“The greatest gift you can give the world is to tell your truth.”

~ Cheryl Walters

Welcome to Guiding Song!

Guiding Song is the creative work of Marieke Slovin Lewis. Marieke is a folk musician, writer, yogi, and editor. She uses a method of songwriting called Story-to-Song (STS) to guide people from around the world through the process of shaping their stories into songs. STS has its roots in the oral folk music tradition of writing songs from stories. It is a collaborative process, which creates opportunities for empathy, connection, and empowerment.

To learn about the Story-to-Song method, visit: Origins of Story-to-Song

To learn more about the Guiding Song team, visit: Marieke and Sarah

Migration Songs are highlighted in the Episode 9 of the podcast

“Crossings: The Refugee Experience in America“

We are honored to have been invited to share our migration songs on Episode 9: Songs of Migration in Belgium for the podcast Crossings: The Refugee Experience in America. Special thanks to the host and developers of the podcast, Vincent Hostak and Janice Pugh Wohler.

Performing Migration Songs in Brussels

In this video, I perform the migration song “Never Give Up” with musician and composer, Pierre Michaud at Den Teirling in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium in February 2020.