Oh my, I only discovered The Staves last week and i feel like I have wasted so much time not knowing about them. I really love indie/folk music, it calms my soul. Dealing with our current trials, with my anxiety, I need help being calm. Sometimes it's not that easy.
I've been a huge radio listener throughout my adult life. I used to listen to it, to and from work everyday. About 10 months ago, I felt like by the time I got to work or home from work i was so tense. With all the other stresses I was going through (including a husband that was then working night shifts so we never saw each other) I decided I needed to try simplify my life. Take out the unnecessary drama!
One huge thing, was switch the radio. If I can't listen to my own playlists for some reason, I listen to the old people station - smooth, easy listening music. Bonus is, I love all the music my parents listened too as I grew up so I really enjoy it! It was actually amazing feeling the difference in my nerves not being bombarded with the ads, gossip and drama. I can feel physically in my body when i'm anxious and I could really notice the difference. I feel my heartbeat slow, my hands not shake and my breathing slow.
Another thing I did was making sure I had calming music ready to go, whenever I needed it. So i built my calm playlist and I listen to it every single day. Mindy Gledhill was one of my first loves for this period of time for me and now I have a handful of The Staves songs on the playlist too.
This is one of my favourites of The Staves so far and poor Tommy has heard it about a million times already but i'm sure it will stay on repeat longer than just this week.
Have you been constantly playing a song all week? Got something stuck in your head. Go ahead let me know in the comments.