Papa Carl Anderson is my very special guest sharing his amazing healing story about the power of music. He writes “When I was sick, had been given last rites three times and had very little chance of surviving without two (organ) transplants, I went through a lot of psychological changes. I knew what was happening and I worked hard to make peace with it. What hit me most and has stayed with me, is all that seemed to matter was people…the people who had been a part of my life. I don’t think people today pay enough attention to who they are and where they came from.” He turned to music…what he loved the most…and his touching story and what he shares about living life fully and in the moment underlines what Coach Betty LIVE! is all about.
Let him inspire you…
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Papa Carl is a former teacher, football coach, and more recently Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor. He spent most of his professional career working with adolescents and young adults. Following his serious health crisis, he promised himself that if he somehow survivied he would get back to playing guitar and being actively involved in music.
What resulted was quite unexpected. It began as simple thank you to all his friends who helped him through difficult times has turned into an annual fundraising concert “Papa Carl’s Jam for Life Foundation” attracting 35 bands and 600-700 hundred people to the banks of the Delaware River. That is what Coach Betty calls the domino affect of “healing power of music.”
Take Papa Carl’s advice: ”Get out of your own way and let life in.”
To learn more, go to PapaCarl.com and JamForLifeFoundation.com.
