Finding Your Voice Again: Heal Through Music | Demaree Hill

What happens when the voice that was taken from you becomes the very thing that heals you? In this powerful episode of Pulling Threads, Leslie sits down with Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and vocal coach Demaree Hill — a Broadway performer, single mom, and the woman who recorded a duet with Dolly Parton — for a conversation about what it truly means to find your voice again, literally and emotionally. Demaree's story spans from singing as a two-and-a-half-year-old into a candlestick for her family, to performing in Les Misérables on Broadway at age eight, to navigating the silence that a controlling marriage placed over her music and her dreams. After her divorce, she found that words and journaling weren't enough — music became the medicine that unlocked what nothing else could reach. Now, through her "Finding Your Voice Again" workshops and one-on-one sessions at Story Studios, she helps women and men reclaim the voice that life tried to quiet. This episode covers: Why so many women are silenced — and how it starts in childhood The deep connection between your nervous system, your throat, and emotional healing How music creates somatic release that talk therapy alone can't always reach Demaree's full story: Broadway, a controlling marriage, COVID pneumonia, and how she ended up singing a duet with Dolly Parton The moment Dolly listened to Demaree's songs — and said "I want to record with you" Why you don't have to be a singer to heal through music Identifying the voices (internal and external) that made you play small Leslie's own story of the voice she sat down in sixth grade — and where that healing is taking her If you've ever been told your voice was too much, not enough, or that your dreams had an expiration date — this episode is for you. Connect with Demaree Hill: Website + workshops: www.demareemusic.com — workshop sign-up coming soon Instagram: @demareemusic Twitter / Threads / X: @demareemusic Facebook: Demaree Story Studios Instagram: @storystudiosnashville Email: [email protected] Work with Leslie & The Loom Life: Mindful Untangling (community): https://theloomlife.com/community THROUGH (8-week coaching program): https://theloomlife.com/throughdivorceprogram Loom Life Therapy: [email protected] Website: www.theloomlife.com Instagram: @the.loom.life TikTok: @leslieellenmathews #PullingThreads #FindingYourVoice #HealingThroughMusic #DivorceRecovery #TheLoomLife