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Lowry Olafson is a multi-faceted human being. He is a songwriter, a performer, a husband, a lover, a father, a friend, an inspiration and a professional speaker who incorporates his music into his keynotes. During today\\u2019s podcast, he shares his music, his message, and his secrets.

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His Songs and Their Stories

Lowry uses songs to connect with others. All of his 9 albums have a different theme which represents the feelings he was having during those periods of his life. He says a songwriter uses a powerful melody to reach a deeper place in people.

If Not You Then Who? - This very personal song was written with his friend John Cowell. John and Lowry started writing this song shortly before John died of cancer. Lowry performed this song at John\\u2019s Celebration of Life. It stands as a legacy to John\\u2019s life. The title came from Lowry\\u2019s wife\\u2019s high school teacher.

Bread & Honey - From the album titled Days that Disappear Too Soon, Lowry wrote this song for his mother who died when he was 13. It was such a shock that he disconnected his heart and put her death out of his mind until he was 25, at a therapy session. He says his mother channeled this piano song to him and when he plays them for an audience it reconnects him to his emotions.\\xa0

Borderland - This song came to Lowry in a dream while he was sleeping in a cheap motel room. Most of the song wrote itself and then as he was leaving town, he passed a sign that read \\u201cYou are now leaving the borderlands\\u201d and it completed the song perfectly. One of his favorite lines is in this song, which is \\u201cMy head\'s so full of dreams I could not hear my heart\\u201d.

Three Quarter Time - This song was inspired by Lowry\\u2019s daughter. He was in a particularly morose mood when she innocently asked him to skip with her. He reluctantly joined in and the act of skipping transformed his mood instantly.

Blanket in the Cold - This is Lowry\\u2019s favorite song that he has ever written. It is from his Back Again album. During a campfire song circle at Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, every time it came around and was Lowry\\u2019s turn to play another song he decided to play this one over and over.\\xa0

His album Solid Ground was influenced by him becoming a father.

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Is There Really Safety in Silence?

Lowry shares one of his truths in this episode. He shares his truth because he knows other people may be going through the same thing. And, hearing someone else\\u2019s truth may help them to deal with unnecessary feelings of shame. Lowry first knew he was attracted to guys in high school but because of where he grew up, in Canada, he kept this information to himself and never told anybody. He wasn\\u2019t comfortable hiding the fact that he was clearly attracted to men and women and it made him feel like he was rejecting part of who he is. But a bisexual is not who Lowry is, Lowry is a warm-hearted, creative human being who just happens to be bisexual.

To find out more about Lowry\\u2019s full body of work and an opportunity to join one of his workshops you can find him here at LowryOlafson.com