Episode #20: Bria Skonberg

Definitely me.

When you're out like doing shows and on tour and stuff, how do you kind of just manage yourself and like, you know, physical health, mental health, routine, structure?

It is an ongoing process because as you get older, your needs change.

I had three, I had three things I always try to hit.

There's trumpet training and trust, which means, you know, get the horn on your face, get some physical exercise.

reach out to somebody you love, or at least having a meaningful connection with another human being.

Now, the thing that will always throw those things out of whack is travel.

You know, so where I'm at these days is I just I have a lot of good habits that I do a little bit of at a time.

Like maybe I'll just make sure I get on the treadmill for 20 minutes and run or something.

That's a good physical activity.

It gets the lungs prepared.

It helps center my mind.

I'll try to eat well.

Sure.

There's kind of not a lot of secrets here.

I stay super hydrated.

You know, I fall off the rails like everybody else every now and then.

For sure.

For sure.

Try to just keep an even keel.

And more importantly than, you know, just those habits is, you know, not where you are with who you're with.

So I'm pretty particular about picking people to be in my bands that I want to spend time with that value those same things.

Especially at this point, you know, mental and physical health so that you can go through the motions every day and be prepared to perform for different people at the same high level.

Definitely.

Just