to approach things differently. Then, it occurred to me that within my reach sat every tool I needed to recover from and prevent burnout. Yet I ignored them instead of embracing them!
Reclaiming music for my personal health helped me adapt and persevere during that month of no breaks and no mercy (and a cracked windshield, a speeding ticket, getting locked out of my car two days in a row, and multiple emergency vet visits).
More Music, More Options
With a clear purpose of supporting healthy stress management skills in those individuals who devote their time and energy to providing care to others, I designed online tools and music for burnout recovery and to build the resilience needed for such important and demanding work. If you feel the overwhelm of others depending on you for their health, safety, and comfort setting in, get back in tune with yourself. Reprogram your brain and body with new habits that help you control stress instead of the other way around.
Start with the Stress Compass Quiz to get a customized plan to reduce stress as quickly as today.
Start with the Stress Compass Quiz to get a customized plan to reduce stress as quickly as today.
