Dr Moody talks with Anthony, Michael, and Jon to discuss how the magic of music has impacted their lives over decades of friendship. Have you ever had a special connection with someone through music? This fun-filled celebration of laughter, revelry, and musically-fueled mayhem will prove you’re not alone.

Dr Moody talks with Amber Dawn, a local musician and highly regarded voice coach and vocal consultant for creatives. She is also the founder of Amber Dawn Vocal Studio in Gulfport, MS. Amber Dawn’s optimistic tale began at a early age when she found that her passion and purpose in life was to help others walk their most authentic path to self-fulfillment…one voice at a time.

Dr. Moody talks with Mr. Ray Leone, a board-certified music therapist and Director of Medical Music Therapy at A Place to Be, a nationally recognized therapeutic arts organization creating community, belonging, and hope. As Director of Medical Music Therapy, Ray oversees and manages the music therapy program at the Inova Health Systems in Northern Virginia. Mr. Leone’s optimistic tale centers around his unique clinical methodologies, believing that “songs accompany us through life and provide meanings which we can all identify.” Please join my guest on his YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@raymondleonemusic/featured or on his Blog at raymondleone.substack.com.

Dr Moody talks with Dr. Marco Iacoboni, a neurologist, neuroscientist, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and the Director of the Neuromodulation Lab at the Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center at UCLA. He is also the author of the book, Mirroring People: The Science of Empathy and How We Connect with Others. Dr. Iacoboni is an optimist, whose unique research provides us with the “tiny miracles that get us through the day,” in order to “bring us even closer to one another.”

Dr. Moody talks with Mr. Hosea London, leader & manager of the Excelsior Band©, a cultural and musical icon on the Gulf Coast since 1883. Hosea’s optimistic tale is rooted in an empathetic desire to share his passion for music with his community. Mr. London is the current music director of The Jazz Studio, a premiere, year-round, Jazz music education program for aspiring youth musicians. The Jazz Studio is dedicated to the education, appreciation, and preservation of jazz as America’s only original music art form. Joining the conversation is Mr. Bill “BeBop” Roberts.

Dr. Moody talks with Catharine Hannay, founder of MindfulTeachers.org, a website that features teaching resources on mindfulness, compassion, and social-emotional skills, as well as self-care resources for educators and other helping professionals. Backed up with 20 years of teaching experience, she has been writing, since 2012, about navigating an increasingly complex, interconnected world on topics, such as: mental health, mindfulness and contemplative practices, empathy, compassion, and communicating across difference.

Dr. Moody continues his previous talk with Elizabet Elliott, Executive Director/Curator of the Alabama Contemporary Arts Center (www.alabamacontemporary.org).  In this final episode of a two-part series, Dr. Moody and his guests “get weird and exercise some demons” through an exploration of what it really means to be an Artist at Heart in the deep, Deep South.  Also joining the conversation is Glenn Robertson, ACAC’s Director of Storytelling and Dr. Paige A. Vitulli, Chair of ACAC’s Board of Directors.  If you would like to directly support the artists and efforts of the ACAC, please feel free to donate, as you see fit, through the Verdant Fund at verdantfund.org.