Author Archives: Tim Ringgold

Today you’re going to hear a presentation from my Reduce Your Stress Summit. It’s from a phenomenal woman named Sukie Baxter on the nature of healing trauma. I’ve been on a learning journey about trauma since about 2016 and what I can say is it’s A LOT more nuanced and complex than what we think […]

“Fresh powder” is a term I grew up hearing about, but never experienced. As a skier growing up in Connecticut, when you ski the Berkshires, you don’t get fresh powder too often. When I’d watch Warren Miller ski films and see skiers out west skiing fresh powder, it looked magical. There was this blank slate […]

Brain health is body health AND mental health. After all, everything we do in life requires our brains. In this episode, I interview an extraordinary man named Alex Doman. Alex is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, psychoacoustic music producer, and TEDx speaker with more than twenty-five years’ experience in neurotechnology. Alex founded Vital Neuro, Advanced Brain […]

Do you still have dreams? Not at night… in life. As always, I like to look at how life and art are metaphors for each other. Today, what I see is that my life has a creative process to it as well. If we look at a finished podcast episode as the result or output […]

To think unbroken. This week we’re going to hear from an extraordinary man.  I had the good fortune to meet him at my one and only live business conference I attended in 2021. His name is Michael Unbroken. Michael’s personal story is a testament to the resilience of the human being. It’s not that we […]

Hey, last week, I lapped the sun one more time. I turned 49 on Tuesday August 31, and Tuesdays are studio days, so I decided to write myself a birthday song! I decided that this time around I was going to write whatever felt good to me. I gave up any concern as to whether […]

This week’s episode is an interview with a fellow music therapist-turned-entrepreneur named Brian Harris. He is the CEO and Co-founder of an innovative company called MedRhythms.  They create digital therapeutic devices to help people walk again after a stroke, brain injury, or neurologic disease. Brian is one of only 350 people in the world to […]

This past week was the first week back in school for both of my kids. I know in our culture we use the phrase “Back to school”, and in some ways it’s accurate, but in some ways, it’s not… ESPECIALLY this year. For my sophomore, there was not a single day in her freshman year […]

Making your nervous system your ally makes it sound like your nervous system can be your enemy? Sometimes. Learning about Polyvagal Theory was a game changer for me in helping me understand my nervous system works. Today’s interview is with my dear friend Mike Govoni who is an expert on trauma and healing. Right now, […]

Today, August 9, is day one of my Reduce Your Stress Summit for healthcare professionals! Over the next 5 Days, 23 experts will be sharing TED style talks on actionable ways to heal trauma, end burnout, and balance work and life. You don’t have to just keep burning the candle at both ends. We all […]