“I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.” - Taylor SwiftI AGREE- let's talk about why!In this episode I talk about:✨the emotional experience of songwriting✨why music is so special as an art form✨the effect on others of you having written a songCome to the Songwriting Workshop on April 4th! (If you love songs, you're a songwriter!)My Links:WebsiteInstagramMusic YoutubeBalkan Folkdance YoutubeSpotifyFacebookBook a song sessio...

Come to the Songwriting Workshop!Hello and welcome to the self-help songwriter podcast, a place for self-healers and music lovers! I’m Hanna Francis, a singer-songwriter who is obsessed with self-help (thanks, anxiety!) and is certain that the answers to life’s big questions lie within each of us and on this podcast we search for these answers by analyzing songs with the people who wrote them.Today we have Edith Lundahl on the podcast breaking down her gorgeous and heart-breaking song FOR LOV...

Hello and welcome to the self-help songwriter podcast, a place for self-healers and music lovers! I’m Hanna Francis, a singer-songwriter who is obsessed with self-help (thanks, anxiety!) and is certain that the answers to life’s big questions lie within each of us and on this podcast we search for these answers by analyzing songs - sometimes with the people who wrote them and sometimes it’s just you and me, baby. This week I go deeper into my Blooming Soul Ethos and how it begins with:✨🌜ACCEP...

Hello and welcome to the self-help songwriter podcast, a place for self-healers and music lovers! I’m Hanna Francis, a singer-songwriter who is obsessed with self-help (thanks, anxiety!) and is certain that the answers to life’s big questions lie within each of us and on this podcast we search for these answers by analyzing songs - sometimes with the people who wrote them and sometimes it’s just you and me, baby. This week I'm breaking down the foundations of my Blooming Soul Songwritin...

Today I have a very special episode for you! I break down the song I wrote for the Blooming Soul Sister Song Circle this week, so it's SUPER FRESH. This episode and this song invite you to reflect on your highest vision of love. What that is now and perhaps even how that has evolved since you were a kid. A lot of us were lacking a healthy relationship model when we were growing up and that skewed not only our experience of relationships, but even our own self-concept! AHH!! Let's attempt to s...

Best of Episode!! Enjoy clips from every episode from the first two seasons of the Self-Help Songwriter Podcast!! Featuring these unbelievably talented and KIND and philosophical songwriters:✨Tobias Robertson✨YenTing Lo✨Stephen Rappaport✨Maria Lindström✨Allen Finney✨Leah Harris✨Robert Hill✨Fanny Holm✨Galia Arad✨Jonathan Segel Love you for listening! Send to a friend who has good taste in music and/or podcasts! Please rate 5 stars and write a review to support the show- why not!...

Today's episode is a solo episode- as I like to do once per season. I'm breaking down my new song Inhale Exhale. In this episode I talk about:✨Updates on my self-help journey.✨How forgiveness is necessary for happiness.✨How we all just need a pep talk sometimes.✨How to use breathing as your anchor into the present. ✨How optimism is a decision and an action.✨Some helpful holiday reminders during these dark days!Love you for listening! Please rate 5 stars and write a review to support the show-...

"The whole idea of doing this record was: it's unnecessary. It's unnecessary for me to do it, but I do it anyway. It's unnecessary for me to be a musician, but I sorta feel like that's all that's interesting about being alive is what's superfluous." - Jonathan SegelToday we have Jonathan Segel on the show! He’s known both for his improvisational electronic or avant-garde solo projects as well as being a member of the rock group Camper Van Beethoven. In this episode, he not only breaks d...

Today we have Galia Arad on the show - she’s just the coolest, she’s a super talented and successful songwriter. We met in Dublin, where she's based, in 2019, but we're actually from the same hometown of Bloomington, Indiana. So, our meeting was FATED. We had such a fun time catching up and we get into all the things, including:✨How she’s been opening for Jools Holland for ten years. ✨Her idea of true success.✨The one element of a show that when it’s off will make her panic ev...

Today we have Fanny Holm on the show, her music is inspired by Americana and roots music, with a touch of Swedish melancholy…and she’s also known for her Lucinda Williams tribute shows, which are always so good and so fun. I’ve known Fanny for years from the Stockholm music scene, and for this episode I invited her over for a meal and wine and we had a chat like we do about music. I just want to give a trigger warning for bullying, which this song is about. She is super open with us and ...