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The Secret Health Benefits of Replaying the Oldies but Goodies!
A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Waistline
You know those songs that when you hear them you can’t help but move your body? Maybe you clap against your leg or the steering wheel while driving. You stop what you’re doing to make anything in your hand a pretend microphone and sing along. For me, it’s a lot of Eminem, Tupac, or NSYNC. Their songs bring me back to my teenage years in the 90s. Turns out this is not a coincidence!
What was your favorite music as a teenager? Who were your favorite artists back in the day or the CDs/tapes/8 tracks you played in the car for a long drive? More importantly, what does this music have to do with your health and wellness?
I’ve talked about the benefits of music before on my podcast; but this is a little different, this is about neural nostalgia. You’ve potentially seen this discussed on social media; here’s how we want to think about it to use it as a tool for our wellbeing.
Think about the songs from your younger years that, when you hear them, you must turn up the volume. You can’t help but sing along and move your body! You probably already have something in mind right now. This instinct to move and sing is called neural nostalgia. It comes from a specific type…
