Missy Higgins, being. with Lael Stone | The Songs That Hold Us ♥︎
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Ah, the human experience with our flaws, our passions, our triggers, our inspirations and our imprints. If we could see behind everyone's story, then perhaps what we would have is deep compassion. In this podcast, I get the chance to explore these stories from some truly fascinating people in some honest and heartwarming conversations. And best of all, I get to share these discussions with you. I'm Lael Stone, and this is Humans Being. Welcome to Humans Being, I'm Lael Stone. My humanness for this week has been all about old patterns resurfacing. So just when you think that you've done the work or you think that you have dealt with something big, then something happens in your world and it just kind of like slaps you in the face again.
And just recently I've had something like that happen, something that I thought that I'd really worked through, I'd put down and I've healed that piece and then another little element popped up. And my first thought when it happened was like, haven't we done this? Like, I'm so bored of this story or this pattern. Yet I realised there was still a little bit more to lean into or a little bit more to touch into. And I think the older I get, the more I'm realizing is that we're never actually done. And maybe these big things that have the layers, maybe they do continue to turn up and instead of bothering us for a day, maybe it's an hour or maybe it's 10 minutes or maybe it's a minute or maybe you just notice it and then you let it go in that moment.
But it really did remind me about how tender we are as humans and how often these beautiful things pop up in our lives to keep us connected to who we really are, to help us let go of the things that no longer serve us. And to really touch into, I think, our humanity that no one's really got it together, right? We're all kind of moving through this big cycle. planet trying to find our way in whatever way we can so it really did i think this week remind me to um to be deeply compassionate to myself but also to the journey of others where we're all just trying to to find our way through so that is my humanness for this week if you have something that keeps repeating or a pattern that keeps turning up i invite you to turn towards it gently and uh maybe have a conversation with it and not be as mean as i did to be like oh god damn
Thought we'd done that. Tenderness is always a good way to roll. All right. My guest today, which I have to say, I am just so incredibly honoured because this woman's voice, I feel, has been with me for close to 20 plus years. It is such an incredible honour to welcome Missy Higgins today. Hello. Hello. Thank you. I'm so happy to have you here. For those of you who don't know who Missy is, Missy Higgins is a Melbourne-born singer-songwriter whose career spans more than two decades. She came to national attention in 2001 when her debut entry in Triple J's Unearthed competition, a song she'd written for a school assignment, went on to win and to get added to the station's playlist. Her debut album, The Sound of White, became one of the best-selling Australian albums of its era.
Certified nine times platinum and launched a run of ARIA wins that included Album of the Year, Best Female Artist and Best Pop Release. By 2024, she had accumulated nine ARIA awards and was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. Her most recent album, The Second Act, debuted at number one on the ARIA chart and won Best Adult Contemporary Album at the 2025 ARIAs. It was described upon release as the most raw and personal work of her career, written in the aftermath of her divorce, largely recorded alone at night in her home studio once the children were asleep. She's now in a new relationship, is a mother to two neurodiverse children while navigating her own recent ADHD diagnosis and actively reshaping her sense of self post-divorce.
And in Missy's own description, I love this. She says, I'm an Australian singer-songwriter who writes lyrically driven, ultra-personal songs and sings in my own accent.
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Chapters
6 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–12:45
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What insights does Missy Higgins share about her songwriting process?
12:45–22:50
3
How has Missy navigated her identity through divorce and ADHD?
22:50–32:18
4
How does Missy describe the impact of her music on her audience?
32:18–38:31
5
What challenges does Missy face in parenting neurodiverse children?
38:31–1:02:59
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What lessons has Missy learned about self-compassion and vulnerability?
1:02:59–1:07:24
Speakers
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