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Heal Trauma Through Art + Why Sad Songs Aren’t Really Sad w/ Mary Gauthier
Manage episode 296290880 series 2521173
Today’s guest is Mary Gauthier, she’s a Grammy Nominated Country singer/songwriter, author, and songwriting coach. Her songs have been recorded by huge artists, including Jimmy Buffett, Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, and Candi Staton. Her book is called Saved By A Song, it’s out July 6th. Mary wrote her first Song in her 30s, Moved to Nashville at 40 and Got Nominated for her first Grammy in her late 50s. She is proof that creativity has no time or age limits. She's an inspiration!
From this conversation you’ll learn:
- How to find success in purpose VS success in career
- Why you should follow ineffable feelings
- Why reinventing yourself later in life makes more sense than deciding your career at 18
- Why you can’t succeed by doing anything halfway
- Why you can only compare yourself to your younger self
- How to make your own job description
- Find your strengths in your creativity
- The definition of Angsty optimism
- How to find the hope in sadness
- How feeling leads to healing
- The importance of telling others truths through your art
- Tips on how to work with your significant other
- Why romantic love won’t save you
- Why you can only find home in yourself
- Why committing to your art means committing to yourself
- Why therapy is crucial as a part of healing
- How writing a song is like making a movie
- How having empathy is about bearing witness and losing all judgment
- How fiction can tell emotional truth
- How art comes through the artist not from the artist
- Why recovery is about integrating all parts of yourself
- And so much more!
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Manage episode 296290880 series 2521173
Today’s guest is Mary Gauthier, she’s a Grammy Nominated Country singer/songwriter, author, and songwriting coach. Her songs have been recorded by huge artists, including Jimmy Buffett, Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, and Candi Staton. Her book is called Saved By A Song, it’s out July 6th. Mary wrote her first Song in her 30s, Moved to Nashville at 40 and Got Nominated for her first Grammy in her late 50s. She is proof that creativity has no time or age limits. She's an inspiration!
From this conversation you’ll learn:
- How to find success in purpose VS success in career
- Why you should follow ineffable feelings
- Why reinventing yourself later in life makes more sense than deciding your career at 18
- Why you can’t succeed by doing anything halfway
- Why you can only compare yourself to your younger self
- How to make your own job description
- Find your strengths in your creativity
- The definition of Angsty optimism
- How to find the hope in sadness
- How feeling leads to healing
- The importance of telling others truths through your art
- Tips on how to work with your significant other
- Why romantic love won’t save you
- Why you can only find home in yourself
- Why committing to your art means committing to yourself
- Why therapy is crucial as a part of healing
- How writing a song is like making a movie
- How having empathy is about bearing witness and losing all judgment
- How fiction can tell emotional truth
- How art comes through the artist not from the artist
- Why recovery is about integrating all parts of yourself
- And so much more!
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