Скачать или смотреть Key to the Bridge Podcast Episode 24: Music, Mental Health, and Making Space to Feel

In Episode 24 of Key to the Bridge, Dr. Erica Bosque sits down with Keystone’s Clinical Director and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Karena Weil, for a conversation that moves from Grateful Dead parking lots to mental health leadership, and everywhere in between.

Karena shares her unconventional early journey, including leaving home as a young teen and finding belonging in collective community spaces centered around music and art. That experience shaped her belief that healing doesn’t only happen in therapy offices , it happens in connection, creativity, and shared joy.

Together, Erica and Karena explore:
Why collective joy is essential for mental health
The role of music, creativity, and safe risk-taking in healing
Helping people love themselves (according to a very wise five-year-old)
Why not everything meaningful has to be monetized
How communities can reclaim connection without it costing $130 and a ticket

This episode is about reclaiming expression, expanding what “care” looks like, and imagining new ways to build community in a world that feels increasingly divided.

If you’ve ever felt “too much,” silenced your voice, or wondered how to bring more joy into your life, this conversation is for you.

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Host:
Dr. Erica Joeverley Bosque, Ed.D, LCSW, PPSC
CEO/Executive Director, Keystone Therapy & Training Services
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) #81547 with Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC)

Guests:
Karena Slade Weil, LMFT
Clinical and Program Director, Keystone Therapy & Training Services
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) #90890


About Our Podcast:Key to the Bridge explores the connections, stories, and moments that shape us through conversations about community, identity, mental health, and the relationships that help us grow.