Episodes #59-60: Navigating a Postpandemic World with Vanessa Cornett
Part 1
Part 2
Show Notes and Links
Episode #59 features my one-on-one discussion with the enlightening Dr. Vanessa Cornett. You’ll want to eavesdrop on every second!
From the start, it was clear that I’d have to split our conversation into two episodes because Vanessa has countless insights to share about our collective journey through a global pandemic.
As we enter into a postpandemic world (btw, the Wallstreet Journal uses NO hyphen!) Vanessa offers some stellar reflections on what we can take with us and what we can leave behind.
In part one, you hear Vanessa identify eight dimensions of well-being and explain the benefits of healthy disengagement. Yes, apparently, that is a thing.
Episode #60 features part two of my interview with Vanessa Cornett. It picks up where we left off so it’s important to head back to episode #59 if you haven’t taken in all of Dr Cornett’s insight and advice about healthy disengagement.
Make sure to catch her descriptions of disidentification affirmation and detaching with compassion—especially as musicians–these mental frameworks could provide just the lift your self-compassion needs. In this second part of our conversation, Vanessa explains how to re-engage with resistance–like salmon swimming upstream.
Personally, I’ve noticed that her timely and timeless wisdom in these two episodes has served as a tune-up for my emotional well-being. My guess is that it may do the same for you. By the end of this episode, you, too, will feel empowered with strategies to help you mindfully navigate your way upstream in this postpandemic world.
About Vanessa
Vanessa Cornett is the Director of Keyboard Studies and Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis–St. Paul. She is author of the book The Mindful Musician: Mental Skills for Peak Performance (Oxford University Press, 2019). She is teaching as a senior lecturer at the Ankara University of Music and Fine Arts as a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey for the 2022-2023 academic year.
An international clinician, Dr. Cornett has presented workshops and masterclasses to music students and teachers in 23 of the United States and in the U.K., Finland, Serbia, Croatia, Greece, Spain, Argentina, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria, and South Africa. She is an active clinician for national conferences of the Music Teachers National Association, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and the College Music Society. She has also presented at the World Piano Conference, International Society of Music Education World Congress, International Conference on Spirituality and Music Education, International Conference of the Arts in Society, Annual Symposium of the Performing Arts Medicine Association, the Centre for the Study of International Governance, and at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum.
She earned the DMA degree in piano performance and literature from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She earned her BM degree in piano performance and MM degree in piano pedagogy from West Virginia University, and she holds additional certifications in sport psychology and occupational ergonomics. She is a certified meditation instructor with a special interest in mindfulness and performance anxiety management for musicians. Her current research focuses on contemplative practices, sport psychology, peak performance, and the mental health of musicians.
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