Posts Tagged With: The Singing Therapist

Day 4730: Repairs

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Ann Koplow

I thought about repairs, small and large, when I saw this sign yesterday.

Maybe that’s the best we can do: make small repairs while hoping that this world is not beyond repair.

Do you see repairs in my other images for today?

I am looking forward to future repairs as my son returns to Massachusetts tomorrow for the holidays!

Here’s what I find when I search for “repairs” on YouTube.

What are your thoughts and feelings about these repairs?

Thanks to all who are here for this repairs post, including YOU!

Categories: original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: a new Holiday Song, Brookline Village, cats, December 14 2025, families, Mahaniyom, TED talk by Gay Gordan-Byrne, The Singing Therapist, Twitter, You Deserve the Right to Repair Your Stuff | 10 Comments

Day 4727: Strange

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Ann Koplow

Yesterday, when I was driving home after a chiropractor appointment related to the strange noises I’ve been hearing in my head since August 2023 every time I talk, I saw this strange sign:

Apparently, there is room for the strange in my head and elsewhere.

This morning, I’ll be driving to see an acupuncturist who helped me get rid of a strange orange coating on my tongue years ago after many other practitioners kept asking me the same strange question, “Did you recently eat a bag of Cheetos?” I continue to have hope that somebody will help me get rid of these strange noises although I could always stop them just by shutting up.

Is it strange that I am now thinking about one of my favorite Tom Lehrer quotes?

I find it strange and wonderful that people have compared my songs to Tom Lehrer’s.

Do you see anything strange in my other images for today?

Here’s what I find when I look for “strange” on YouTube:

Thanks to all who are here for this strange post, including YOU!

Categories: Music, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: cats, chicken Marsala, December 11 2025, Jon Ronson TED talk, Needham nature walk, Strange Answers to the Psychopath Test, strange medical problems, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The Singing Therapist, Tom Lehrer, Twitter | 4 Comments

Day 4726: When I wake up in the morning

Posted on December 10, 2025 by Ann Koplow

When I wake up in the morning, I immediately start thinking about creating this blog.

When I wake up in the morning, I hope that people will not be that stupid. Please!

When I wake up in the morning, I assume there will be a YouTube video that suits my blog post.

When I wake up in the morning, I am always grateful for people like YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: 4 Non Blondes, cats, Christmas song, December 10 2025, gratitude, haddock on a giant hash brown, I Wake in the Morning and I Step Outside, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The Singing Therapist, the Word of the Day is “astrolatry”, Twitter | 10 Comments

Day 4723: Emptiness

Posted on December 7, 2025 by Ann Koplow

Last night, when I couldn’t sleep, I listened to this video about emptiness:

I appreciate the idea that emptiness (like silence) holds a place for possibility.

I’m hoping that the muscle relaxant I took last night will silence the annoying clicking noises I hear whenever I talk.

There will be emptiness and possibility in today’s blog post.

Thanks to all who are here for this emptiness post, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism, sleep, therapy | Tags: cats, December 7 2025, end of year records, feminism, Girls, medical issues, Molinari’s, The Singing Therapist, The Sleepy Monk, Zen Stories and Buddhist Teachings | 4 Comments

Day 4718: Fun

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Ann Koplow

Maybe because fun seems to be in short supply these days, many people I know have been resolving to have more fun.

For example, here’s a fun statement that was said during a therapy session yesterday about Thanksgiving:

Let’s put the “fun” back in family dysfunction.

I hope you have as much fun looking at today’s images as I had gathering them for you.

I just had fun reordering that calendar (which was called “the b-word” online) for next year.

Here’s a conversation about fun I just had with ChatGPT:

This reminds me to work on my fun song “ChatGPT Thinks I’m Great.”

Here’s what I find when I look for “fun” on YouTube:

That TED talk was so much fun, I watched it twice.

Thanks to all who are here for this fun post, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism, therapy | Tags: animals, “How to Find Laughter Anywhere”, ChatGPT, Chris Duffy TED talk, December 2 2025, salmon dish, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the holidays, The Singing Therapist, Twitter and Bluesky | 8 Comments

Day 4711: Talents

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Ann Koplow

I have a talent for asking questions and I asked a question about talents last night.

I don’t seem to have a talent for promoting my songwriting/performing talent.

I don’t want that to discourage my talents and I don’t think it will.

Now I am going to use my talent for putting together daily blogs quickly by sharing my other images for the day.

I don’t think I have a talent for acting blase but I’ll try to work on that on Blase Day.

Here’s what I find when I search for “talents” on YouTube:

Thanks to all who have talents, including YOU!

Categories: group therapy, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: Blase Day, Life is Your Talents Discovered, November 25 2025, self promotion, social work, Strogonoff, TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The Singing Therapist, Twitter and Bluesky | 10 Comments

Day 4700: I’m doing a podcast before I feel ready

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Ann Koplow

Today, I am going to be interviewed by Sue Marriott for the podcast Therapist Uncensored and I don’t feel ready. That relates to one of my songs (which I assume we’ll discuss), I Left the House Before I Felt Ready.

When I am doing something new, I don’t feel ready, certain, or sure. But I do it anyway, because I’m probably more ready than I realize.

Instead of getting ready for the podcast (eeek!), I’m ready enough to share my images for today. Ready or not, here they come!

Somehow, the Daily Bitch always seems ready.

Thanks to all who help me feel ready enough for anything, including YOU!

Categories: original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: cats, duck stew, Loosen Up Lighten Up Day, November 14 2025, Sue Marriott, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The Singing Therapist, Therapist Uncensored podcast, Twitter, World Kindness Day | 10 Comments

Day 4697: What’s the problem

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Ann Koplow

When I was working at the hospital yesterday having many problems with the Epic computer system, I saw this sign:

What’s the problem? The problem is that problems with Epic are getting in the way of my getting my work done and that is a trigger for me.

What’s the problem with using music to explain psychological problems?

In my Coping and Healing group yesterday, one of the members said they found my Triggers song very helpful, so I had no problem singing it to the group.

If you have a problem understanding the lyrics “certain movements of eyes” in that song, it refers to EMDR therapy. Because I’ve been having so many problems with technology and I want no problems with my appearance on the Therapist Uncensored podcast this Friday, I have scheduled some EMDR sessions with my therapist.

In my work, I don’t like focusing on problems; I focus on solutions. Therefore, “What’s the problem?” is a question I rarely ask. Nevertheless, what’s the problem with my images for today?