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S2 E5: The Power of Intention with Lynn O'Brien

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In this episode, Lexie and Rebecca had a gem-filled, insightful conversation with speaker, musician, and coach Lynn O’Brien, who does creative, compassionate, and constructive work with individuals experiencing change, integrating all of those roles to an amazing degree. She shares about her long background as a musician, career in music therapy, passion for vocal improv, and for using the voice as a vehicle for expression, connection, and healing.

We also discussed using boundaries to stay in alignment and say yes with generosity, and Lynn’s wide range of self care practices (some traditional and some not as much!) The episode ends with us talking about feeling seen, and we hope this episode does that for you!

 
 

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • How the different facets of Lynn’s music and coaching career got her to where she is today

  • Balancing vs. intertwining the multiple facets of a career

  • What it looked like when Lynn started to think of being a musician as a business (in high school!) and how she empowered herself to make things happen

  • Lynn’s advice for younger women and nonbinary musicians

  • Using discernment to know which opportunities are right, and how this plays into self care

  • The learning process that came with saying yes to everything

  • Developing trust in yes or no, and the many shades of gray within them

  • Lynn’s wide range of self care practices and real talk about where she struggles with self care 

  • Reframing resistance of routine and structure, and noticing the various ways we respond to pressure

  • Removing self judgment and dealing with the inner critic through mirror work and affirmations

  • Movement as medicine

  • The power of simplicity rather than constantly creating something new

  • The importance of feeling seen and how we can do that authentically, also how that’s changed during a pandemic

  • Being intentional about creating things to look forward to and the importance of novelty during this time

  • Intentional disconnection

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Pianist and composer