In this podcast we interview Matthew Benjamin (also known in the music world as Bushwacka). Matthew is a DJ, producer, recording artist and performer. We discuss Matthews personal life changing journey from addiction to finding personal acceptance, compassion, forgiveness and recovery. Recently trained as a psychotherapist, Matthew set up his therapy business with his wife Belinda Matwali, spiritual meditation and inner work mentor and guide (interviewed in Episode 18). In this podcast, Matthew shares how he uses his love for music to help the people he works with to help them find personal acceptance, compassion and forgiveness. He discusses his latest venture Audio Intentions, using binaural beats and positive affirmations to turn self-limiting beliefs into positive and liberating ones and the importance of music in creating the right state for learning and growth. The Chief Psychology Officer website is now available https://www.thecpo.co.uk/ Please like and follow Zircon for more podcasts and articles at https://www.linkedin.com/company/zircon-consulting-ltd/ To contact Amanda via LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/amandapotterzircon To contact Matthew via LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/matthew-benjamin-20b671165 To contact Amanda via email: [email protected] Matthew Benjamin email: [email protected], web:  www.listenuptherapy.com Timestamps The Role of Music in Therapy ·       00:00 – Introduction to the Role of Music in Therapy ·       01:02 – Transitioning Careers ·       01:44 – The Prodigy ·       03:58 – Welcome to the club(s) ·       04:57 – It was a pretty crazy time ·       05:31 – Why Psychotherapy? Rising through the underworld ·       06:06 – I wasn’t born slippy, but the road to success certainly was… ·       09:23 – The seed that grew into an idea ·       10:26 – Powerful healing ·       11:37 – Imposter Syndrome revisited ·       12:44 – Why the need to be so drastic? ·       13:49 – Living the party life… seriously ·       14:25 – Bring parts of yourself to the role ·       15:26 – The Cooley Looking Glass Self ·       16:27 – Bringing in Neuroscience! Audio Intention ·       17:03 – Psychotherapy + Music = Audio Intention ·       18:12 – Binaural Beats & Positive Affirmations ·       19:12 – What are Binaural Beats? ·       20:30 – Who said it exactly? ·       21:53 – The way of the voice ·       24:01 – It works! ·       24:36 – 10 minutes; no more, no less ·       25:07 – Music aphelia What does it all mean? ·       26:29 – Finding the meaning ·       27:34 – Matthew quite agrees with first person dialogue ·       28:51 – Liberating beliefs ·       31:49 – A step beyond limiting beliefs ·       32:37 – The science behind enjoying music ·       34:09 – Can you please concentrate! I can see clearly now! ·       36:08 – It’s all subjective ·       37:10 – The power of repetition ·       39:44 – Balancing the Music with Psychotherapy ·       41:41 – 5 series, and counting… ·       42:19 – Final thoughts?