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Frequency Hacking: Using Music Rewires Your Brain and Transforms Your Emotional State with Sara and Mort Sherman • 395

Apr 1, 2025

01:10:08

In this episode, you'll learn:

How to create your own "frequency medicine" for different emotional states
Practical techniques for using music to strengthen neural pathways for focus, creativity, and emotional regulation
How to use the science of entrainment to create deeper connections with others through shared musical experiences

Ever notice how music has this weird power to completely change your state in an instant? One moment you're going through the motions, and then—boom—a certain melody catches you off guard and suddenly you're feeling everything. It's like different songs hold different keys to unlock different parts of us. The right sound at the right moment can crack you open, give you chills, or transport you to a memory so vivid you can almost smell it.

Scientists have caught cells talking to each other through vibrations, not just chemicals. It's a whole language happening inside you right now. When these frequencies sync up, you feel clear, balanced, healthy. When they're scrambled? That's when the physical and emotional crap hits the fan.

External sounds literally reprogram your internal rhythms. That's why a chaotic, noisy Target run leaves you drained, while the right playlist can reorganize your scattered brain into something resembling sanity.

Most of us have no clue this is happening. We're unconsciously tuning – or mistuning – ourselves all day through our environments and especially through what we listen to. We're walking around letting random frequencies dictate our internal state without even realizing we have a choice.

Today our guests are Sarah Botta and Mort Schindler, authors of "Resonant Minds: The Transformative Power of Music One Note at a Time." Sarah is a classical pianist and founder of Mozart for Munchkins, while Mort brings decades of experience in education and mindfulness practice. Together, they've created a practical approach to using music as a tool for transformation.

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