"Who cares about Mom's inner life?"

The emotional vulnerability that is often necessary to summon a great song can also work against you when sharing your song for the world to hear. This is the paralyzing conflict of any sensitive artist. A feeling I’ve experienced with every lyric I’ve sung to someone other than myself. Will they like it? Am I good enough? It is the courage to be y

Also, it’s common for a large amount of shame around past wounds to surface, as the inner self of the writer senses that the time has finally come for this type of material to be processed. Precisely because the writer might be struggling with high amounts of guilt and shame, I always recommend using gentle

Writing can excavate the heart, lay it bare. Even if its only reader is the person who wrote it in the first place, it can promote understanding, not only of others but of our deepest selves.