Ada Castle

Life changes and the way you feel about your favorite musics changes with it. the ones you keep listening to are the ones who have a voice that speaks to your heart. This is one of those albums where in different stages of my life I have gained healing, love and hope from Miles of Memories to What I am Looking For and to more heavy songs like Waiting For You, Not Going To Stop You and A Place To Rest. I feel a unity of strength, healing and light from all these songs. It is a gift I keep reopening and enjoying. I am grateful and thankful for the blessing of sounds, words and connections of human souls through joy, pain, grief and life.

Two good friends of mine bought me the " Healing the Power in You" book by Joalie Davie because they knew I was interested in tapping and other non traditional forms of health practices. I could not of read this at a better or worse time whichever way a person looks at it as I had recently suffered a family member's death and though I was skeptical of some of the exercises I found myself excited to try them all and I loved them! the Tarzan Yell was the most out of my comfort zone and the Rainbow meditation was by far my favorite. This is a wonderful book I recommend to anyone who is searching for a way to deal with grief, anxiety, stress or physical pain that you believe is caused by something that might of started inside of you and you don't even know what that piece of you is called yet, explore with these exercises and find them all out. I mean isn't that why we are here to learn about ourselves and others?? Great read that I will be keeping close to me when I am in need of some insight into my body and my feelings, which will be daily in some small or big way.

this is a very special book to me, the first one I remember my father reading to me, over and over again. I loved it so much. grateful and blessed it exists. thanks to all who took a part to make that happen.

once I heard Jar Of Hearts on the radio I was an instant fan of Christina Perri and when I bought the album Lovestrong I was not disappointed in the rest of the songs. Bluebird I often play now years later and Penguins but I love the edgy feels to tragedy and the uniqueness of the lonely, the most upbeat feel good song for me would be miles ( I know it can perceived as sad but love is often at a distance and those who wait for us no matter how many miles apart we are show us the power of love)

Alanis Morissette was the first person to peak my interest in rock music, I loved her album Jagged Little Pill and thought it would always be my favorite album of hers but then Under Rug Swept came out and I knew this was the one for me, and Hands Clean is my favorite song of my favorite Rock Album.

I honestly still get Spellbound by these songs and the images I see in my mind of Paula dancing through them. Rush Rush is my favorite romance song and day dreaming song of all time and Promise Of A New Day brings me fresh hope and energy so if i had to pick out a few songs that stand out for me, it would be them. I often exercise to this album fully from start to finish and it helps me stay motivated and healthy.

I didn't grow up going to church or learning about faith from my family so when I first heard these songs in the late 80's as a child I did not fully understand their meanings but I knew they were different and made me feel love different in a way I had never felt before. The Master's Hand drew my attention and when I later learned of Noah and the Flood and the stories that from the bible the song mentioned I knew I was meant to hear these as my first offering and blessing from God through musics because He knew I existed before I knew He existed. These songs will always hold a sacred and special place in my heart forever. I hope all who hear them are equally as blessed as I was and still am today.

If you are grieving and need to feel you are not alone, or are wondering if things do get better, check these songs out. I normally give a few songs off of an album when I review it that touched me most but I honestly can not do it this time, I love them all differently but equal. A Real Good Kid doesn't sugar coat pain or make it into some fantasy it's not, it goes through all of it and leads you to a place where you have the final say of what it meant to you. It gives you your own freedom to heal. I love it so much. The songs bless my ears and my heart and my mind all at the same time.

Dark Love hits me hard but it's not violent in it's touching, it's more like a kiss on the cheek that lingers hours or days after you were in the room with love, that is what makes it my favorite song from Under Northern Skies. A gorgeous album from beginning to finish. Same Skies gives me chills and Lonely In This Love is equally a blessing and vocally my favorite of the album.

I feel so much for all the songs from Sprained Ankle that it is hard to put into words. The songs are poetic but not hard to understand. You know exactly where Julien has taken you to in each song but you don't feel like you walked a marathon and you need to rest from it, you feel like each step makes you stronger and you could run a marathon afterwards. Half way through a piece of you broke but you know she is there too and that it's all going to be okay, even if it isn't. So I suppose that is what I feel when I hear them, I go to them when I am fragile and they bring me strength. My favorite songs to break and grow strong from is Something and Everybody Does.