{"id":114959,"date":"2022-03-31T16:42:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T21:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/?p=114959"},"modified":"2025-05-14T17:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:25:49","slug":"regulating-emotions-through-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/for-our-wellness\/regulating-emotions-through-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulating Emotions Through Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lori LeChien<\/a> <\/strong>is a singer-songwriter who combines her love of music with her professional goals: teaching children how to manage their emotions.<\/p>\n

Steppin\u2019 Stone<\/strong>\"\"<\/em>
\nBy: Lori LeChien<\/h4>\n

I\u2019ll be a steppin stone <\/em>
\nAway from all pain <\/em>
\nI\u2019ll keep on singing <\/em>
\nAnd find the strength <\/em>
\nTo be a steppin stone <\/em>
\nAnd help others grow
\n<\/em>Into a steppin stone<\/em><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always been interested in how diverse and incredibly complex humans are. Studying psychology helps me understand society, others, and myself in ways no other subject allows. Building healthy, fulfilling relationships is the most meaningful part of life to me.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Social Emotional Learning\"\"<\/h4>\n

A graduate student at our Los Angeles Campus<\/a>, Lori is pursuing her M.A. in Marriage,\u00a0<\/a>Couples and Family Therapy<\/a>. Additionally, she works at the Magnolia Science Academy 7<\/a>. There, using Social Emotional Learning<\/a> (SEL), Lori teaches elementary school students how to identify and regulate their negative feelings through music. SEL is a curriculum that teaches students from Pre-K to 12 grades how to understand, validate, and manage emotions, and ultimately students learn to develop healthy relationships and a healthy lifestyle. The lyrics to \u201cSteppin\u2019 Stone,\u201d written by Lori, help students understand how to channel negative emotions into positive feelings.\"\"<\/p>\n

She knows from personal experience about the healing power of music.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMusic is part of how I have<\/em> survived in this world. <\/em>It\u2019s been the thing that makes me feel like I\u2019m okay. I saw how powerful <\/em>music was for me, and I thought it can do the same for others<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Healing Power of Music<\/h4>\n

Lori is white, and she grew up in a predominantly Black neighborhood in the Southern Illinois town of Belleville. She began singing gospel songs in her high school choir, where she was the lead alto singer. \u201cOur choir was strong and soulful<\/em>,\u201d she said. Lori also had the opportunity to study and become certified in the Kingian Nonviolence<\/a> curriculum written by Dr. Bernard Lafayette<\/a>, who is a civil rights activist and founding member of The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee<\/a> (AKA, SNCC).<\/p>\n

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Lori points out that music was an integral part of the civil rights movement. Civil rights activists of that era often sang and used music to cope with the violent reactions they encountered during their peaceful protests.<\/p>\n

Before graduating, Lori plans to design an SEL curriculum that adapts to other creative forms such as writing, painting, and dancing. She will remain in LA to pursue music, her first love, while keeping the door open to teaching SEL, which she believes has positively impacted the students.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re ever feeling shy,<\/em>
\nHurt, sad, depressed, or tired <\/em>
\nThere\u2019s one thing you gotta do <\/em>
\nCheck in with yourself, <\/em>
\nSee if you\u2019re feeling blue <\/em>
\nThen you gotta regulate, <\/em>
\nTell yourself it\u2019ll be okay. <\/em>
\nTake a deep breathe, it\u2019ll be okay <\/em>
\nThat\u2019s just what you do when you\u2019re feeling blue<\/em><\/h4>\n

Lyrics by Lori LeChien<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Lori LeChien is a singer-songwriter who combines her love of music with her professional goals: teaching children how to manage their emotions. Steppin\u2019 Stone By: Lori LeChien I\u2019ll be a steppin stone Away from all pain I\u2019ll keep on singing And find the strength To be a steppin stone And help others grow Into a steppin stone   I\u2019ve always been interested in how diverse and incredibly complex humans are. 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