The Healing Note

Welcome to the intersection of music, mental health, and learning. Missives on music, the music business, recovery, trauma-informed teaching, the psychology of performance, and the beautiful and sometimes not so beautiful ways we learn to grow.

By Julian Coryell

· Launched 10 months ago

From Bitter to Sweet

On fatherhood, life, and the gift of the grapefruit
Jun 21 • Julian Coryell

Time Stand Still

On the Unbearable Tightness of Being
Jun 14 • Julian Coryell

You Don’t Have to Live Like a Refugee

On coexistence in an age of tribalism
Jun 7 • Julian Coryell

The ACE of Grades

Can a Childhood Score Predict an Entire Life?
May 31 • Julian Coryell

Welcome to the Leisure Dome

In Search of a Life Outside Productivity
May 24 • Julian Coryell

You May Be Wrong

How good or bad changes depending on where we are in life
May 17 • Julian Coryell

Losing Our Religion

On generational disconnect, self-objectification, and how late-stage capitalism slowly erodes the soul
May 11 • Julian Coryell

Built to Spill—Not to Fail

On talent, identity, and what shows up when everything goes wrong
May 4 • Julian Coryell

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