Don’t Die With Your Music Inside | Dina Fanai on Healing, Courage, and Reclaiming Your Voice

In this episode of SHE Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, host Anna McBride sits down with award-winning artist, songwriter, and producer Dina Fanai for a deeply moving conversation about healing, creativity, and reclaiming one’s voice.Dina shares her powerful origin story — from growing up in New York City as a classically trained dancer, through a life-threatening eating disorder, to discovering music as the pathway that quite literally brought her back to life. What unfolds is an intimate exploration of how our deepest wounds often hold our greatest gifts, and how facing the shadow can become a gateway to meaning, courage, and transformation.Together, Anna and Dina explore the spiritual and emotional roots of Dina’s immersive multimedia project AVALONA: A Musical Legend — a healing experience that blends music, sacred storytelling, archetypes, and ritual. Dina explains how AVALONA is not a literal retelling of her life, but an invitation for each listener to embark on their own journey of self-discovery, mental health awareness, and personal integration.This episode is for anyone who feels disconnected from their voice — creatively, emotionally, or spiritually — and is seeking a gentler, more honest way back to themselves.🎶 Dina Fanai has collaborated with world-renowned artists including Trans-Siberian Orchestra and projects connected to Tina Turner, and is the founder of organizations supporting mental health awareness, disability advocacy, and women’s empowerment through music.Listen in and be reminded: you are not alone, your story matters, and it’s never too late to let your music be heard.Follow Dina on IG: @avalonamusicLearn more about Avalona✨ Schedule your Free Call with Anna💌 Join Anna's Newsletter🎬 Subscribe on YouTube✨Follow on Instagram