Feels Like Healing

In this podcast, I wanted to talk to creative people about how creativity can be an immense healing tool for all of us when dealing with grief and loss.Music had always been a big part of my life ever since I was a teenager and I first discovered the Beatles and Bob Dylan, but I'd never considered trying to do it as my job! However when my Dad died, I felt compelled to try to do 'something' in my life which would make me feel alive.Dad died when I was 21, due to complications arising from Multiple Sclerosis and yet it's only now, over fifteen years on, that am I finally able to open up about how his death inextricably shaped my life from that moment on. Having posted online about my grief for the first time on an anniversary of his death, the level of responses from people made me realise that these were subjects that we all struggled to talk about.Little did I know then how much I needed music and songwriting in my life to help me process the death of my Dad, even if I wasn't writing about it directly, the simple act of being creative was a huge catharsis to me. I hope the listeners to this show will draw comfort in the commonality of all our experiences of struggling to deal with loss, but will see how through creativity, that loss can be turned into something powerful and healing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.