Take a slow breath. Imagine a single note resonating in the air. What emotion quietly rises in you right now? When you're ready, feel free to contact us for more insights, or subscribe to our email updates at myserenata.com and move toward the Mood Wheel to discover your tone.
In My Serenata, every color hums with feeling. The Mood Wheel listens — gently turning emotion into sound. Each hue opens a small doorway: a jazz phrase, a breath, a reflection. You don’t have to name what you feel — the music will. For more insights, feel free to contact us or sign up for email updates at myserenata.com. Turn the wheel. Hear your heart in harmony.
8 tonal worlds. One emotional spectrum. For more insights and updates, feel free to contact us or sign up for email updates at myserenata.com.
Spark · where brightness awakens and possibility stirs.
Ignite · motion quickens, courage finds its rhythm.
Veil · soft tones shelter quiet reflection.
Shade · slower hues speak of depth and release.
Root · grounded calm restores inner balance.
Soul · resonance deepens, truth breathes beneath the surface.
Fire · passion rises, harmonies come alive.
Flow · gentle motion carries feeling forward.
Take a slow breath. Imagine a single note resonating in the air. What emotion quietly rises in you right now? When you're ready, feel free to contact us for more insights, or subscribe to our email updates at myserenata.com and move toward the Mood Wheel to discover your tone.
Moments of calm led by a therapist’s voice and the gentle breath of the piano. Each meditation invites stillness, reflection, and a gentle return to self. For more insights and to receive email updates, feel free to contact us. Listen. Breathe. Begin again.
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Dr. Motley is a psychotherapist, educator, curator, researcher, counselor supervisor, and composer whose vision shapes the emotional core of My Serenata. With more than two decades of experience in clinical practice, academic teaching, and community-centered wellness, she is recognized for her work at the intersection of emotional literacy, cultural identity, and reflective healing.
Her research in intersectionality and feedback informs the development of the My Serenata Mood Wheel—now under official trademark review—which blends emotional science with music-based clarity. As a counselor supervisor, Dr. Motley is dedicated to training emerging clinicians in approaches that honor feeling without pathologizing it. As a composer, she brings her own creative sensibility to the emotional micro-moments that animate the app.
Through My Serenata, Dr. Motley transforms complex emotional experiences into simple, soulful pathways that help users reflect, breathe, and connect with their tone.
Gary Motley is an award-winning jazz pianist, composer, and educator—and an inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame—whose distinctive sound shapes the musical landscape of My Serenata. Celebrated for his lyrical touch, harmonic depth, and decades of performances on national and international stages, he brings exceptional artistry to the app’s jazz-infused emotional wellness experience. As Director of Jazz Studies at Emory University, Gary has mentored emerging musicians and composed works that blend tradition, innovation, and soulful storytelling. Through My Serenata, he crafts the 8-second progressions, tonal palettes, and musical “micro-moments” that help users reflect, breathe, and connect with their emotional tone.
