Caroline Marie Brooks is a Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter. Her livelihood depends on her ability to navigate an industry that measures artistic success in hard numbers—album streams, social media likes, concert tickets. Those same external indicators can also become a preoccupation and disable the artist's spirit. 

It’s a trap Brooks herself used to fall into, before she began to define her own criteria for success. 

“I will no longer open Spotify and say, ‘wow that song got a million streams, that’s a good song.’ I don’t live like that anymore,” she says.

Do you get sucked into the external validation trap? Does your mood change based on how many compliments you receive or how many likes you get after posting on social media?

Brooks reveals key lessons she has learned to keep that desire for external validation in check and focus on more authentic benchmarks for success. She also discusses how motherhood has shaped her vision of ambition, and shares tips for those who struggle with journaling—a practice she swears by. 

In this episode, Caroline Marie Brooks shares:

• How she learned to truly be herself and why authenticity is so important in her career 

• When discomfort can be a good thing, and how to tell the difference between good gut feelings and bad gut feelings

• Why she needs to spend time away

• The importance of being financially responsible as a creative/entrepreneur

• The key practices that helps her stay centred and connected with herself

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CREDITS
The song in this podcast is called Night Drive, by the amazing Singer-Songwriter Caroline Marie Brooks, part of the beloved Canadian music trio Good Lovelies.
Photo for the podcast cover art by Jennifer Squires.
Editing by Katie Jensen of Vocal Fry..