This one’s for the ones who hold it together, show up, check in, and keep going—even when they’re tired. Songs for putting down the weight, letting go of the pressure, and remembering you don’t always have to be the strong one.

Find all the songs I mentioned or alluded to in Soundtrack 1 in this playlist.

Welcome to the B-side. Well, I’ve already been unable to achieve my goal of writing a post a week. That’s actually only partially true, as I’ve been working on this…

So here I am … one week later, and the Songbird Soundtracks — the playlists I’ve been building — officially begin. An admission: I’ve been working on the first playlist…