Episode 80: Finding Her Voice: How Songwriting & Healing Led to True Faith w/ Alana Springsteen
5/6/202656 min
This week, we sat down with country singer-songwriter Alana Springsteen for a raw, honest, and deeply personal conversation about growing up in the church, living as a people-pleaser, and what it actually takes to step into your own voice.
Alana shares how, for much of her life, she shaped herself around expectations, becoming who others needed her to be, inheriting a version of faith that did not fully feel like her own. It was not until she started getting honest, doing the inner healing work, and allowing herself to question everything that something shifted.
Through songwriting and healing, she did not just find her voice, she encountered a more authentic and grounded experience of God.
We also talk about one of the most relatable tensions so many people face, how to stay connected to family members who do not agree with where you have landed. Alana shares what it has looked like to hold love, compassion, and boundaries at the same time, and how to honor your growth without losing the people who matter to you.
Her upcoming album, I Hope This Helps, is a reflection of this journey, vulnerable, honest, and deeply human.
This episode is for anyone who is ready to stop performing and start living from what is true.
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First 90 secondsRachael Loney· Host0:00
Today we're sitting down with country singer-songwriter Alana Springsteen, an artist who is not only making waves in country music, but is also incredibly honest and reflective when it comes to her personal story. In this conversation, we talk about what it looks like to grow up in the church, to begin questioning the beliefs you were raised with, and to navigate that space between honoring where you came from and becoming who you are. Alana shares openly about her upcoming album, I Hope This Helps, where she brings so much of this journey to life through deeply vulnerable, poetic storytelling, giving voice to the tension, the questioning, and the quiet moments of growth that so many people carry but don't always say out loud. One of the most powerful parts of this conversation is the compassion she holds, not only for herself, but for the people who raised her, even when they don't fully understand or agree with some of the choices and beliefs she's made. This is a conversation about faith, identity, and becoming, about learning to hold love for where you came from while still allowing yourself to grow into who you are. And with that, let's dive in.
Alana Springsteen· Guest1:05
[singing] 'Cause I drink too much, and I get too high, and I wake up next to someone I can't take back home. And I'm not sure that I'm sure what I believe in. I'd wreck my life to feel more like I'm in control. If I let you in my brain,