Vulnerability Hangover [Authentic Songwriting & Anxiety]

A Vulnerability Hangover is the feeling of anxiety and dread you have after sharing one of your songs with others.

Recognise this?

Wow - I do!

I recently signed up for Courageous Voice, a six-week program about showing up online authentically and speaking honestly to the people who matter to you (i.e. YOU! 🥰)

But showing up as myself online, being authentic and real means that I will not be everyone's cup of tea ☕️

And that scares me.

I signed up because over the past year, I have been feeling more and more generic. Less like myself. Trapped in a cycle of fear.

But all of that is slowly changing (hence this email) and I'm so happy I'm going through the program. It's allowing me to rediscover who I am, what I'm all about, and what I stand for.

This is why I set up ​Authentic Songwriting.​

I know how many of us are struck by fear and self-judgment when we sit down to write our songs, and it's just an icky and painful experience.

And it's not super easy to ‘just be yourself’ ignore all those feeling and and 'do it anyway' (bad advice).

So, I created ​a 5-day workshop space​ for us all to practice writing our songs and be more authentic, together.

I truly believe that genuine, caring community is one of the most powerful ways to feel safe, feel seen and heard, and feel more capable of writing and sharing your songs, your art, your truth.

wherever you are at right now with your songwriting, take a deep breath, you are doing absolutely fine. You are exactly where you need to be.

And if writing your songs has been triggering your anxiety a little recently, let's see if we can help each other inside Authentic Songwriting.

Have an amazing weekend ♥️

Loads of love. Rosie x