Joyful Noises LLC

11/11/2025

Y'all know how I feel about grounding yourself and your business in your values, vision, and mission... Way to go, Stacks Book Club! We're so grateful for you and your vision in our community!

Fun find as we were cleaning out our storage space. 🥹 We uncovered this sweet little notebook where we jotted down our vision for Stacks for the first time, back in late 2019.

Before the pandemic.
Before we started research in earnest.
Before we found mentors.
Before we hustled our butts off as a pop-up.
Before we pitched this concept, over and over.
Before we built our brand.

Long before we opened our doors in Oro Valley, and when the idea of opening in central Tucson felt like a far-off fantasy.

Just us, daring to write the words on paper. And daring to chase the dream ever since. 🙏

11/06/2025

Over the past couple of months, we’ve been focusing on harmony and the importance of life outside of work. These are crucial considerations when creating sustainable and ethical self-care practices.

I recently updated my “Intersections between Ethics & Self-Care” course. It is now pre-approved for 5 CMTEs, including 3 credits towards CBMT’s ethics requirements plus time to reflect and integrate ideas from each section of this course into your own sustainable self-care plan. You can now earn those ethics credits AND finish this course with a clear path forward to care for yourself, personally and professionally, in more ethical and sustainable ways.

Check out the details by clicking on the CMTE Community button in the Linktree in my bio or the direct link below and then scrolling down:
https://joyfulnoisesllc.com/for-professionals/cmte-community/

Thank you for being a part of our Joyful Noises community. I look forward to continuing to learn and grow together in more ethical and sustainable ways.



ID: “Available Now ~ Intersections between Ethics & Self-Care ~ now pre-approved for 5 CMTEs, including 3 ethics credits + time to create your own self-care plan!” written over the image of three hands holding coffee cups

10/30/2025

This month we’ve been focusing on the importance of life outside of work. Because of how strongly I believe in this, I even have pre-approved CMTEs on topics like self-care, self-awareness, healthy habits, and harmony, that are applicable for your personal life as well as your professional life.

You can learn more about any of these courses by clicking on the CMTE Community button in the Linktree in my bio or the direct link below and scrolling down:
https://joyfulnoisesllc.com/for-professionals/cmte-community/

In addition, if you are looking for a music therapy community that makes space for your WHOLE self, the peer supervision and other groups in our MT Mentor community focus on whatever is top of heart and mind for those who join us, whether that is personal or professional. If that resonates with you, you can learn more by clicking on the MT Mentor button in the Linktree in my bio or the direct link below:
https://joyfulnoisesllc.com/mt-mentor/

Thank you for being a part of our Joyful Noises community. I look forward to continuing to learn and grow - personally AND professionally - together.



ID: The images for the self-care, self-awareness, and healthy habits courses - a coffee cup with a heart in the foam, a notebook with “PLAN” written on it, and a row of different colored faces made out of crinkled paper

10/23/2025

Here is your II for October! Please comment below so we can continue to fill our cups and share our wisdom together! Brandi Carlile

10/22/2025

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Right now, some of the most vulnerable children in our community are at … Courtney Arndt needs your support for Bridge the Gap: Support Music Therapy for Kids

10/18/2025

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What is happen to Music Therapy in Florida? A clarifying video to FMT parents 10/17/25.

10/16/2025

This month, we’ve been focusing on the importance of life outside of work, and earlier this month, I shared some reflections on this topic with the folks on my email list. My prompts focused on aligning our personal lives with our core values, building sustainable self-care practices and sources of support, and cultivating happiness and joy.

In her book, "The Lightmaker’s Manifesto: How to Work for Change without Losing your Joy," Karen Walrond (2021) writes, “Happiness is a fleeting, pleasurable emotion caused by external circumstances….Happiness occurs in the moment, as an immediate reaction to an event, and it can fade just as quickly away. Happiness is transient. Joy, on the other hand, is something more profound and long-lasting. Often, joy finds itself rooted in much deeper things, like meaning and purpose” (p. 17).

Drs. Emily and Amelia Nagoski affirm this in their book "Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle" (2020), when they write that “happiness is predicated on happenings. Joy arises from an internal clarity about our purpose. When we engage with something larger than ourselves, we make meaning, and when we can resonate, bell-like with that Something Larger, that’s joy.” Drs. Emily and Amelia Nagoski also write that “joy comes from connection with fellow givers.”

So, my friends, how are YOU cultivating joy in your life these days? What is giving your life meaning and purpose? What is your "Something Larger"? How are you connecting with "fellow givers"?

Please comment below so that we can continue to fill our cups and share our wisdom together.



ID: “Core Values, Sustainable Self-Care, Sources of Support, Happiness, Joy” with two Joyful Noises bluebirds facing the text

10/14/2025

It is such a joy to get to share this journey with JJasonHicks! Learn more and find all links to buy The Earthmight War at https://linktr.ee/jjasonhicks

10/02/2025

Last month, I shared with you about harmony. Just like different instruments or voice parts will have the melody at different points in a piece of music, different parts of our lives need to have the melody at different times, too. This fall, I am creating more space for family, friends, live music, travel, and my copyediting and marketing roles to have the melody.

That means that if you have reached out to me recently or do so over the next couple of months, you might receive the out-of-office message on this graphic in reply. While I will be working while I travel, I will also be taking some days at least partly if not completely off. One of my favorite tips for prioritizing life outside of work is to start my out-of-office message a couple of days before I leave and to have it continue until at least a couple of days after I return, giving me space for my melody to more gracefully transition from work to play and back again.

What is one of your favorite tips for prioritizing life outside of work?

Please comment below so that we can continue to fill our cups and share our wisdom together.



ID: “OOO ~ Thank you so much for reaching out. I will have limited availability to respond to emails [dates]. I appreciate your patience as I do my best to get back to you as soon as possible. Take care!” with two Joyful Noises bluebirds facing the text

09/30/2025

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09/30/2025

What a joy to be a part of this amazing event! Thank you for the opportunity to help plan and coordinate all of the PR and marketing aspects, JJasonHicks!