During the massive heat waves and wildfires in Australia before covid took over our lives, healthcare workers there were struggling to take care of people coming in with what they came to call “thunderstorm asthma,” including people who had never experienced asthma before and did not know what was happening to them. Many died, Dr. Emma O’Brien told me.
Enter the music therapists at The Royal Melbourne Hospital , and the Global Scrub Choir, founded and led by Dr. Emma O’Brien, head of music therapy at The RMH.described it in an exclusive interview on Electric Ladies Podcast, “It puts your brain into a state of flow. I mean, there's a lot of neuro research around this now. We know that when you are participating in an experience that's creative, your brain waves change and they're different and it's literally good for you.