Ep161: Connecting with Your Baby Through Song with Music Therapist Vered Benhorin
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This is a really fun episode about music! I really do wish I had this information when I was pregnant. I know it feels natural for a lot of us to sing to our babies and it turns out there’s a reason for that. As our guest Vered Benhorin explains, there may well be some compelling science behind the benefits of music both before and after birth.
A mother of three, Vered knows a thing or two (or three!) about birth and babies. Music was a powerful tool for her in parenthood and was central to her pre-mom life. Now a music therapist and psychotherapist, she has developed classes and techniques for parents to integrate the power of song into their babies lives.
In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:
-How Vered’s path shifted from aspiring rockstar to musical mom
-How music helped her connect with her baby
-Why it is so beneficial to sing to your baby during pregnancy
-How songs can help in developing a routine
-How to choose what songs to sing
-How to reframe what makes a “good” singing voice
-Why Vered recommends a labor playlist
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| 0:00.0 | This is a really fun episode about babies and music with Verid Ben Horn. |
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| 1:23.8 | number 161 and I am so glad that you are spending some time with me today. |
| 1:30.5 | So in today's episode, we have Verid Ben Horan, and Verid is a music therapist and psychotherapist |
| 1:37.1 | whose mission is to teach parents how to connect with their baby, speak their baby's language, |
| 1:43.1 | and find moments of joy together. |
| 1:46.5 | Thousands of parents swear by the techniques and tools she teaches in her baby-in-tune classes |
| 1:53.1 | and more than 10,000 families listen to her award-winning music for families on Spotify and |
| 1:59.4 | iTunes. When she is not leading classes, doing instructor trainings or lectures at conferences such as |
| 2:06.0 | zero to three, she can be found in Tel Aviv Israel with her husband and three children. |
| 2:12.4 | I absolutely love this conversation with Varid, where we talk about things like the benefits of having |
| 2:18.4 | a few songs that you sing on a regular basis, like a lullaby song, a morning song, and a nighttime |
| 2:24.3 | or bath song, how song choices for babies do not matter at all. Even guns and roses can work, |
| 2:31.5 | and she talks about that. She talks about why your voice or whether you can |
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