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Musician life coach Dave Sherman on coping skills and perfectionism

A recent issue with a number of my clients lately has been that they seem to be creating their own problems. It occurred to me that it’s kind of a universal theme and that to some extent, we all do it.  So, I’m going to generalize a bit about how sometimes it’s human nature to […]

Musician life coach Dave Sherman: Update On The Movement/Why Some People Suck So Much

I feel the need to address the reaction to the last column before moving on to this weeks’ subject.  When I decided to write about starting a movement, what I anticipated was that some people would leave comments at the bottom saying “yeah…that’s a pretty good idea, you should do that.”  I figured I’d read […]

Musician life coach Dave Sherman: Let's Start a Movement

  I’m a firm believer in synchronicity. When a number of seemingly disparate things happen at the same time it makes me think that it happened for a reason and that they are ultimately connected. Late last week I had this happen and it definitely encouraged me to take this column off the page (um…screen) […]

Musician life coach Dave Sherman on the prescription drug abuse epidemic

The latest epidemic in terms of drug abuse/addiction that’s going on right now starts in everybody’s medicine cabinet. I’m going to discuss how out of control prescription drug use currently is, using the examples of stimulants and benzodiazapenes.  My big problem with stimulants right now is the strange belief that suddenly if there is anything […]

Musician life coach Dave Sherman on the three characteristics of addiction

Apparently the last column had a pretty big impact. Judging by all the emails I’ve gotten and the feedback from the editors at AP, they have asked me to do this column on a biweekly basis. I am now questioning the judgment of the editors of AP. The inmates are apparently running the asylum. As […]

Musician life coach Dave Sherman on what makes artists abuse drugs and alcohol

Who the hell is Dave Sherman and why was he asked to be a monthly columnist in AP? Good question. I’m a sober/life coach for touring musicians. You don’t know that I’ve spent the last five years working with roughly half a dozen artists that have appeared on the cover of this magazine. No, I […]