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Guitars & Granola Bars
by Rachel Rambach
Guitars & Granola Bars is a podcast for women balancing a career they love with being a mom. Rachel Rambach is a mom, music therapist, business owner and host of this podcast.
Episodes
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#81 - Navigating the Holidays and Looking Towards 2021
As we head into the final weeks of 2020, Jaime and I are checking in with each other to compare notes on our families, businesses, and alllll the feelings during this holiday season. In this episode, we share the highs and lows of business ownership right now, and talk about how we are planning...
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#80 - How We're Coping Personally & Professionally in Fall 2020
We are now 8 months into the COVID-19 pandemic; that makes 8 months of pivoting, adapting, and overcoming challenges both at home and at work. I'm checking in once again with co-host Jaime Lawrence, owner of Harmony Garden Music Therapy Services, and we're sharing updates on family life, business...
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#79 - Reopening Our Businesses & Making School Decisions in the Time of COVID-19
A lot has changed since I last spoke with my co-host, Jaime Lawrence (owner of Harmony Garden Music Therapy), back in April. The pandemic is still in full force, which has greatly impacted just about every aspect of our lives. In this follow-up episode, we're discussing the current state of our...
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#78 - Music Therapy, Motherhood & Business Ownership in the Time of COVID-19
It's been over a year since I released an episode of the Guitars & Granola Bars podcast, but when my co-host from last season, Jaime Lawrence, suggested recording one to chat about how we are managing during this global pandemic, I was immediately on board. In this special COVID-19 edition of the...
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#77 - Our Favorite Accomplishments of 2018
This is the final episode in our current season, during which I’ve been so lucky to have Jaime Lawrence as a co-host. I hope you’ve enjoyed her added perspective here on the podcast just as much as I have! Since we’re making our way towards the end of 2018, Jaime and I thought it would be fun to...
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#76 - All Things Halloween!
Halloween is coming, and we are ready! So of course we had to dedicate an entire episode to how we celebrate this special day at home -- including decorations, our family’s costumes, and favorite traditions -- and at work -- the songs we sing, how we integrate Halloween into our groups and...
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#75 - Our Favorite Working Mom Hacks (Part 1)
This week, Jaime and I are sharing our favorite working mom “hacks” -- big and little ways in which we’ve discovered make life just a little bit easier, both in terms of work and home. We actually ran out of time recording this episode, and have already planned a part 2 so that we can give you…
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#74 - How We Do Early Childhood Classes
As we approach the fall season, Jaime and I are both busy preparing for new sessions of our early childhood music classes. Since this topic is top of mind for us right now, we thought we’d take this opportunity to do a deep dive into our role as early childhood music class instructors. In this...
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#73 - Being the Boss: Hiring, Managing a Team, & Other Tough Stuff
We talk pretty often here on the podcast about running our own businesses and the challenges associated with it. One of the BIGGEST challenges is being a boss -- deciding when the time is right to grow our team, conducting interviews, completing the hiring process, and then managing a team. In…
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#72 - Braving Back to School Season
This week’s topic was a no-brainer for two moms who also work with school-aged children. It’s back to school time, which comes with a whole lot of excitement, overwhelm, challenges, and planning. In this episode, I’m talking about what it’s like as a total newbie with my son getting ready to…
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#71 - On Being Innovative
I never fully appreciated the proverb “necessity is the mother of invention” until I became a business owner. It didn’t take long to realize that there are busy seasons in a private practice and teaching studio, and then there are slow seasons. Very, very slow seasons. Summer just happens to be…
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#70 - Making Music for Ourselves
In Episode 70, Jaime and I are chatting all about the evolution of our musical lives: where we got our start as musicians, how we made music before becoming music therapists and before having kids, and how things have changed throughout the years since. How does music play a role in YOUR life...
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#69 - Confessions of a Music Therapist
This week it’s just me, recording a solo episode for the first time since the beginning of the summer. I’ve been having so much fun chatting with my co-host, Jaime, and I hope you’ve been enjoying our episodes together, too. But in today’s episode, I want to address a topic that I haven’t talked...
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#68 - Travel Tales
A common theme of summer is TRAVEL. It’s one of my favorite things to do, but it can also be a bit stressful, whether you’re traveling with or without your family. In this episode of the podcast, Jaime and I are talking all about how we handle both kinds of travel -- as moms and as business…
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#67 - Wearing Multiple Hats in Music Class
There is a whole lot of crossover when it comes to being both a music therapist and a mom...especially when you teach early childhood classes and have young children. Jaime and I can check both of those boxes, and have a whole lot of experience playing both the role of music class teacher and mom...
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#66 - All Things Disney!
Fun fact: both my co-host Jaime and I are total "Disney people" and have been from an early age. As a result, Disney has played a huge role in our lives, from taking Disney vacations, to using Disney songs in our music therapy and early childhood work, to sharing the love with our own children.…
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#65 - Our Must-Have Children’s Books for Work & Home
Children’s books play a huge role in both our work as music therapists and our home life with our own kids. In Episode 65 of the podcast, Jaime and I talk about how we put them to use with our young students and clients, and also how they fit into our family lives. Additionally, we discuss our...
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#64 - Tackling Summer
Summer can be a tricky time for working moms. Our school-aged kids are out of school, everyone’s schedules are out of wack, and life as we know it goes a little haywire. In this episode, Jaime and I talk about our plans for this summer and how we tackle this time of year in order to stay...
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#63 - Meet the Co-Host: Jaime Lawrence
Let me introduce you to the newest voice of the Guitars & Granola Bars podcast! In this episode, I ask Jaime allllll the questions so that you can get to know her better. She fills us in on her professional background, family life, favorite life hacks for working moms, and much more. Let's…
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#62 - A Fresh Start
Thank you so much for joining me here on Guitars & Granola Bars. I’m your host, Rachel Rambach, and this podcast is for women like me who are balancing a career they love with being a mom. If you’ve been a listener of the Guitars & Granola Bars podcast in the past, then you know it’s been a hot...
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#61 - Prioritizing Self-Care
Thank you so much for joining me here on Guitars & Granola Bars. I’m your host, Rachel Rambach, and this podcast is for women like me who are balancing a passion-fueled career with being a mom. This episode is all about self-care. This time of year is when I start to feel everything piling up on...
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#60 - The Day the Music Paused
Thank you so much for joining me here on Guitars & Granola Bars. I’m your host, Rachel Rambach, and this podcast is for women like me who are balancing a passion-fueled career with being a mom. This episode is all about my biggest struggle after becoming a mom: losing my sense of identity as a...
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#59 - Girls' Trip
Thank you so much for joining me here on Guitars & Granola Bars. I’m your host, Rachel Rambach, and this podcast is for women like me who are balancing a passion-fueled career with being a mom. This episode is all about how I'm investing in self-care this weekend, why it's extremely needed, and…
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#58 - Moving Out of the Basement
Thank you so much for joining me here on Guitars & Granola Bars. I’m your host, Rachel Rambach, and this podcast is for women like me who are balancing a passion-fueled career with being a mom. This episode is all about how making a change in my work environment (moving my home office out of my...
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#57 - "Are Your Kids Here?"
Thank you so much for joining me here on Guitars & Granola Bars. I’m your host, Rachel Rambach, and this podcast is for women like me who are balancing a passion-fueled career with being a mom. This episode is all about the surprising topic of conversation when I attended a recent conference...
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#56 - Dual Roles as a Music Therapist Mom
Thank you so much for joining me here on Guitars & Granola Bars. I’m your host, Rachel Rambach, and this podcast is for women like me who are balancing a passion-fueled career with being a mom. In this episode, I'm talking with Tamara Leszner-Rovet, a registered music therapist in Toronto…
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#55 - D-Day
Thank you so much for joining me here on Guitars & Granola Bars. I’m your host, Rachel Rambach, and this podcast is for women like me who are balancing a passion-fueled career with being a mom. This episode is all about an event I’ve known was coming since the day my daughter was born, almost 15...
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#54 - How Do You Stay Sane in Today's World?
Thank you so much for joining me here on Guitars & Granola Bars. I’m your host, Rachel Rambach, and this podcast is for women like me who are balancing a passion-fueled career with being a mom. In this episode, I share my strategies for maintaining my sanity in today's world, given the scary…
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#53 - The Reality of Postpartum Depression with Amanda Clay
Thank you so much for joining me here on Guitars & Granola Bars. I’m your host, Rachel Rambach, and this podcast is for women like me who are balancing a passion-fueled career with being a mom. Amanda Clay is making her second guest appearance on the podcast, and this time we are diving in to the...
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#52 - What Gives You That Spark?
Thank you so much for joining me here on Guitars & Granola Bars. I’m your host, Rachel Rambach, and this podcast is for women like me who are balancing a passion-fueled career with being a mom. In today’s episode, I’m talking about why I came close to burning out this past year, and how I make…
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#51 - The B.C. (Before Children) Days
Thank you so much for joining me here on Guitars & Granola Bars. I’m your host, Rachel Rambach, and this podcast is for women like me who are balancing a passion-fueled career with being a mom. In my former life, which I call the B.C. — before children — days, my world revolved around work and...
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#50 - My MOST EFFECTIVE Form of Self-Care
Thank you so much for joining me here on Guitars & Granola Bars. I’m your host, Rachel Rambach, and this podcast is for women like me who are balancing a passion-fueled career with being a mom. In today’s episode, I’m sharing my number one strategy for staying on track mentally and emotionally.…
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#49 - The Longest, Shortest, Hardest, Best-est Year
Thank you so much for joining me here on Guitars & Granola Bars. I’m your host, Rachel Rambach, and this podcast is for women like me who are balancing a passion-fueled career with being a mom. If you listened to Season 1, then you know that each episode featured a different guest who shared…
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Episode 48 // Jamie George
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Jamie George. Jamie talks candidly about the premature birth of her son and how it affected her, providing music therapy to him in the NICU, and life as a business owner after becoming a mom. Jamie is the owner and director of The George Center…
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Episode 47 // Gretchen Chardos Benner
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Gretchen Chardos Benner. Gretchen talks about following in her sister's footsteps to become the second music therapist in her family, pursuing her masters degree while working full-time, and how she makes music with her family at home. Gretchen…
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Episode 46 // Ginny Driscoll
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Ginny Driscoll. Ginny talks about her work as a music therapy researcher, pursuing her PhD while raising two girls, and how she includes her daughters in her self-care practices. Ginny is a mom, music therapist, researcher, and doctoral student....
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Episode 45 // Amanda Ellis
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Amanda Ellis. Amanda talks about her approach to providing music therapy to 30+ classrooms each week, her son's impressive musicality as the child of two musicians, and the importance of communication between working parents. Amanda is a...
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Episode 44 // Emily Wangen
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Emily Wangen. Emily talks about her experience with pregnancy loss, how long commutes and inclement weather affected the development of her private practice, and her ideal vision for the future. Emily is the owner of Music Therapy in Motion, LLC....
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Episode 43 // Mallory Even
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Mallory Even. Mallory talks about how her twin pregnancy shaped the course of her career, the health challenges her son faced immediately after birth, and running a business while staying home with her children. Mallory, owner of Metro Music...
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Episode 42 // Jodie Ross
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Jodie Ross. Jodie talks about becoming an internship director shortly after completing her own internship, her readiness to return to work at the end of maternity leave, and how she relates parenting styles to music therapy approaches. Jodie is a...
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Episode 41 // Jennifer Whitlow
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Jennifer Whitlow. Jennifer talks about starting her private practice while pregnant, why she actually enjoyed her labor and delivery, and her adjustment to new motherhood as a business owner. Jennifer is a board certified music therapist with...
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Episode 40 // Kimberly Sena Moore
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Kimberly Sena Moore. Kimberly talks about how she and her family navigated 5 years of major transitions, her role as a music therapist in the academic setting, and her approach to parenting as a full-time working mom. Kimberly is a board…
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Episode 39 // Morgan Sparks
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Morgan Sparks. Morgan talks about her unconventional path to music therapy, teaching Kindermusik classes just 6 days postpartum, and the give-and-take that comes with raising a young child and owning a business. Morgan is owner of Rhythm Garden...
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Episode 38 // Ashley Lundquist
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Ashley Lundquist. Ashley talks about how losing her voice affected her music therapy career, the way she incorporated music during her labor and delivery, and how she is settling into her role as a first-time mom just a few weeks postpartum.…
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Episode 37 // Megan Resig
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Megan Resig. Megan talks about opening up a 6,000 square-foot facility with 12 employees while her daughter was just an infant, the role her husband played in helping make that possible, and how she’s setting an example for her daughter by doing...
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Episode 36 // Maggie MacArthur
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Maggie MacArthur. Maggie talks about the many plates she was spinning during her pregnancy, her realization that she wasn’t meant to be a stay-at-home mom, and how her son’s orthopedic condition has helped her better relate to her clients’...
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Episode 35 // Catherine Hershey
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Catherine Hershey. Catherine talks about completing her internship in NYC while pregnant, how starting her blog was a turning point in her postpartum year, and the unique opportunity she has to design her ideal music therapy career. Catherine is…
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Episode 34 // Lesleigh Zundt
In this episode, I'm chatting with music therapist Lesleigh Zundt. Lesleigh talks about pursuing her music therapy degree while raising a young daughter, overcoming baby blues after the birth of her son, and her adventures in pumping as a working mom. Lesleigh is a wife to JJ, a mom to Aliah (6)...
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Episode 33 // Kathy Schumacher
In this episode, I'm chatting with Kathy Schumacher. Kathy talks about her early success in the private practice setting, how she has structured her career around her family since having her children, and her adventures in creative entrepreneurship. In this episode, I’m chatting with Kathy...
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Episode 32 // Janet Stephens
In this episode, I'm chatting with Janet Stephens. Janet talks about her path that led to having a large family, the evolution of her successful business, and how her “big picture” mentality allows her to prioritize the important things in life. Janet is the creator, seamstress, and entrepreneur...
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