49: Essie Jain - The Healing

Essie Jain is an English singer and songwriter, who has been performing and recording music for over two decades. Her songs have traveled far and wide out into the world and gently weaved themselves into the fabric of people’s lives, daily healing practices and stories. She has almost 600K monthly listens on Spotify.

Essie often works alongside her husband, guitarist and long term collaborator Patrick Glynn, for both recordings and live performances. They live in Los Angeles with their daughter Opal.

Most recently, Essie and Patrick made an album of folk songs together, The Rose In Bloom, which was released on March 7th, 2025

Her website Instagram

Essie on Spotify

We talked about:

· Holding space for people’s responses to our work and boundaries

· Creative collaboration with our partners

· Music and healing

· Making a living as a creative

· Founding an indie label

In the extended episode just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:

· How creativity prepares us for the challenges of parenting

· Betting the house on your creativity

· Channelling the energies of death into music

Resources Mentioned

Creatrix: she who makes

Big Magic – Liz Gilbert

Songs Featured in this Episode

O, I Love You – from Until the Light of Morning

I’m Not Afraid of the Dark– from Until the Light of Morning

The Healing from As I Return

The Blessing from As I Return

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