The creativity you have been holding back was never yours to control. It was always asking to move through you.In this episode of Women Awakening, Cynthia James speaks with Lisa Ferraro, jazz vocalist, author, and spiritual teacher, for a soulful conversation about what happens when a woman stops managing her creativity and lets it move freely through her. They trace Lisa's path from a Pittsburgh backyard where she sang before she could tell if the music was coming from inside her or outside her, through her work with the late Erika Louquette on projects like their Rumi album, to the retreats and coaching she now leads through SoulCall Global.Lisa shares how she taught herself to sing across nearly five octaves because there was no piano in the house to tell her which notes were high or low, and how a Turkish word for threshold, dervish, later helped her understand her own body as a portal between worlds. She talks about presencing a single note before it ever meets another, the same principle she uses in her coaching, and about growing up in a family where a good story was its own kind of inheritance. She also opens up about learning to hold space long before she called it spiritual work, watching her mother orchestrate family gatherings and later performing at high end events for decades, and she recalls a striking memory of singing alongside Erika and realizing neither of them needed to become the other. They were both tuning into something bigger than themselves, above their own heads, letting that bigger thing sing through them at the same time.Watch the full episode and meet the woman who stops asking what the world needs and starts asking what makes her come alive. Subscribe to Women Awakening and visit https://www.cynthiajames.net/.Enjoy the podcast? Subscribe and leave a 5-star review on your favorite platforms.Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/women-awakening-with-cynthia-james/id1479431168Lisa Ferraro is a jazz vocalist, author, and spiritual teacher who has spent nearly three decades producing creativity and inspirational retreats internationally through SoulCall Global. Born in Pittsburgh to a father who immigrated from Italy, she taught herself to sing across nearly five octaves before she ever studied music formally, and later charted on the Billboard Jazz chart alongside Houston Person. Her body of work with the late Erika Louquette, including the Rumi project, treats music as a portal for the divine to move through, an idea that carries into how she coaches vocalists and everyday people to presence a single note or moment before trying to shape it. Long before she called any of it spiritual work, she was learning how to build spaces that hold people, from watching her mother orchestrate family gatherings to performing at high end events for decades. Her work invites women to trust that their own creativity, courageously followed, is exactly what the world is asking for.Connect with Lisa Ferraro:Website: https://www.soulcallglobal.org/ Music: https://lisaferraro.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/LisaFerraroSings/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/LisaYFerraro/Cynthia James is a transformational speaker, emotional integration coach, and host of the Women Awakening podcast. With a background as a former actress and Star Search champion, she brings creativity and depth to her work. Cynthia holds master's degrees in consciousness studies and spiritual psychology. Author of 6 bestselling and award-winning books, including I Choose Me: The Art of Being A Phenomenally Successful Woman at Home and at Work. Through her global retreats, coaching, and speaking, she helps women step into their power, live authentically, and lead with purpose.Connect with Cynthia James:Website: https://www.cynthiajames.net/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cynthia-james-enterprises/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatWillSetYouFree Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiajames777/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthiajamestransforms