Ep 97 - Lifting Lives with Dr. Elisabeth Dykens and Dr. Elizabeth Roof

The Starry-Eyed Podcast® · May 12, 2026 · 37m

Awareness Month keeps rolling on this week with two very special guests: Dr. Elizabeth Roof and Dr. Elisabeth Dykens from Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. They are the driving force behind the Academy of Country Music Lifting Lives music camp in Nashville which has been changing the lives of adults with WS as well as some of Country Music's biggest stars for over 20 years.

They join their old friend Brendan (along with Producer Joel filling in for Jen) to discuss the relationship between WS, anxiety, and music. When the first two team up, it's often music as the panacea for splitting them up again…