Kathleen Hollingsworth - Heart, soul, and clarity

In this episode, Monica sits down with Kathleen Hollingsworth, a teacher, performer and writer from near Portland, OR. Kathleen shares her journey from choral music roots to a doctorate in jazz, and how that journey positively and negatively affected her as a performer and educator. Together, they discuss the composition process, lyric writing, and the biggest struggles and lessons from the last 8 months. They share how they both found joy in improvising and a very candid and vulnerable conversation about the moment both recently considered quitting music due to exhaustion, feeling stuck, and deep wounds that needed healing. Kathleen shares her story of being a beginner with learning silks, and how that offered perspective that she applied to the rest of her professional life. Monica and Kathleen also talk about their mutual love of nature and how it inspires and heals both of them. _____________ To support Brave Musician, including the production of this podcast, please visit BraveMusician.com for information on our Pay-It-Forward model and how you can help. _____________ See the show notes at BraveMusician.com/podcast.