026 | Harnessing Heartbreak to Create Art with Juan Holladay

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Honey in the Heart | Relationships, Emotions, Intimacy

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Since it’s the holiday season, when stress, expectations, and family dynamics can make it extra challenging to navigate matters of the heart - I’m offering 10 complimentary 1:1 breakthrough sessions during the first three weeks of December.  These are real, true 60 minute sessions with my grounded feedback and perspective on how you can personally mend your heart and turn relationship trials and tribulations into transformation. Folks leave these sessions feeling more clear, self connected, and empowered, with new tools and healing action steps to implement afterward.   These usually book up quickly, so if you’re feeling the call, head to  kenzieeason.com/compsession to get yours reserved.  __________________________________________   Have you ever suddenly felt like music was the exact medicine you needed during a heartbreak? Ever noticed how honest, raw, and cracked up open you feel in the midst of a breakup? It's well know that heartbreak has been the catalyst for some of the best music albums to date (have you listened to Adele's new album WOW). In today’s episode we have musician and songwriter Juan Holladay with us as he spells out his process of harnessing heartbreak and relationship lessons for creativity. If you’ve ever wondered how to channel your breakups into art, or how to use music as a process to support your healing and love life, check out this episode.   IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSSED:  Juan’s family lineage and his personal journey with creativity, music, and finding his voice The gift his ex girlfriend gave him during a breakup that shifted his whole song writing process The power and medicine of songwriting and music during heartbreak How music creation has assisted in his decision making in matters of the heart Two categories of songwriting  How to step into creativity and songwriting when you’re raw, heartbroken, and in the midst of darkness or a breakup.   Connect with Juan: Prophecy (featuring The Ones & SmudgeCamp) by Juan Holladay: https://youtu.be/CsKy6t6egbA What I Really Want (featuring Sebastian Campaign & Laine Lewis) by Juan Holladay: https://youtu.be/weE72-7Ql5I 'Beauty Sleep' 5-song EP by Juan Holladay: Beauty Sleep | Juan Holladay | Super Solar Records Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0KWRJTgUot2juwI0k8sYIP?si=xcx7RMlhQ3WgO7_m-V4JFw Apple Music: https://myurls.co/juanholladay/links/5f71fe9221404c0047127ec5/click Instagram: @juan_holladay    About Juan Holladay: Hailing from the desert southwest, Juan Holladay is a singer-songwriter whose voice and guitar work features on Emerica's 'This Is Skateboarding', Disney+'s 'Encore!', Secret Agent 23 Skidoo's Grammy award winning children's album 'Infinity Plus One', and more. In 2006, he relocated from Tucson to Asheville and formed a psychedelic Soul/R&B band called the Secret B-Sides. Since then, he has come into a more lo-fi, down tempo, sample based sound with the release of new solo material and video content. The nature of Juan's art is candid and personal, reflecting heavy collaboration with Asheville's creative community.   Connect with Mackenzie  Instagram: @_honeyintheheart_   Website: www.kenzieeason.com Complimentary 1:1 Session: kenzieeason.com/compsession   Subscribe to the Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/honey-in-the-heart-relationships-emotions-intimacy/id1291634385