Connection Matters Podcast

Coming Home to Yourself with FIA

Episode Summary

In this beautiful episode with inspirational musician and creative FIA we discuss what it means to come home to yourself. How do we connect to source and really listen so that we can share our own innate gifts with the world in a good way, for the benefit of all beings. Fia's unique journey in finding spirituality and inner wisdom through and with her music is a source of inspiration for all.

Episode Notes

Things we talk about in this episode

• How such words of clarity and insight come through
• Where the journey to a more spiritual perspective began
• Seeking connection and meaning
• Ingspacka- community- a place of seekers, healing, inspiring journeys, singing together sense of home.
• I’m not weird any more, people who are similar to me
• Finding a place where I was inspired welcome, home, a place personal discovery
• The feeling of coming back to ‘real life’ after feeling being in a connected community- feeling challenged by parents, society, everything
• The journey of coming home to self
• When the Songs started to come
• First song- Shedding skins
• The awakening journey
• Personal practices
• Life as a sensitive person
• Creating ceremony to manifest.- beauty-offerings- listening- gratitude
• The power of physically planting a seed and watering it.
• Trusting that all the forces are working in our favour
• The importance of putting the energy into what we create.
• Giving humility respect joy-
• If it is it in my highest good
• Devotee of the goddess
• Nordic folklore nordic shamanism - connected to the land
• Bringing our gifts to the world is a responsibility

Fia's music tracks in this episode 

Shedding Skins - Made of Stars

Time for Greatness- Waterfall of Wisdom

Pheonix- Waterfall of Wisdom

Links mentioned in this episode

• Support us on Patreon - www.patreon.com/connectionmatterspodcast
• Our website is www.livewild.org.uk/connectionmatterspodcast
• Connect with us on instagram https://www.instagram.com/livewilduk/
• My personal instagram is  https://www.instagram.com/leona.connection.matters/
• The music for this podcast is -Hermosa Dia by Ray Johnson https://soundcloud.com/visionray
•    THIS IS FIA INTRO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_GoHtN66bM
•    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0MqfYdygGLnHjhmXc9yDeH
•    Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/fiasmusicofficial
•    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisisfiamusic
•    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisfiamusic/
•    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisisfiamusic?source=h5_m
•    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnwes0uIL9yIobUL5Jo6Aew
•    Website: https://fiasmusicofficial.com/
• The spiritual healing centre Fia mentions in the podcast- https://www.angsbacka.com/

Biography

Based in the countryside north of Stockholm, Fia Forsström (known mononymously as Fia) is a folk pop singer/songwriter who with her inspirational lyrics, empowering songs, and catchy melodies quickly enchanted hearts all over world with the release of her solo debut ”Made of Stars” in 2016 which was crowdfunded together with her fans. Building a solid platform through social media and word of mouth, Fia took her place as one of the leading voices on the motivational music scene with ”Legacy of Light” (2017) and ”Waterfall of Wisdom” (2019), both of them recorded and released with the help of her loving listeners.

Fia was born in 1994 in Kista, Sweden. She began playing the oboe and writing songs at the age of 10. During her teenage years she picked up the guitar and piano being part of different ensembles while attending the music program at Westerlundska High School. She released her solo debut ”Made of Stars” in 2016 independently with the support of fans, and in 2017 Fia garnered even more widespread acclaim with the follow up ”Legacy of Light”. At this point Fia was a known name in the personal development community and her star continued to rise with ”Waterfall of Wisdom” released in 2019 which wrapped up the acoustic album trilogy.

In 2020, her music was featured in a meditation app developed by the University of California Santa Barbara Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential, bringing her songs to high school students all over the US.