Healing Through Music: Daniel Rinaldi’s Path from Touring Musician to Therapist

In this powerful episode of Overcome – A Mental Health Podcast, host Travis White sits down with Daniel Rinaldi, a licensed mental health counselor, former touring musician, and therapeutic coach who bridges the gap between music and mental health.

Daniel opens up about his personal journey from life on the road with Bedlight for Blue Eyes to finding new purpose as a therapist for artists, musicians, and creatives. He shares how his emo-culture roots and experiences with anxiety, burnout, and identity loss shaped his approach to therapy — helping others manage creative burnout, touring exhaustion, and the emotional highs and lows of performing.

Together, Travis and Daniel explore how music can heal, why communication is key for healthy band dynamics, and what it means to “feel deeply and heal deeply.”

What We Discuss

• Life after the tour: rediscovering identity and purpose

• Managing panic attacks on stage and post-tour depression

• The connection between emo culture and emotional awareness

• Building emotional intelligence and communication among musicians

• How to turn creative struggle into personal healing

• The stigma around men’s mental health and breaking through it

  
  

Learn More About Daniel

• Instagram: Daniel Rinaldi, LMHC

• Website: danielrinaldilmhc.com