Music of the Soul

Joy S. Berger, FT, DMA, BCC, MT-BC is the Director of Education at the Hospice Education Network (HEN),?www.hospiceonline.com, where she ensures that the Hospice Education Network remains at the forefront in developing innovative solutions and services to meet the educational needs of hospice and palliative care professionals nation-wide. She is a recipient of the National Heart of Hospice Award for Psychosocial/Spiritual Care by the National Council of Hospice & Palliative Professionals. Dr. Berger is a Fellow in Thanatology® (Association for Death Education and Counseling), Doctor of Musical Arts (piano performance), with board certifications as a chaplain (Association of Professional Chaplains) and music therapist (Certification Board for Music Therapists). The author can be found on the web at www.composinglife.com and www.hospiceonline.com.

Preface. Music of the Soul - Composing Life Out of Loss. Its About Life. Music of the Soul Terminology and Metaphors. Composing Life in the Midst of Loss. Rhythms of Body and Soul. Rhythms of Body and Soul. Body Rhythms. Soul Rhythms. Pausing and Pacing and Pushing On. Signals for Action (or Rest). Music for Pain Relief: Body and Soul. Rhythms of the Soul for Being in and Moving Through Loss. Music for Grief’s Seasons of the Soul. There is a Time. Themes and Counterthemes of Life Stories . Life-stories Stirred by Sounds. Themes and Counterthemes. Diminishing Dementia: Relating with Memories Through Music. Your Life-story’s Tunes and Tales. Harmonies and Dissonances of Healing. Life’s Harmonic Progressions. Life’s Dissonant Changes. Healing Grief: Hearing its Dissonances and Harmonies. Healing and Wellness. Styles of Doing and Being. Know Your Styles for Doing Life. Music as a Catalyst for Being in Loss More Fully. Music Moment: A Doing and Being Commemoration. Expressions of Self and Community. Ricky’s Rhyme for this Time. Music’s Expressive Powers. Personal Expressions: Children and Teens. Community Expressions. Global Expressions. Ode to Expressions of the Soul. The Final Cadence. Music of the Soul at Life’s End. Final Cadence Endings. More Final Cadences. Music with the Dying. Core Principles: Care, Ownership, Respect, Empowerment. Physical, Psychosocial, and Spiritual Care. Final Moments. Composing Life Out of Loss. Life’s Endings and Beginnings – Life’s Mourning and Morning. Music of Morning. Music of the Soul for Composing Life Out of Loss. Appendix A: Through the Ages: A Timeline of Western Grief Music. Appendix B: My Music Menu. Appendix C: Keyboard Quality of Life: Highs and Lows. Appendix D: My Do-Be-Do-Be’s. Appendix E: CORE Principles (Being) and HEALing Techniques (Doing). Teaching Guides. Books and Articles. Scores, Recordings and Videos.