It’s my birthday.

So instead of interviewing someone else, I’m walking you through the 10 songs that made me.

Not my favorite songs.
Not the songs I DJ.

These are the songs that built me.

From night swimming at 15…
to Beastie Boys side-stage moments…
to DJing alone in my in-laws’ basement during the pandemic…

This episode is a real-time look at how music became my identity, my career, and my way through.

If you really listen, you might start to hear your own story too.

WHAT YOU’LL HEAR

• Why the music you loved as a teenager hits different (and always will)
• How songs become emotional anchors in your nervous system
• The real stories behind the 10 songs that made me
• How I turned music into a career, a modality, and a life
• The exact way I use songs to connect intention + identity

THE PLAYLIST: 10 SONGS THAT MADE ME

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3GNUTc0NnJVKVTsSfSbTKQ?si=e4425cbcf3774281

1. Night Swimming – R.E.M.
2. Gratitude – Beastie Boys
3. Yellow Ledbetter – Pearl Jam
4. Sonnet – The Verve
5. Rain On Me – Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
6. Justify My Thug – Jay-Z
7. In the Light – Led Zeppelin
8. Where You Are – John Summit
9. You’re A Star – Fred again.. & Amyl and the Sniffers

(yes, I said 10, no I don’t follow rules perfectly)

STORIES FROM THIS EPISODE

• The night I jumped into a lake at 15 and felt my life begin
• Watching the Beastie Boys from side stage after they found me
• Accidentally ending up alone in Eddie Vedder’s trailer
• Sneaking into a Verve afterparty at 19 and realizing access is a mindset
• DJing to no one during COVID—and building everything from there

A FEW LINES THAT SHAPED ME

“If you don’t give me heaven, I’ll raise hell till it’s heaven.” – Jay-Z

“I’d rather be dry, but at least I’m alive.” – Lady Gaga

“Just believe and you can do no wrong.” – Led Zeppelin

TRY THIS (FROM THE EPISODE)

Make your own list:

10 songs that made you.

Not your favorites.
Not the “cool” ones.

The ones that:

• take you back instantly
• hold a memory in your body
• feel like a version of you

Then ask:
Who was I when I loved this?
What did I need?
What part of me is still here?

Send it to me:
musicistherapypod@gmail.com
(and tell me if I can share it)

COME TO THE LIVE SESSION

I’m teaching a live Music Connection Therapy session on Zoom.
We’ll actually do this work together.

Saturday March 21st
1PM EST
https://mct.hestaprynn.com/bday-training

LINKS + RESOURCES

• Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3GNUTc0NnJVKVTsSfSbTKQ?si=b8cbc2e9534d4079
• Substack: https://hestaprynn.substack.com/
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/hestaprynnmusic
• Course: mct.hestaprynn.com

COMING NEXT

Next week: Devi Brown on inner wisdom vs. external noise

Next month: COMMUNITY
Featuring Diallo Riddle, Alan Light, Shervin Lainez, and Heidi from Friends From New York

IF THIS EPISODE HIT

Send it to someone who shaped you through music.
Or someone you want to understand better.

And if you’re here… really here…
I’m glad you are.

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