About this episode

Hunter Hayes discusses the emotional challenges behind his music and the journey to find his true identity beyond external validation.

With campuses near Nashville and San Diego,Onsite supports people navigating burnout, relationship strain, addiction, trauma, or the sense that life feels off. Learn more at experienceonsite.com or call 1-800-341-7432. A simple conversation can be the first step toward livingmore fully. What if the music you've been making your whole life was actually the therapy you never knew you needed? What if chasing someone else's version of success is the very thing keeping you from discovering who you actually are? Hunter Hayes has been on stages since he was a toddler. He earned Grammy nominations before most people have figured out what they want to do with their lives. He toured with Taylor Swift, scored radio hits, and built the kind of career that looks flawless from the outside. But behind all of it was a kid whofelt deeply lonely, who learned early that love and acceptance were things you earned by performing, and who spent years chasing a version of success that someone else had defined for him. In this episode, Hunter goes into the emotional terrain behind his music: the relationship between performance and belonging, the cost of tying your identity to external validation from…

People in this episode

Host: Miles Adcox

Guest: Hunter Hayes

Topics covered

• mental health
• identity
• success
• music therapy
• personal growth
• performance
• belonging

Keywords

• Hunter Hayes
• music therapy
• identity
• success
• mental health
• performance
• belonging
• Onsite
• therapy
• personal growth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Onsite, Taylor Swift, experienceonsite.com

Places: Nashville, San Diego

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