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Mental Health Sounds Like This is a heartfelt and deeply personal guide blending science, storytelling, and soul, to explore how music can be used not just as an outlet for emotion but as a structured process for healing and transformation. Why was this an important book for you to write?
As I mention in the book, I began teaching vocals when I was just 17, and in 2019, I expanded my work into what’s now known as Empowerment Through Songwriting Coaching. What’s always fascinated me is that my clients rarely come to me just for music; they come seeking confidence, personal development, and healing. All the while: I was writing and singing my own music of self-actualization, expression and growth. So it made sense that for a long time, people struggled to understand why I chose to both sing and coach. “Why not just focus on becoming famous and using your gift for yourself?” they’d ask. But for me, it’s never been about fame: it’s always been about purpose. From early on, I knew I wanted my music to mean something – to do something. And that’s exactly what this book represents: a reintroduction to who I am, what I do, and why I do it. It’s an invitation for the world to truly understand what Emma G Music is all about.
What were some ideas that were important for you to share in this book?
Good question! I think it goes back to the principles behind my work: The importance of providing safe space for my clients to truly show up, the importance of leading by example, the scientific, cultural, spiritual, and practical reasons behind why music [especially singing and songwriting] are so powerful, and how imperative it is that we seek out proactive approaches for mental, emotional, spiritual, social and even physical well-being.
I appreciated the candid nature with which you told your story. What was the hardest thing for you to write about?
It wasn’t necessarily “hard”, but I found myself waking up from dreams about different situations that occurred as a teenager that I’d definitely buried over the years. Writing this forced me to open that can of worms back up, and really analyze some of my experiences, and responses… and the what if’s. I have several catalogs of music documenting those parts of my life, but I hadn’t really looked at those songs in depth for a long time… it was cathartic. Painful at times, but healing.
What is one thing that you hope readers take away from Mental Health Sounds Like This?
That their voices matter. Their experiences matter. Their truth matters. In fact, that’s where their power lies. By ignoring or suppressing the difficult parts of ourselves; we cut ourselves off from growth, and strength building. I want people to understand that they can sing their pain away, and come out the other side: a whole, healed person. But they need to first lean in, and learn to express themselves authentically.
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Written by singer-songwriter, TEDx speaker, and vocal empowerment coach Emma G, this book is a creative blueprint for anyone who’s ever struggled to make sense of their emotions, find their voice, or feel seen in a chaotic world.
Blending storytelling, science, and soulful strategy, Emma introduces a revolutionary 5-step framework that uses music and songwriting as tools for healing, resilience, and self-discovery.
Whether you’re navigating grief, burnout, anxiety, or identity challenges, this book invites you to do more than survive—it helps you create your way through it.
Drawing from personal experience, somatic healing, and her work with Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha, Emma shows how singing and songwriting can turn pain into power and help you reclaim your voice—literally and metaphorically.
Inside, you’ll discover:
How emotions live in the body—and how singing can release them
Why songwriting is a form of prayer, reflection, and personal growth
A step-by-step guide to turn your experiences into empowering anthems
Real stories of healing and breakthroughs through music
Prompts, practices, and tools to help you start writing your own story
Whether you’re a seasoned musician or just someone searching for clarity and healing, Mental Health Sounds Like This will meet you where you are—and show you how to sing your way forward.
You are not broken. You are becoming. And your voice has always been the key.
Mental Health Sounds Like This: A Creative Blueprint for Healing, Mindfulness, and Self Discovery through Music
Emma G’s Mental Health Sounds Like This is a heartfelt and deeply personal guide that blends science, storytelling, and soul. The book explores how music can be used not just as an outlet for emotion but as a structured process for healing and transformation. Through a five-step framework, sitting with emotions, identifying them, processing them, creating blueprints, and using one’s voice, Emma invites readers to reimagine music as medicine for the mind and spirit. Her journey through childhood illness, trauma, and self-reclamation becomes the backbone of this creative blueprint. It’s not a dry self-help manual but a vibrant conversation between artist and reader about resilience, identity, and the alchemy of turning pain into power.
Emma’s writing is unfiltered, conversational, and at times raw in the best way. I could feel her energy leaping off the page. It’s equal parts compassion and conviction. I loved how she combined neuroscience with personal storytelling without ever losing warmth or humor. The science sections gave weight to her ideas, while her lived experiences made the message real. There were moments when her honesty hit me square in the chest, especially when she talked about learning to use music to heal from trauma. Her vulnerability doesn’t feel performative; it feels earned. She writes like someone who’s done the work and wants to hand you the flashlight she used to find her way out.
What impressed me most was how accessible it all felt. There’s no pretension here, no jargon to trip over, no expectation that you already know how to write a song or meditate or heal. The exercises are simple, sometimes even playful, but always purposeful. I appreciated how she acknowledged that healing isn’t linear: some days you’ll feel brave, and others you’ll just feel tired —and both are okay. The tone never lectures. It encourages. There’s a rhythm to her words that mirrors the subject itself, beats of joy, chords of sadness, crescendos of strength. By the middle of the book, I wasn’t just reading about transformation. I was feeling it.
I’d recommend Mental Health Sounds Like This to anyone who’s ever used music to survive a rough patch, or anyone curious about how creativity can become a form of therapy. It’s perfect for artists, educators, and everyday folks who want to understand their emotions better and give them a voice. It’s for people who are tired of bottling things up and ready to sing them out instead. Emma G reminds us that we all have a song worth singing. And by the time you close this book, you might just start humming yours.
Pages: 169 | ASIN : B0FG1R5RQQ
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