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Music As Solution - Why Soca?
Healing In The Caregiver's Aftermath
Leah Being
August 22, 2025
There’s Healing Science Behind That Tune!
Music isn't just entertainment for Caregivers Afterward—it's medicine. Neuroscience research reveals that music activates multiple brain regions simultaneously, including areas responsible for emotional regulation, memory processing, and stress response.
When we listen to music our brains release dopamine (the reward chemical), reduce cortisol (stress hormone), and activate the parasympathetic nervous system—our body's natural "rest and digest" mode. I can tell you many caregivers haven't accessed that planet in years.
But here's where it gets so juicy: music doesn't just soothe us temporarily. It actually rewires our neural pathways, creating new connections that can help us process trauma, rebuild identity, and literally change our brain's response to stress. Yes child!
For us Caregivers Afterward, this neuro-plasticity becomes a superpower (yes another one) —the same brain that adapted to hyper-vigilance and constant worry can now adapt to joy, freedom, and self-care through intentional high vibe musical experiences.
I’ve got you! Soca music carries an additional cosmic gold healing frequency because it was born from resistance and resilience of the late 1800s. The rhythms (aka Riddims) that once helped enslaved people exalt their humanity now helps 21st century Caregivers Afterward reclaim theirs. We can do it!
This isn't just music as therapy—it's music as solution, a legacy of dynamic ancestral healing wrapped in tunes & high frequency beats that make your body remember what it feels like to be alive, free & to soar from head to toe. Let’s Goooo!
“ Life Is Everything”
~Mr. Blood, Fryktion Muzik - Soca Artists
Powder Fling = Joy, Celebration, Unity, Excitement, Shared Delight & Fun!
Today's Powder Fling
News & Views You Can Use
“The Music Was Speaking To Me”: Using narrative inquiry to describe sacred moments with music Research reveals that music creates 'sacred moments' - transcendent experiences that lift us beyond everyday limitations into profound truth and deep interconnectedness. This is exactly the transformative power your soar needs - when Soca high vibe rhythms become your pathway to healing, self-discovery, and spiritual renewal as a Caregiver Afterward.
Music Therapy for Dementia: What The Research Says Music therapy absolutely helps people express feelings, manage pain, improve communication, and boost memory through listening, singing, dancing & discussing music. If this same intervention can restore connection and healing for dementia patients, just imagine the power they hold for Caregivers Afterward ready to reclaim their identity, process their emotions, and dance their way back to themselves.
Effects of Music on the Quality of Life of Family Caregivers of Terminal Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial This clinical trial proves that music-based therapy can significantly improve quality of life for active family caregivers of terminal patients. Just think about it, if music can provide measurable relief during the most intense caregiving moments, it’s a confirmed solution. Then think about the transformative power it holds for your healing journey as a Caregiver Afterward - when you finally have permission to prioritize your own well-being."
MAS For Guilt & Shame
Challenge Your Own Bad Mind
Guilt and shame are perhaps the most insidious challenges Caregivers Afterward face.
The guilt bad mind whispers: "You should have done more," "How can you be happy when they're gone?" "You don't deserve to enjoy life."
Shame bad mind goes deeper, attacking your very worth: "You're selfish," "Good people don't feel relieved," "You failed them."
These emotions create a prison of self-punishment that keeps you small, stuck, and suffering long after your caregiving duties have ended. No soaring there…
Soca Breaks Chains-’Riddim’ Rewrites Rumination
When that old familiar guilt spirals start, tit creates repetitive thought loops that trap you in mental quicksand.
Soca is full of depth & joyful rhythms. It interrupt these patterns by giving your brain something else to follow. The 4/4 beat literally pulls your nervous system out of anxiety mode and into harmony mode. That’s what happened to me! This Music Genre Saves A Caregiver’s Soul….is my story in my inaugural edition of this newsletter.
You can't ruminate and move to soca simultaneously—your brain has to choose, and I bet cha Soca movement wins! Wave, Jump, Wine!
Soca Lyrics Matter - Distracted By The ‘Riddim’
Soca artists (including performers, song writers, engineers and producers) are masters of self-empowering messaging wrapped in irresistible vast & embracing energetics.
For example, there are hundreds of talents, but when Machel Montano sings about living your life without apology, or when Destra Garcia declares her independence from other’s opinions and bad minds, these aren't just songs—they're sonic armed permission slips.
Your subconscious absorbs these messages of self-worth in the lyrics while your conscious mind is distracted by the ‘riddims’.
Community Through Sound - The SOCA Society Tribe
Guilt and shame thrive in isolation, but Soca is inherently tribal, communal, band group people music.
Even listening alone, you're connecting to thousands of people who've found strength in these same rhythms. (COMING SOON)
When you eventually (wave, jump, wine) to Soca with others (even virtually in our online community), you're practicing vulnerability and joy in a safe space—the antidote to shame's toxic isolation. That’s what Caregivers Afterward need the most.
Music As Solution (MAS) Protocol for Guilt & Shame
Morning Release (5 Min.)
Start your day with one high-energy Soca track. Grand Rising!
You can check these out more here:
Release the Bad Mind vibes, yours and others!
Don't just listen! Go ahead and move your body (wave, jump, wine) or just sway those shoulder, tap your foot or move that head to the beat. Let’s Go!
This tells your nervous system: "Today I choose aliveness over guilt & shame."
Midday Mantra Music (3 Min.):
When guilt thoughts arise, immediately go to your MAS Protocol.
Soca songs for relief & empowerment are waiting for you.
Let the words wash over you like a steamy shower, cleansing away the self-criticism.
P.M. Forgiveness Flow (10 Min.)
End your day with 2-3 soca tracks off that celebrate life, forgiveness & resilience.
And expect an even better day tomorrow!
#3 The SOCA Society - Celebrate LIFE here & we are just getting started.
Find something & wave in the kitchen, bathroom or garage—this isn't performance, it's instant mas (music as solution). Ok it can be your own personal & local carnival mas too!
Move until you feel your body loosen up & your spirit lightening whether with wheelchair or cane, you can do this! (Wave, Wave, Wave!)
Weekly Community Celebration Collaborations:
Join our virtual or IRL Soca sessions where you can witness others choosing joy over guilt. Sometimes healing happens best when we see our reflection in someone else's emancipation. (COMING SOON)
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Transforming yourself from intensive caregiving to a new life chapter requires support, resources, and community. That’s why I’m building The Soar Of Caregivers Afterward Society Community.
We also need a special community of lasting connection with good energy, authenticity and permission to feel joy again.
Our community offers being seen, known, heard & valued. We strive to soar together with mutual investment in one another.Also, tools, coaching, activities & insights to help use rewire, reset & revive.
Because after what we’ve been through, we deserve all the freedom, community high vibes, laughter & fun and so much more. You’ll want to be with us in this community so get on the waitlist when we announce our launch. (COMING SOON)
Your Soca Therapy Playlist
The next time guilt & shame tries to imprison you, shift your mind to Soca’s legacy of ancestral revolt. Their high vibration is definitely still impacting freedom throughout the universe. #socamusic
Your joy isn't selfish—it's sacred. Your healing isn't betrayal—it's honoring everyone you've ever cared for by showing them that love doesn't end in suffering.
The Soar Of Caregivers Afterward Society can’t erase the grief or minimize your losses.
Instead, it gives you permission to be gloriously, unapologetically, beautifully human—capable of both profound love and profound joy in the same heartbeat.
The Soar Of Caregivers Afterward Society Newsletter is a threshold to positive, attainable transformation and a community. I hope the messages shared so far provide a demonstration of empathy and compassion for you. You have entrusted us with your curiosity & intrigue. We’re bringing you an invitation for you embrace a way forward soaring. Let’s SOAR together! Please tell us what you feel below in our Poll.
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