Louisa Love is a singer and healer whose music journey began with a deep commitment to creating meaningful and authentic songs. Her debut album, "The Glow," is a powerful expression of decades of life experience and holistic healing.
I was born in Cape Town, South Africa where I grew up in the national botanical gardens called Kirstenbosch, nestled in the backyard of the beautiful Table Mountain. I was a wild child, and a tomboy, and spent most of my time roaming free, climbing trees and giant rocks, and exploring the mountain paths.
My idyllic sounding childhood also had a very dark side. Unfortunately I was the victim of childhood sexual abuse from my maternal grandfather, but even worse than this was the daily emotional abuse I suffered at home. Aged fifteen I became so desperate to escape and felt so estranged that I tried to end my life.
Growing up, I knew my voice was a gift, as when I sang I was almost instantly transported into a world of what I can only describe now as a deep sense of safety, a healthy means to escape, true love and reverie. I also noticed that when I sang, that it would effect others very deeply. Age twelve, I won a singing cup at the Western Cape Eisteddfod, which spurred me on. I devoured music and even worked at our local CD shop aged 18 just so I could listen to music each day, (and for the discounts!). At this stage music was my only healing. I was a huge fan of Tori Amos, Sarah Mclachlan, Heather Nova and Portishead, to name but a few.
In my 20’s after moving to London, I became very ill with chronic fatigue and autoimmune disorder (often thought to be linked to childhood trauma). It was at this stage that I was forced to change my life, and I stopped drinking alcohol and overhauled my diet. A Kinesiologist was pivotal in my healing journey and I was so blown away I decided to train in it myself. As my physical body healed I was shown the immense amounts of childhood trauma I needed to heal, and so the real deep holistic healing journey began.
After 10 years of this in-depth healing work I began to assist and support others on their paths of healing. I’ve had a fully booked clinic for over a decade, helping hundreds of clients working as a Kinesiologist, whilst also incorporating modalities such as Emotional Freedom Technique, Australian Bushflower Essences, and recently I also became an Internal Family Systems practitioner.
What I have noticed, is that as the true path of healing begins to unfold, it unleashes a process where we are called to confront, feel and heal all of our trauma, our hidden shame and pain, our fears, limiting beliefs and negative patterns. This is why the healing path can feel so relentless and challenging at times. It is not an easy journey to take. I had to go through nearly 20 years of this deep inner healing process before I was able to create these songs (this album), and I believe this is why these songs are true healers in their own right.
However, before I was able to create my up and coming album, ‘The Glow’, I had to overcome a few hurdles along the way. After meeting with a certain producer, I was ‘lured’ with promises of US success and high-end connections. Feeling the excitement, a verbal agreement was put into place, and I paid a significant payment upfront. However I soon experienced lies, control and manipulation, and without warning, a change to our agreement. I was faced with a spiritual test: stay and continue my work with this person, but walk on eggshells and feel disempowered; or leave, pray and trust the right producer will be brought to me. Of course I chose the latter.
I walked away, grieved the dream of fame and connections, and then synchronistically was guided to a young and very talented producer who wants none of my royalties, and who is deeply in tune with my music. ‘He just gets you, your voice and songs’ one of my friends commented, and it is true. And as for fame and connections, who cares when I know Spirit is with me always, guiding me. I know I’m exactly where I am meant to be. I now see, with the wisdom of age and experience, that for me to birth this album, I needed all those years of inner healing so that I would be able to translate the magic of this alchemy authentically into this creative work.
Each and every one of these songs carry a seed of healing, and all I can do is trust that they’ll find their way to the ears and hearts of those who need to hear and feel them. I have now finished recording the first album, and have started the process of releasing singles. Not only this, but I have already begun recording the second album. I feel a fire has been lit, and there is no stopping me now.
