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In season four’s third episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown interview Brittany Aquamarine, a Sonoma County-based singer-songwriter who combines pop and jazz influences in her deeply poetic “mystic soulfolk and ethereal grooves” on piano and guitar. She traces the long arc of music in her life starting on piano at five years old with a long hiatus until discovering songwriting on guitar in her twenties. Bridging the divide between reading and writing music, Brittany exemplifies a lifelong exploration of the beauty of sound and the human inner landscape through awareness and surrender to creativity.Features her original song, The Immovable Force in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 27:00- Brittany’s song, The Immovable ForceEpisode Resources:* Brittany Aquamarine artist website * Bandcamp- New live album: Raw and Original: Piano and Guitar* JOURNAL PROMPT: What are the signals and indications for you that the creative channels are open?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for our special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and FacebookIN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone!www.supernovasupport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season four’s second episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown talk with Jaimee Harris, the Texas-born, powerhouse troubadour rightfully forging herself into a shining star of the folk-country scene. Jaime shares her call into songwriting at a young age and how the miracle of sobriety found her at just the right time, making way for the emergence of her authentic writing voice. Hear about the reckoning of playing solo onstage, open mics, challenges for women in the industry, and more in a delightful heart-to-heart with this bad-ass, yet refreshingly vulnerable role model for singer-songwriters everywhere.Features her original song, Snow White Knuckles in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 34:36- Jaimee’s song, Snow White KnucklesEpisode Resources:* Jaimee Harris music website* Jaime’s tour dates* Jimmie Dale Gilmore* Bonaparte’s Retreat, founder Emmylou Harris dog rescue* Crossroads Campus, founder Emmylou Harris’s non-profit that focuses on the power of the human-animal bond connecting foster youth with job skills, housing, and finding homes for unwanted dogs and cats.* JOURNAL PROMPT: What do you fear you can never be free from?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for our special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and FacebookIN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone!www.supernovasupport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season four’s first episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown launch the season with the call to listen and respond to the challenge the “creative gauntlet” is throwing down in our individual lives. The two unpack their personal experiences doubling down on creativity’s dare by attending one of Mary Gauthier’s songwriting retreats and the Gateless Writing Academy and Teacher Training. Features original songs, Tony’s Train Song, and Pleiades’ Secret in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 20:58 -Katie’s song, Tony’s Train Song* 45:49 -Karen’s song, Pleiades’ SecretEpisode Resources:* Mary Gauthier’s website -scroll over “Teaching & Private Coaching” on top menu bar for a current list of songwriting workshops* Gateless Writing- website for the Academy, Teacher Training, and writing retreats* CMAT artist website * JOURNAL PROMPT: What is your creative life asking you to double down on?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for our special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and FacebookIN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone!www.supernovasupport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

Enjoy the video or the transcript below of a little chat that explores the “simple but not easy” answer. KAREN: Hi, I’m Karen Joy Brown.KATIE: And I’m Katie Phillips of Supernova Support, a program that supports songwriters in making their best songs.KAREN: That’s right, damn right. Damn straight. I wanted to have a little conversation with you to just get that beautiful bouncing-off of a community about a concept that I was thinking about. I wrote a little email thing about it to our people, and I realized I’m like, ooh, this is a deeper well than I realized when I mentioned it in the in the email and it’s the question— how do you know a song is done? I realized that something I said in the email missed the mark a little bit because it was almost sounding like a corporate question like…KATIE: ….Is it ready to go to press!?KAREN: Exactly, that’s not what I meant. I was thinking, like, what is the goal when we say is a song done, like, what does it even mean that it’s done? Do you want to share about that? How do you feel like a song is done? KATIE: I feel like I know a song is done when I don’t have to think about it very much when I’m performing it, whether that’s in front of people, or by myself or in my car or whatever, but I’ve embodied it. Almost like memorizing a monologue or something like in a play where there’s no separation between, or a fusion of yourself as who you are and then yourself as a performer, or a song interpreter or whatever it is— a singer, a storyteller.It’s when the story feels fluid and there’s no road bump. It makes sense, you know? And also even if it’s not just like, a huge, big show-stopping, epic song, even if it’s more reserved or softer, there has to be points in it that are landing pads. Like, there’s certain ideas or concepts or arcs in the story that really have to land in a certain way, and usually the way I can tell is if it makes me laugh or cry.KAREN: Oh, yes!KATIE: If I crack myself up or if I make myself cry, or if I get chills. I usually have some kind of physiological response to it. And then it’s a matter of once you’ve written the song, it could feel done, but then you start to learn it and you realize, oh, this phrase sucks. Like, I keep tripping over it or I can’t remember it to save my life or it feels disconnected from the story. Like, I love the poetry of this line, but it’s not really serving the story or the song.So I think there’s a lot of ways to test it. I think it’s probably is different for everyone. But I do think that having it feel settled in your body to where you’re not thinking and you can just let it channel through you.KAREN: Yeah. It feels that when it’s done. I really appreciate that you got right into that kind of somatic part of it because, I’ll speak for you, one of the things that Katie and I kind of realized when we were coming up with the whole idea for Supernova Support was that some of the ways that we were doing music before when we were performing a lot, we were out there and doing things like, this is what we’re supposed to be doing. It was not necessarily very connected to the body.There was a lot of disjointedness and a lot of doing this in order to achieve a certain thing. It didn’t always come connected to the body in that way, like, “I’m doing it for a reason and it’s coming from my soul.” I think that that we need to give ourselves the time to connect to our songs in that way somatically— feel it in your bones: this is done.KATIE: Yeah. I will say with the Bootleg Honeys stuff, like learning other people’s songs, was my favorite part about the band. Getting to be a support person. That was something that was so fun.KAREN: Yeah.KATIE: And I think I became really aware of that somatic feeling of when a song felt like it was “done,” even if I hadn’t written it when I was performing it with the songwriter, but it felt like my words too. I got a feeling of knowing when a song was done in that context of when we all were gelled into it, coming from an authentic place in all of us, collectively, even if you hadn’t written it.KAREN: Now that is beautiful because I think that sometimes when we get outside of ourselves and focus on something else we can start to notice what all the steps are or the components towards it feeling done and embodied.That’s one of the things that I really wanted to come out in this conversation with you is again, how much time and often effort it takes in order to arrive at that place. Sometimes we get rid of a song or throw something away because we think if it was a good song it would immediately……KATIE: Yeah, it would be good already. Exactly. That’s why it’s so great too to know if you feel like something’s not working, you don’t have to get rid of it. You can just be like, well, maybe this isn’t for this song. Something that Mary Gauthier said in both workshops I took from her was like, a lot of times the first verse you write, you end up getting rid of. Usually a lot of times the first things we write in a song are just the doorway into it and it’s going to help you get to what the song is really about. But you don’t have to throw away anything, you can just put it on the pile, as she says.KAREN: So true.KATIE: And that kind of makes it fun, too, because then it’s like, oh, I just have this one line, nothing else is coming. Well, I’ll put it over here, so maybe on a day where I need some inspiration, I can pull from this collection of songs, lyrics or musical ideas. I had this one song, or melody, or song progression kind of thing for literally a decade and I always kept coming back to it. It was just never working and then I had this other idea— I think I’d written some lyrics and I was like, huh, I wonder if that melody would work with this and it did! It came together so fast like they were just waiting for each other. KAREN: Exactly, oh my gosh, I had a couplet that I think took probably about four years. It’s one of the favorite lines from a song that I love, Send Me a Sign— no one’s above lying to hold on to something they love.I had that couplet for a long time, and it germinated for so long until I had that moment. I think it was a 4th of July where like, my husband and daughter had gone to a 4th of July thing that I didn’t want any part of. I had a moment and all of a sudden a chord progression I was working on, I went— wait a minute, I think it goes with that couplet and then the rest of the song just, bloop.KATIE: Well, it also makes me think about your song, Grand Canyon which I think is one of my top five Karen Joy Brown songs ever. You had that song in the, this is a piece of shit, I’m never going to finish it so what’s the point pile for how many years?KAREN: I mean, that was getting close to a decade. KATIE: Yeah, that’s insane. And then you wrote like a whole other part to it and it just like came together, and I helped you with it!But that is such a great example of like some things just aren’t ready to be born yet.KAREN: But don’t throw them away because you never know how many hundreds of times you have to sing the same line in a row until you actually can hit the right intonation!KATIE: Yeah.KAREN: Or how many times you have to do that one fucking chord! You know what I’m saying? Sometimes you have to simplify it, but don’t throw away.KATIE: No. And that’s why I like to listen to stuff a lot, but there’s a fine line, you can get like demo-itis or whatever where you lose perspective. But I do like to listen to demos because that sometimes is the only way when I can hear it and realize something isn’t working or I realize something is working really, really well.To have a little bit of distance and to be really interacting with my song as a listener as opposed to a writer. I mean like I can kind of wear both hats at the same time but you know, to get a little distance in that way. I know a lot of people hate listening to themselves and I think that there’s so much validity in that. It can be disarming watching yourself, but I also think there’s so much so much to learn from it and I think it can be a beautiful pathway into some very deep self-love.KAREN: I think you’re right. It’s a craft secret weapon we’ve definitely discussed. You know, sitting here and just having this discussion reminds me that I’m thinking of whoever’s listening to this, so many of you, hello! I think of how many years I suffered through this shit by myself. You know what I’m saying? Instead of this glorious era that we have created for ourselves where a community has arisen who want to talk about this too! KATIE: Yeah.KAREN: And how it’s changed this thing that I suffered with, and second-guessed myself, and imposter syndromed the shit out of myself instead of talking with you about it. Instead of coming to Song Salon.KATIE: And then it’s like, now it’s fun. Now it’s fun to have that problem. Now I’m almost excited when I’m stuck on something because I know I have a whole community of people to bring it to and even say fuck off to all of those ideas or suggestions. Because we get we can get so stuck in ourselves and just lose sight of the song completely. Like all of a sudden it’s like, “I suck.”I mean I had a moment like that the other week when I’ve been trying to make a playlist of these songs I want to record. I was listening to them and I was like, this is the worst thing I’ve ever heard. Who do I think I am? I’m not a good singer. I am a shitty songwriter. And I hated it all. But then I also had this little part of me that was like, well, that’s interesting that you’re having this thought right now. It was tiny, but it was just enough where I was like, yeah, okay, maybe this is fleeting. Maybe something else is going on.KAREN: Celebrate that moment!KATIE: And that is different than just falling down the hole and being like, well, I guess this is it.KAREN: That’s right.KATIE: And you told me too.KAREN: I know, and I just laughed in your face.KATIE: I know.KAREN: Which is the beginning of Supernova— laughing in each other’s faces about our “not good enough” traumas.KATIE: And self-doubt.KAREN: Well, oh my gosh. Thank you for doing this for me because I was thinking, can we just talk about this? Because it’s a real thing that people struggle with and there’s not a pat answer, but there’s a lot of shit out there that’s like, let us sell you this five-step plan that will show you exactly how a song’s done.KATIE: No, no. Also, I want to say that I’ve kind of always felt like once something’s recorded, it’s done and you can’t ever change it. I’m shifting that idea a lot, even if you’ve recorded something and you figure out a different line or something, sometimes it will come to you later, and it’s like who fucking cares, you know, you can always re-record it or that’s just the live version.They can be living things, they are living things. Cover songs— I’ve changed words that I want to be a little different, which you’re not really supposed to do, but songs are living things as long as people are singing them. KAREN: Yeah. Sorry, I just thought of something ridiculous... So your songs are like your babies out there. Someone else could put a tattoo on your baby!KATIE: Don’t tattoo a baby, Karen. My God.KAREN: Maybe it’s just piercing their ears when they’re four months old. KATIE: Okay, we are in not good territory.KAREN: It’s the perfect time to close things up!KATIE: Thank you for entertaining this idea with us. KAREN: But we would love to talk about this more with you, so come to a Song Salon so we can hear about your song that you’re having doubts like this about.KATIE: Yeah. You can also just hang out with us one on one too. We have private slots open at the moment, and our writing hour which is producing some amazing shit.KAREN: Yes.KATIE: I was not expecting it to be so cool. And you can subscribe to that on Substack.KAREN: That’s it!KATIE: Happy songwriting!Join our new weekly Songwriting Hour on Thursdays from 9-10am, PT! Support your writing practice, re-kindle, or develop one! An $11 monthly subscription to the Supernova Support Substack gets you access to weekly meetings with a songwriting prompt and kit (plus one free Song Salon pass!) . Come whenever you can, and when you can't, catch the replay. We're excited about spreading this far and wide to experienced and new writers!www.supernovasupport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season three’s eighth episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown talk with Briget Boyle, a sought-after vocal coach, creative director, and a pillar of the Bay Area’s world and indie music scene. The dynamic relationship between inner work and songwriting shines through as they follow her winding musical journey starting to write at 12 years old, to a surprising turn to performing in professional Balkan folk music groups. Bridget models what it means to commit to our songwriting selves.Features her original song, Magic Trick in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 17:59- Briget’s song, Magic TrickEpisode Resources:* Briget Boyle’s music website* Madison Cunningham’s website* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: What amazes you?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for our special blog, access to weekly Songwriting Hour, and more!*Follow us on Instagram and FacebookIN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season three’s seventh episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown speak with Kim Ketner, Karen’s twin sister. Katie wrangles the two sisters to tease out the story of Kim’s solitary journey into singing and songwriting from obsessing over Chris Cornell’s voice over the car stereo to working at Guitar Showcase and playing in the Cactus Club’s house band. They highlight the miraculous power of developing peer songwriting friendships through Song Salons and songs’ ability to help us evolve as human beings.Features her original song, Falling Apart in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify,Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 31:40- Kim’s song, Falling ApartEpisode Resources:* Kim’s Bandcamp* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: Write to the part that has felt so alone, let it tell you some secrets?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for our special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and FacebookIN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season three’s sixth episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown connect with Cassidy Frost, self-declared writer of sad songs with sugary pop hooks who NPR’s Robin Hilton once called “gloriously gritty.” They share their strange and surprisingly early entry into the music industry and how their songwriting and relationship to music has evolved over time. Stay for the whole delightful conversation on emotional and literal sobriety, continual music growth, and the joy of a supportive songwriting community. Features her original song, Nobody’s Invited to My Birthday in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 23:06- Cassidy’s song, Nobody’s Invited to My BirthdayEpisode Resources:* Cassidy new release, Like I Did Before, on Bandcamp* Cassidy’s website* Songs for Creative Revolution, December 14th, 2025 at Sebastopol Center for the Arts* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: Write about something painful in your life as plainly as you can and don’t silverline it, fix it, shine it up. Be in the moment with the suck.*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for our special blog, weekly online songwriting hour, podcast extras, and more!*Follow us on Instagram and FacebookIN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season three’s fifth episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown reflect on critically acclaimed songwriter Todd Snider’s recent passing. The discussion highlights Snider’s undeniable songwriting craft and incorrigible scoundrel personality that endeared him and his music to so many adoring fans. They unpack his strong influence on Katie’s writing, and she plays a beloved cover and newly crafted original tribute song dedicated to his memory.Features her original song, Skeleton Key, and Just Like Old Times (Todd Snider cover) in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 22:34- Todd Snider cover, Just Like Old Times * 36:38- Katie’s song, Skeleton KeyEpisode Resources:* Songs for Creative Revolution show December 14th, 2025, Sebastopol Center for the Arts * Todd Snider, “I Never Met a Story I Didn’t Like: Mostly True Tall Tales”* Todd Snider official website* Otis Gibbs Video* Dopey Interview with Billy Strings* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: Think about your songwriting heroes/heroines (living or passed). What was it about them that made you become obsessed, inspired, in love?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for our special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and FacebookIN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season three’s second episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown interview Little Door, a.k.a., Kate Ellen, a creative powerhouse with a vibrant, must-read, music-focused Substack. They delve into her obstacle-laden path towards singing, writing, and expressing her creativity and fortuitous involvement with Supernova Support’s vocal coaching, song salons– and shares the secret to dealing with crying while performing!Features her original song, Lover in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 30:22- Little Door’s song, Lover.Episode Resources:* Todd Snider, “I Never Met a Story I Didn’t Like: Mostly True Tall Tales”* Todd Snider official website* Little Door- Substack page: blog, playlists, music* Little Door a.k.a- Kate Ellen website: brand readings, strategic creative projects* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: What subjects or issues feel off limits to write about?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for our special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and FacebookIN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season three’s second episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown interview Lena, a self-described nomad who’s come into her own as a singer-songwriter over the last five years. The three discuss her unmistakable and enchanting voice that took its time to find the courage to take the stage. Hint- karaoke had a role to play!Features her original song, Little Voice in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 16:45- Lena’s song, Little VoiceEpisode Resources:* Lena’s song Little Voice* Lena’s link tree (social media, Bandcamp, YouTube)* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: What is the little voice inside you asking for?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and FacebookIN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season three’s second episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown host their first guest, Lizzy Larson, who found the podcast and open mic through a work colleague. They discuss her history with creativity and songwriting and the thirty year hiatus related to addiction and recovery before returning to her gift through Supernova’s song salons and open mic.Features original song, Western Sky in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 23:22- Lizzy’s song, If You Could Leave MeEpisode Resources:* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: How has your creativity helped/guided you through things that felt even too painful to speak out loud?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and FacebookIN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season three’s first episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown unpack the idea of “spontaneous” creative growth. They review and celebrate the one year anniversary of launching their podcast and open mic for women and femmes, identifying how participation in a supportive community creates optimal conditions for artistic expansion, turning competition into companionship and inspiration.Features original songs, The Ringer and I Need a Song in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 25:48- Katie’s song, The Ringer* 45:40- Karen’s song, I Need a SongEpisode Resources:* Supernova Support website- Not So Open Mic and weekly online Song Salons* Little Door- musician, writer, mom, brilliant creator of Little Door Substack. * Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: How have you experienced spontaneous growth within a community setting or seen it in someone else?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and FacebookIN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

What better time of year to explore the scary, dark corners of grief in our psyches than Halloween? Whether you’ve ever attempted to share any of your creative work, or never found the time, energy, or courage to do so, you’ve experienced loss. Our culture doesn’t know what to do about capital G grief around death, let alone the myriad losses we all encounter that don’t register on official charts. When we take the risk to share songs and writing from the depth of our souls and things don’t turn out like we hoped, it’s devastating, and often debilitating. Too add insult to injury, there’s no ceremony or officially acceptable way to process it. Katie and I believe that it’s essential to actually meet those losses head on in order to move forward to create another day. We did a whole 8 episode podcast series on it (season 2), and on October 25th from 10-3pm, we’re hosting an in-person workshop that provides the perfect space to look down those haunted hallways of our souls. If you’re in the SF/North Bay area, we’d love to have you join this small group of women songwriters and creatives limited to ten spots. We’ll write, share, snack, and sing our way into the light of a brand new creative day! See you there!Click here to sign up This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season two’s last episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown demonstrate the obvious connection between the “sixth stage” of grief and songwriting. Carefully separating the false platitude of attributing meaning to a horrible or tragic event, they support the perspective of discovering a new way of living with the loss and creating new purpose from the ashes.Features original songs, Paper Mothers and Believer in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 14:11- Karen’s song, Paper Mothers* 34:35- Katie’s song, BelieverEpisode Resources:* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* The Sixth Stage of Grief, Finding Meaning, article by Lifetime* The Power of Meaning, Finding Fulfillment in a world obsessed with happiness, Emily Esfahani Smith* JOURNAL PROMPT: What, if any, meaning have you found in experiencing a loss?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com.IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season two’s seventh episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown discuss the complexities of the concept of acceptance. They highlight what acceptance is/is not, and explore living with the residual pain of loss while moving forward in an unfamiliar and new future.Features original songs, Oleander and I Know What Heaven Is in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 23:56- Katie’s song, Oleander* 47:59- Karen’s song, I Know What Heaven IsEpisode Resources:* Ho’oponopono prayer* Karen Joy Brown, I Know What Heaven Is * JOURNAL PROMPT: What feels unacceptable to you in your life right now? Take a moment to explain specifically what is happening and why you cannot tolerate it. Tap into where you feel the resistance in your body and read it to yourself in the mirror to allow the space for it to exist.*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com.IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season two’s sixth episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown dive into the depression stage of grief and unreasonable societal expectations to snap back to normal. The discuss losses both experienced and perpetrated and how they weigh us down personally and as a collective when we don’t feel the feelings completely, and how songs aid in that process. Features original songs, Send Me a Sign and Sleepwalking in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 19:27- Karen’s song, Send Me a Sign* 37:25- Katie’s song, SleepwalkingEpisode Resources:* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* DSM-5 Bereavement Exclusion* Johann Hari, seven disconnections that cause depression* JOURNAL PROMPT: Brainstorm a list of your personal secret signs of depression. How does it show up through your sensory experiences- sound, sight, touch, taste, smell?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.comIN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season two’s fifth episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown discuss bargaining as a stage of grief and the subtle ways we spin our energetic wheels in a vain attempt to alter the past. They highlight self-awareness and kindness as we understandably try to avoid the pain of the present by bargaining for a better past or future.Features original songs, Save the Day and End of the World in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 17:44- Karen’s song, Save the Day* 31:29- Katie’s song, End of the WorldEpisode Resources:* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* Why Don’t You Love Me No More, Bootleg Honey song on a City of Santa Rosa compilation album- The Out There Tapes* JOURNAL PROMPT: Consider where you find yourself repeating “if only ____ then _____” in circumstances you’re grieving. Follow the logic to the end, writing the whole scene and see how that makes you feel.*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com.IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season two’s fourth episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown discuss anger as a stage of grief. Leaning into and allowing the often rejected emotion as an important part of the grieving process is explored as a particular challenge for women in the patriarchy. The two demonstrate the usefulness of songs as a vehicle for healthy expression of rage and conduit for healing.Features original songs, Mother and Line of Fire in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 19:33- Katie’s song, Mother * 38:28- Karen’s song, Line of FireEpisode Resources:* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* Nightbitch * JOURNAL PROMPT: What makes you angry? To the best of your ability, don’t censor yourself! This is a great one to express through motion, through using your voice in not pretty ways, to letting yourself just rant and rave into a voice memo, scream in your car, or big letters across your journal. *Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com.IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season two’s third episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown discuss denial, the extended play version of shock. Tell-tale behavioral signs of denial are highlighted, and the two share how songwriting can help break the spell and move us forward without leaving the love for what and who we lost behind.Features original songs, De Rien and 321(Summer’s Gone, So Are You) in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 16:14- Karen’s song, De Rien * 32:55- Katie’s song, 321(Summer’s Gone, So Are You)Episode Resources:* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* Nezza’s national anthem in Spanish newsclip* JOURNAL PROMPT: Dialogue with denial: Let yourself tap into a situation where you have experienced denial as a coping strategy. Think about this Denial as its own entity or character. What would you like to say to Denial? Let Denial answer you back, try not to edit yourself and see what comes through.*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com.IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season two’s second episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown delve into the “shock” stage of grief, sharing personal stories of their fathers’ deaths, and the waves of numbness and overwhelm that continue to ebb and flow throughout the grieving process. They demonstrate how songs and songwriting create a safe space to hold our disorientation and disbelief. Features original songs, Got To Be and We Gotta Stop Meeting Like This (Funeral Reunion) in relation to creative recovery.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 17:17-Karen’s song, Got to Be * 30:20-Katie’s song, We Gotta Stop Meeting Like ThisEpisode Resources:* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: Think of an experience or a time when the rug was pulled out from under you, this could be a death, a break up, a job loss, a natural disaster, etc. Let your current self time travel to that moment and try to practice just being a loving witness to the part of you that had to deal with that shock, and just notice. What do you feel in your body, what thoughts come to the surface. Write, talk, dance, scream, do whatever feels right to let this past experience give you some inspiration or information.*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com.IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In season two’s first episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown introduce the theme of grief and how songs bridge the gap left by culture’s unwillingness and inability to allow grieving its full depth and breadth.They discuss the current conceptions of the stages of grief and the wide range of losses besides death which are made harder through society’s lack of recognition. Personal experience through the loss of their fathers, friends, and break up of their band provide examples of creativity's power to transform loss.Features original songs, Forever and Lovely Like Lace in relation to creative recovery.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Season 1’s songs on Bandcamp, Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 19:00-Katie’s song, Forever * 40:02-Karen’s song, Lovely Like LaceEpisode Resources:* Kubler-Ross Change Curve* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp | Instagram* The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: What are you currently grieving that you don’t feel you have permission to grieve?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com.IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In episode eight, podcast hosts and singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown look into the other side of listening; paying close sonic and emotional attention to what we hear in our own songs and those we love. They address classic pitfalls like self-doubt and judgement and offer the benefits of objectivity and discernment while identifying what makes a song work without falling for the fool’s gold of cookie-cutter hits.They perform and discuss original songs, Real Time and Last Year’s Christmas Tree in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 26:40 Karen’s song, Real Time* 44:22 Katie’s song, Last Year’s Christmas Tree* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: Who/what inspired you to become a singer/songwriter? If thinking of a specific artist, choose one song that moves you and identify specifically what elements bring the magic. *Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com.IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In episode seven, podcast hosts and singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown unpack the fifth and final element of the Supernova Support program: inspiration. They uncover the highly powerful and practical nature of the seemingly fluffy concept, and how cultivating it keeps our creativity flowing in a beautiful cycle that enriches the creators of art as much as those who appreciate it.They perform and discuss original songs, Joy Yet to Come and Ophelia in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 28:47 Karen’s song, Joy Yet to Come* 44:14 Katie’s song, Ophelia* Clarissa Pinkola Estes | Women Who Run With the Wolves* Sarah Peyton | Your Resonant self* Andrew Scott as Hamlet* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: When was the last time you felt inspired? What moved you, what did you feel, and what beliefs or creations came from it?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com.IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In episode six, podcast hosts and singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown unpack the fourth of five elements that support a joyful, sustainable creative life: support. They explore what happens without it, and the ways we can powerfully combine nurturing ourselves, participating in a creative community, and actively supporting other artists for a more joyful and fulfilling creative life.They perform and discuss original songs, Thinking of You and I Know Why People Die of a Broken Heart in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 29:40 Karen’s song, Thinking of You * 44:42 Katie’s song, I Know Why People Die of a Broken Heart* Mary Gauthier | Saved by a Song* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: Think of time you felt truly supported, lean into how it felt and what you thought and describe it. Next, consider where you sense you could use more support. Finally, consider what you have to give to support others in a songwriting community. *Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com.IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In episode five, podcast hosts and singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown unpack the third element of the Supernova Support program, craft, breaking it into its three parts: song content, technique, and song components. They address how fear and doubt get in the way of attending to growth areas and share a few craft secret weapons.They perform and discuss original songs, Mary and the Juniper Tree and Grand Canyon in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 30:11 Katie’s song, Mary and the Juniper Tree* 48:49 Karen’s song, Grand Canyon* Mary Gauthier | Saved by a Song* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: What fears and doubts do you have about yourself as an artist, songwriter, and performer? What are some accomplishments or work you’re proud of? *Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more!*Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com.IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In episode four, podcast hosts and singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown unpack the second of five elements that support a joyful, sustainable creative life: doing the work. They explore the “do the work” list of practices that attend to the work of songwriting craft as well as personal care/growth strategies that free us to access available learning tools and resources. They perform and discuss original songs, Meditate on the Sun and Teenage Angel of the Morning in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 25:40 Karen’s song, Meditate on the Sun* 45:13 Katie’s song, Teenage Angel of the Morning* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify* Katie Phillips | Apple Music | Spotify* JOURNAL PROMPT: Where do I resist the (songwriting)work? Where do I run toward it? *Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more! *Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.comIN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In episode three, podcast hosts and singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown unpack the first of five elements that support a joyful, sustainable creative life: listening. Practices like morning pages and the artist’s date from Julia Cameron’s widely popular book The Artist’s Way are investigated and clarified by personal examples of how to get past the clutter and listen to the soul. They perform and discuss original songs, Oh, Mama and Bones in relation to the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 28:00 Karen’s song, Oh, Mama* 43:24 Katie’s song, Bones* Arielle Gray, WBUR/NPR  | Julia Cameron’s The Listening Path Carves a Compassionate Way Forward* Maria Popova, The Marginalian  | How to Be a Living Poem: Lucille Cliffton on the Balance of Intellect and Intuition in Creative Work and the Healing Power of Connection* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify* Katie Phillips | Apple Music | Spotify* JOURNAL PROMPT: Set a timer for at least five minutes. Get comfortable and quiet, and just listen. What comes up when we’re not numbing or avoiding?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more! *Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com.IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In episode two, podcast hosts and singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown address the insidious influence of imposter syndrome and perfectionism on creativity. Basic definitions and origins of the term are uncovered and held to the light of scrutiny in the context of sexism, racism, and white supremacy.They explore concrete ways of confronting its debilitating effects both personally and within the context of a supportive creative community and why the practice is central to a sustainable creative life. Two original songs, Amateur and Try offer inspiration from personal struggles with the topic.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 25:25 Katie’s song, Try* 38:55 Karen’s song, Amateur* Sonya Renee Taylor, The Observer College News | Sonya Renee Taylor Advocates for Radical Self Love* Sayana, Splice Blog  | How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome as a Musician* Amanda Khong, Bookish Brews Blog | Imposter Syndrome is Sexist, Actually: Embracing Your Feelings as Protest* Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp  |  Instagram * B and the Hive | Instagram | Spotify | “Who You Are” * Divorcing White Supremacy Culture (further reading), Tema Okun, Kenneth Jackson Jones | website* JOURNAL PROMPT: Where do I belong? When imposter syndrome tells us we don’t belong, it’s time to explore what we believe about where we truly belong. *Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more! *Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com.IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

In this pilot episode, singer-songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown share the origin and inspiration for their podcast and program Supernova Support including times they lost their creative identities and how they began to recover them together. They discuss the meaning of creative recovery and trace the course of their friendship’s power to revive their love for songwriting in the face of internal and external obstacles, leading them to create opportunities to share the process with others through the podcast, coaching, and creative community building. They perform and discuss original songs, Soldier’s Daughter and Stardust Love in relation to creative recovery.Like this show? Please give us a 5 star rating on Apple and leave a review– even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!Listen to Katie on Bandcamp and Karen’s music on Spotify, Apple Music or buy directly at www.karenjoybrown.com.* 25:17-Karen’s song, Soldier's Daughter* 40:24-Katie’s song, Stardust LoveEpisode Resources:* Birds of Chicago (Allison Russell, JT Nero) | song Real Midnight  * Joni Davis, singer/songwriter | * Karen Joy Brown | Apple Music | Spotify | Instagram* Katie Phillips | Bandcamp  |  Instagram * The Bootleg Honeys | Bandcamp* JOURNAL PROMPT: Write a letter to your creative self. What do you want to say, and what might it want to communicate to you?*Subscribe to the Supernova Support Substack for special blog, podcast extras and more! *Follow us on Instagram and Facebook*Get the big picture at www.supernovasupport.com.IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe

Songwriters Katie Phillips and Karen Joy Brown introduce their new podcast exploring where creativity and recovery collide. Find out what inspired them and what to expect in the episodes to come, f-bombs and lots of laughter included. IN THE NORTH BAY/SAN FRANCISCO AREA?Join Katie and Karen at Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol for the Not So Open Mic for women performers (and yeah, that means, all women, and femme trans and nonbinary folks who feel comfy being in “women’s spaces”) of original music and covers from 1:30-3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. We want to gather women who have put their creativity on the back burner as well as those who are currently playing out in any capacity, because we believe that songs have the power to transform us regardless of “professional” or “amateur” status.ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD….Every Tuesday from 7-8:30 PT, gather with women songwriters around the country and world for Song Salons, an opportunity to share a completed or in-progress song, live or recorded, with curious, enthusiastic colleagues ready to highlight and amplify what’s powerful in your writing and music. Hone songwriting craft skills, get inspired by others, and reconnect with the unique magic you bring through your songs. Meet your long-lost songwriting sisters and get ready to laugh, cry, and keep coming back!Let Supernova support your songwriting practice with our weekly Songwriting Hour, every Thursday, 9-10am PT. Everyone can write songs! You don’t need to be an experienced singer or even play an instrument. We provide a prompt and resource kit with everything you need to start putting a song together. All you need is a willingness to show up and experiment. New and experienced writers welcome. Open to everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit supernovasupport.substack.com/subscribe