Media

This page gathers selected videos featuring Michael Skinner’s music and message—songs about life, loss, resilience, and recovery, along with clips and talks connected to trauma-informed care and healing. You’ll find performance sets, individual songs like “Joy” and “Feel Like a Man,” and educational video content that underscores the themes explored in The Lunchbox Theory. For additional links and resources, click through to YouTube and check the descriptions.

Songs of Life, Love, Loss & Hope - Set 1

Four song set addressing the impact of trauma, abuse & mental health injuries.

“Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch.” - Debasish Mridha

1] Songs For The Keys To Your Life
2] The 9:30 Train
3] The Silence That Separates Us
4] By My Side

Songs of Life, Love, Loss & Hope - Set 2

“A diagnosis is not a destiny” - Unknown

“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” - Laurell K. Hamilton

1] Sorrow
2] Brush Away Your Tears
3] When Your Heart Follows A Lie
4] Joy

“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.” - Fred Rogers

How You Can Help - Healing Childhood Trauma in Adulthood

“There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.” - Nelson Mandela

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“Feel Like a Man” by Michael Skinner

Live performance of "Feel Like A Man" @ Nashua, NH gig, 1/11/19. Also included on "PIRATES" album/CD release

Preview and buy PIRATES Album

“Joy” by Michael Skinner

A song of thanks to all of those in my life - performed at the NYAPRS Conference 9/13, after my reading of, "The Silence of Suicide" - my chapter in the book, "Our Encounters With Suicide"

Preview and Buy WAITIN' FOR A TRAIN Album

Empowerment, Voice and Choice

Video clip from, SAMHSA's Trauma-Informed Approach: Key Assumptions and Principles.

“The strongest principal of growth lies in human choice.”  George Eliot

Michael Skinner trauma healing w Pat Deegan

Please note, this video is part of Pat Deegan's, Conspiracy of Hope www.recoverylibrary.com and www.patdeegan.com Please visit her websites to learn more about Pat's incredible work.