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Published: Dec. 15, 2023, 10 a.m.

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On today\'s Friday edition, we chat with Grace Graber! In many ways, Grace Graber is the voice of a rising movement full of people who believe that maybe both faith and mental health matter \\u2014 in fact, maybe they\\u2019re inextricably intertwined.

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With a pop-punk sound in the playful yet heartfelt tradition of Avril Lavigne, Grace\\u2019s musical message runs in tandem with her viral social media presence. Her candid conversations about mental health, music, and her faith resonate with followers who immediately feel a kinship with her genuine heart. Part of that authenticity stems from the fact that Grace Graber has lived a journey very similar to her listeners.

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\\u201cThis ministry, the rest of my music, none of this is about me,\\u201d Grace is quick to say. \\u201cIt\\u2019s about what God wants to do in His people, specifically through mental health. That\\u2019s an epidemic right now. We need to be talking about it more. I\\u2019m not doing music for me, to get on radio, to get signed. I\\u2019m doing music to save lives.\\u201d

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Not too long ago, Grace Graber was a suicidal teenager struggling with PTSD from severe bullying. Music gave her the ability to survive\\u2014 specifically, a Hawk Nelson song that met her where she was. In a glorious full-circle moment, Hawk Nelson\\u2019s founding vocalist Jason Dunn would later feature on Grace\\u2019s song \\u201cThis One\\u2019s For You,\\u201d a track from the Conversations EP that was written for anyone in a place like the one she walked through.

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\\u201cI feel like God opened more doors to healing,\\u201d Grace reflects. \\u201cIt was like opening up a wound and forcing myself to feel some trauma that I didn\'t realize I could still feel. Now that I have a therapist and a team, now that I\\u2019ve done this collaboration and I\'m in a healthy place, I\'m able to find resolution to it all for my teenage self, who is content and happy and feels valued.\\u201d

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Songs like \\u201cThe Light\\u201d and \\u201cDo It For Me\\u201d speak to some of that possibility of healing, with Grace being fixed on the core message: \\u201cif God can do it for me, He can do it for anybody.\\u201d\\xa0

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\\xa0Her latest single, \'Superficiality\' is out now!

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@gracegrabermusic

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