Songwriting Through Meditation and Living Your Life Purpose with Karen Jacobsen

Francesca talks with songwriter and the Australian voice of Siri, Karen Jacobsen, about accessing songwriting magic through meditation. In this expansive Club Conversation, Karen shares how she received song ideas while travelling in the New York City subway but often couldn’t find time in her day to finish these songs. As a result, so many of these ideas went unrealised. 
Fast forward, Karen has written over 100 songs in 100 weeks! She has done this through a songwriting practice around meditation that has revolutionised her career and life.  

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3:27 - Karen shares the purpose of songwriting in her life

11:24 - How motherhood affected her capacity to write songs

13:03 - Karen shares her biggest songwriting struggles

17:13 - Karen talks about her 10th studio album and her current songwriting practice

20:00 - Songwriting and Meditation 

27:30 - The magic of songwriting 

33:30 - Practical tips for making time for creativity each week

43:12 - The benefits of a songwriting community 

47:18 - Karen shares how Taylor Swift inspired her song “Approval” 

1:04:11 - Karen performs “Approval” 

About Karen:
Karen Jacobsen fled her New York City home of 20 years in a pandemic for the tropical Whitsunday Islands in Australia where she wrote and released her 10th studio album “Ready For What I Came Here For”. The prolific singer-songwriter has shared the stage with Norah Jones and Neil Sedaka, sang at Madison Square Garden and Fenway Park and her voice is used in millions of devices worldwide as the voice of Australian SIRI. Contact Karen: Website, Facebook, YouTube

Song Credit: “Approval” - Music and Lyrics by Karen Jacobsen. Performed live by Karen Jacobsen at IHSC Headquarters

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Theme song: “Put One Foot In Front Of The Other One” music and lyrics by Francesca de Valence 

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