What does it mean to discover what is truly ours to do?
In this episode of A Song for All of Us, Lisa Littlebird sits down for part 2 of 3 conversations this season with collaborating song weaver and composer Lyndsey Scott, to explore the lived experience behind Wholehearted Chorus’s 2026 season theme: “In an overwhelming world, what is mine to do?”
Lyndsey and Lisa reveal some of the hidden layers inside their curriculum this season… the resistance, vulnerability, and learning to hold the parts of ourselves that simply don’t want to do the work. Together, they acknowledge the value of being witnessed as whole human beings on a spiritual journey—not as polished or perfected versions of ourselves.
They also explore the mysterious way songs come into being, including the birth of Lyndsey and Lisa'’s new song “Love Is My Name,” created with Alexis Davis through a practice of intention, silence, attunement, and listening. The conversation includes love as a way of being, the power of compassion to interrupt cycles of trauma, and song as a kind of original currency connecting us across different stories and beliefs.
Lyndsey also shares the story behind “The Way Knows,” a wildly popular song in community singing circles that emerged in 2019 while she was biking across the Midwest and wrestling with questions of motherhood, purpose, trust, and surrender.
This is a conversation about listening deeply—to our bodies, our lives, one another, and whatever wisdom may be moving through us. About becoming more comfortable with silence and not knowing. And about discovering that sometimes the way forward isn't something we figure out. It's something we learn to feel.
Come listen, sing, and remember: you don't have to know the way. The way knows the way.
A Song For All Of Us: asongforallofus.org
Wholehearted Chorus: wholeheartedchorus.org
Wholehearted Chorus October Concert Tickets: wholeheartedchorus.org/tickets
Lyndsey Scott: https://www.lyndseyscott.earth/
Lyndsey’s New EP, including “Love is My Name”: https://lyndseyscott.bandcamp.com/
The Way Knows: https://lyndseyscott.bandcamp.com/track/the-way-knows or the Wholehearted Chorus arrangement: https://thebirdsings.com/thewayknows/
