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Increasing rate of mental health problem affecting socio-economic development has become a growing concern worldwide. Psychological wellbeing has become very essential for better management of mental health and to live a healthy, sustainable and productive life as it is the key component to maintain overall wellbeing of an individual. In a life span an individual passes through different stages of life and successive transitions which bring about various life challenges. Inability to cope with these situations leads to psychological problems. Individuals need to be more competent and skilled to overcome these challenges they come across throughout life. These competencies or skills are known as life skills which promote mental wellbeing. Music for its innate potential has been proved to have the capacity to influence psychological and socio-cultural aspects of human being and thereby considered as one of the finest tools for life skills development. The present study focuses on how music influences and develops life skills and helps individuals to deal effectively with the emerging life challenging situations to balance mental health of an individual.