Today we’d like to introduce you to Natalie Sweet.

Hi Natalie, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
A few years ago, I was just in a low place—grieving, exhausted, kind of numb. I didn’t know how to talk about what I was feeling, so I started journaling. Writing has always been easier for me than saying things out loud.

Eventually, those journal entries turned into songs. Songs of lament and hope. There’s just something healing about singing your prayers, you know? One night, my husband overheard me singing one of them and said, ‘You need to share that.’ I wasn’t quite ready yet. I knew I needed some guidance. That’s when I met Shellee Layne, a singer-songwriter who became a mentor and helped me see that honesty is what makes a song powerful. We ended up writing my first single, ‘Stay Right Here,’ together, and it opened the door for everything that came next.