 I've been on a few tours now and here is something I noticed: Most people are cool if you're cool and if they're not cool when you're being cool to them and they're consistently in a permanent state of not cool maybe they're just not a happy human and you should just let them have that LOL. Go be your happy unicorn self anyway and find other cool people to spend time with. People that are happy to be there. Maybe it's the new person. Sure, maybe they're only happy because "they don't know how this goes yet" BUT that doesn't mean they don't genuinely feel like a kid in a candy store and that might be helpful to be around. Good for the soul. A reminder of what it's like to fall in love with tour life. And if it's a bad day, and no one's cool, maybe it's just a bad day and that's all it needs to be? Take a second to yourself. Re-center. Walk away. Tomorrow is a new town, a new venue, a new chance for the day to not suck. What do you do with tough people or tough days or tough people on tough days? -Eva To join in on the conversation, fill out the form below to submit a comment! You may remain anonymous if you wish.
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 Hi friends. My name is Eva or Amanda or Whatever. Eva is a musician. Amanda is a therapist. And I'm both. This is the first platform where they meet. A mental health blog for music people. I'll start by saying I'm glad you're here. Who doesn't need a positive safe space in this WILD world we live in?! And by "world we live in" I mean all of it. Work life, family life, passion and necessity and the way those things seem to RARELY line up. That's what I hope to create here: a positive, uplifting, "I hear you I see you" space where feelings are shared and welcomed. I hope this can be a space where sad feelings, mad feelings, triumphs and nasty truths can be met with an internet hug (or real life hug if we ever tour together). I personally think hugs are always a great response. Able to be used in situations of happiness and joy and celebration or grief and guilt and anger. Honestly, hugs are probably more powerful in the latter situations where there just are no words. So I've given you my name and what I'm doing here. What's your name and how do you feel about hugs? -Eva To join in on the conversation, fill out the form below to submit a comment! You may remain anonymous if you wish.
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AuthorEva Marie is best known as the front woman of rock band Eva Under Fire. She is also an active therapist and mental health advocate. Archives
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