Increase Focus and Reduce Stress Through Music with Tim Ringgold Artwork

Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations

The Positively Living® Podcast brings you shame-free productivity conversations for the overwhelmed multi-passionate creatives, caregivers, and multi-taskers who never clock out, juggle countless responsibilities, and quietly wonder if there's a better way.

Hosted by Lisa Zawrotny, Productivity Coach and founder of Positively Productive Systems, the show replaces rigid productivity rules with flexible approaches that respect your energy and priorities. Through solo episodes, expert interviews, and live coaching sessions, Lisa covers the topics that actually affect your ability to move forward: stress management, habits and systems, decluttering, self-awareness, boundaries, mindset, entrepreneurship, and more.

This is productivity for real life, helping you breathe easier, move forward sustainably, and make space for what matters most to you.

All Episodes

Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations

Increase Focus and Reduce Stress Through Music with Tim Ringgold

April 26, 2021 • Lisa Zawrotny • Episode 50

0:00 | 51:58

Text your thoughts and questions!

Content warning: This episode contains brief mentions of death and suicidal thoughts.

Music has been used to calm, connect, increase focus, soothe pain, and so much more. In Episode 50 of The Positively Living Podcast, Tim Ringgold shares the science behind how music affects the brain and how you can use music to increase productivity and reduce stress.

Could you use some support? Ready for a quick win and to try coaching with Lisa? The Productivity Boost session is a speed-round strategy that is highly effective for shifting a habit, quickly reviewing your weekly schedule, discussing productivity related tech and systems, and moving past decision hurdles for prioritizing. You'll walk away encouraged and inspired to take action! Go to https://www.positivelyproductive.com/plpboost for a very special listener discount!

Tim Ringgold and I cover the following topics:

How music brought Tim out of some truly dark times and saved his life.
Sharing the science behind the undeniable benefits that music can have on our focus and productivity.
The impact music has on our brains and how it relates to the same dopamine release that we get while having sex or eating chocolate.
How the language of music builds culture and is ingrained in our culture.
Replacing the feeling of pain that exists within our brain with music and the science behind how this actually works.

As humans, we are wired to express ourselves musically and we can do that in so many ways.

Thank you for listening! Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips to create space for what really matters in your life.

If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me! And don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!

CONNECT WITH TIM RINGGOLD:

CONNECT WITH LISA ZAWROTNY:

Link to Affiliate Disclaimer