260. Finding your voice, with Adassa from Encanto

Today’s episode features a very special guest, Hadassa Candiani, known professionally as Adassa, whom you may recognize as the voice of Dolores Madrigal in Disney’s Encanto. In this vulnerable conversation, I get to talk with Adassa about what it means to keep showing up—for your family, your work, and yourself.

Adassa shares her experience of surviving a Covid-related paralysis that nearly ended her career and left her unable to sing, move, or care for her children. Her healing came through her faith and husband’s support. We also talk about how creative expression through writing her memoir, combined with music, gave her a new outlet for healing, as well as breaking down the stigma around struggles.

Adassa is an Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe winning artist and a featured vocalist on the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.” A Colombian American mother of seven, she has performed alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda (who is kind of a hero in our household), Pitbull, Snoop Dogg, and Megan Thee Stallion. Her debut memoir, Love Keeps Showing Up: Music, Messes, and Miracles, releases alongside a ten-track country album, both telling the story of a woman who kept going with when everything said stop.

If you are facing challenges in your life that seem overwhelming and need a little inspiration to keep going, you will certainly enjoy listening to this delightful interview.

And stay tuned for a little extra at the end!

Get to know Adassa:

Book recommendations:

The Giver: A Story About Conformity, Control, and Society, by Lois Lowry
The Sunshine Mind: 100 Days to Finding the Hope and Joy Y o u Want, by Tanya Radd and Raquelle Stevens

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