Need to change your mood? A quick way to do this is to play music that represents the state of mind you
would like. Here are some playlists I have when I want to change my mood. They might give you some ideas to create your own
When I need to strengthen my resolve or some inspiration to be strong:
- I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
- Stand Back Up – Sugarland
- Sisters are Doin’ for Themselves – Aretha Franklin
- I Will Not be Broken – Bonnie Raitt
- No Surrender – Bruce Springsteen
- Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks
- Singing for Our Lives – Holly Near
- Brave Faith – Jana Stanfield
- Sing, Love, Dance – Jana Stanfield
When I need some cheering up:
- Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
- Feelin’ Groovy – Simon and Garfunkel
- Secret O’ Life – James Taylor
- If I Were Brave – Jana Stanfield
- Life is Beautiful – Keb’ Mo’
- If I Don’t Dance – Kelly Hunt
- What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
- I Take My Chances – Mary Chapin Carpenter
When I need some energy, I dance to the following:
- Put on Your Dancing Shoes – Steve Winwood
- Rosalita – Bruce Stringsteen
- Graceland (the whole album) – Paul Simon
- Anything Motown
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da – The Police
- Respect – Aretha Franklin
- Think – Aretha Franklin
- Addicted to Love – Robert Palmer
- Hot Legs – Rod Stewart
- So You Want to be a Rock & Roll Star – Tom Petty
- Walk of Life – Dire Straits
When I need to relax:
- Plains -George Winston
- Songs Without Words – Windham Hill
- Kinda Blue – Miles Davis
- Anything by Steve Halpern
- Four Seasons – Vivaldi
- Pictures at an Exhibition – Mussorgsky
- Pastoral (Symphony #6) – Beethoven
- The Segovia Collection – Segovia
Learn more about the therapeutic use of music from the ultimate expert, Steve Halpern at Inner Peace Music.
Self care is being able to recognize when you would like a change in mood and then changing it.
