When I'm cleaning up the house on any given Saturday morning, I throw on my AirPods and pump up the volume, literally.

I actually have a special playlist of songs that helps me zone out and just push my Hoover Floor washer like that baby's on fire.

Let's see.

On the list, there's anything from Ariana Grande, Queen, Lady Gaga, the power, earthwind, and fire,

and even songs from Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, and Phantom of the Opera.

I couldn't imagine doing a power zone endurance ride for 45 minutes on my Peloton to complete silence rather than songs with 150 BPM.

Music motivates us. It relaxes us. It helps us to go back in time and relive some favorite memories.

But it actually does so much more. Did you know that music therapy can be used to reduce a person's pain? On a scale of

1 to 10, 10 being unbearable pain, let's say the person's pain is about a 6. It can quite possibly

go to a 3 just by listening to the right type of music. Music therapy is an emerging field

being used for treatments for cancer patients,

Parkinson's, MS, Alzheimer's, and more ailments. In some cases and states, insurance covers

music therapy. Well, you're in for a special conversation with this podcast. We're so

lucky I've gotten some time with Joy Allen. She's the chair of Berkeley College of

Music's Music Therapy Department. Joy is going to share her insights and tell you how to come up with

the best playlist to where you are right now in your life. Yes, we're talking about music.

And inasmuch as I would just love to sing, I promise you, I won't. My singing is best reserved for

silent movies. My conversation with joy starts in just a moment. Have you ever tried using

your good old password to log into a website you haven't visited in ages and been hit with the

wrong email or password message?

Annoying, right?

Now, what if I told you?

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