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A note from Sonya
Welcome, Sister.
Sometimes we don't have the words for what we're feeling. Sometimes our hearts just need a little music.
I've gathered these playlists because they've helped me through busy caregiving days, peaceful morning walks, quiet evenings, and moments when I simply needed to breathe.
Whether you're walking, journaling, praying, cooking, or just resting, I hope you'll find something here that speaks to your heart.
Take your time.
Choose the playlist that fits your spirit today.
And remember...
“Healing doesn't always begin with a conversation. Sometimes it begins with the first note of a song.”
— Sonya 💜
Chosen like a trusted friend would choose them
Curated for women seeking healing, joy, rest, and connection, these listening paths honor the soulful music that has carried our communities through love, change, caregiving, menopause, prayer, movement, and becoming.
A gentle blend of soul, acoustic warmth, and quiet affirmation for beginning without rushing.
Nina Simone · Roberta Flack · Minnie Riperton · India.Arie · Soft acoustic soul
Selected to help you greet the day grounded, hopeful, and connected to yourself before the world starts asking things of you.
💜 From Sonya
“This is what I listen to while enjoying my morning tea and getting my heart ready for the day.”Listen Now
Timeless soul, funk, and feel-good rhythm for steady steps and a lifted spirit.
Marvin Gaye · Al Green · Stevie Wonder · Earth, Wind & Fire · Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
Selected to turn a walk into moving gratitude—energizing enough to carry you, familiar enough to feel like home.
💜 From Sonya
“These songs help me stay focused on gratitude instead of the miles.”Listen Now
Quiet Storm and soulful ballads that make room for grief, tenderness, truth, and release.
Anita Baker · Luther Vandross · Phyllis Hyman · Sade · Kem
Selected for the days when healing needs softness—not advice—and the heart needs permission to feel what it feels.
💜 From Sonya
“When my heart feels tender, I choose music that lets me feel without asking me to stay in the hurt.”Listen Now
Relaxing lo-fi guitar, chill acoustic textures, soft instrumentals, and smooth jazz without pressure or noise.
Lo-fi Soul · Jazz Hip-Hop · Chill Acoustic · Soft Instrumentals · Smooth Jazz
Selected to calm the room and give your nervous system somewhere gentle to land.
💜 From Sonya
“Some days I don't need motivation—I need comfort. This helps me slow down, unclench, and breathe.”Listen Now
Neo-Soul and thoughtful lyricism for honest pages, deep questions, and listening inward.
Erykah Badu · Jill Scott · Lauryn Hill · India.Arie · Nina Simone
Selected because some truths need a quiet room, a good pen, and music that understands complexity.
💜 From Sonya
“I play this softly when I am ready to tell myself the truth on paper.”Listen Now
Instrumental gospel, sacred soul, and spacious music for prayer, meditation, and listening for what is within.
Mali Music · Instrumental Gospel · Soft R&B · Soulful Piano
Selected to support faith-filled reflection without telling you what your spiritual practice has to look like.
💜 From Sonya
“Sometimes I need fewer words and more stillness. This helps me make room to listen.”Listen Now
Classic soul, funk, and disco that brings back the smile, the shoulder move, and the good memory.
Earth, Wind & Fire · Stevie Wonder · Maze featuring Frankie Beverly · Marvin Gaye · 70s & 80s Soul
Selected because joy is part of healing too—and sometimes gratitude needs a bass line.
💜 From Sonya
“Some days the Soul Work is letting yourself smile, move, and enjoy the life that is here now.”Listen Now
Soft R&B, feminine ease, and grown-woman tenderness for choosing gentleness without apology.
Sade · Anita Baker · Kem · Quiet Storm · Soft R&B
Selected for the season when you are learning that softness can be a boundary, a strength, and a way home.
💜 From Sonya
“I spent years thinking softness had to be earned. Now I let it be part of how I care for myself.”Listen Now
Women of Neo-Soul whose music tells the truth about love, identity, worth, freedom, and becoming.
Jill Scott · Erykah Badu · Lauryn Hill · India.Arie · Nina Simone
Selected because hearing another woman name the feeling can make us feel less alone inside it.
💜 From Sonya
“These women remind me that my voice can be tender, complicated, wise, and still completely mine.”Listen Now
Quiet Storm, smooth jazz, and slow-grown soul for sunset, tea, conversation, or being still.
Sade · Anita Baker · Luther Vandross · Kem · Roberta Flack · Smooth Jazz
Selected to feel like the day has loosened its grip and you finally have nowhere else to be.
💜 From Sonya
“When my mind won't slow down, this is the kind of music that helps me settle into peace.”Listen Now
Gentle soul and instrumentals for the woman who has been holding everybody and needs a moment to be held.
Roberta Flack · Minnie Riperton · Sade · Relaxing Acoustic · Instrumental Gospel
Selected to create a small pocket of care when responsibilities are heavy and your own needs have gone quiet.
💜 From Sonya
“I know how easy it is to disappear inside caring for someone else. Let this be a few minutes that belong to you.”Listen Now
Cooling, low-stimulation soul, lo-fi, and smooth instrumentals for changing bodies and tender nerves.
Lo-fi Soul · Relaxing Acoustic · Smooth Jazz · Soft R&B · Gentle Instrumentals
Selected to support body compassion through hot flashes, restless moments, brain fog, and the need to slow down.
💜 From Sonya
“When my body is doing the most, I try to meet her with patience instead of frustration. This helps.”Listen Now
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Original Soul Work Music by Sola Rae
These original releases are embedded as playlists so you can listen directly in the Sister Soul Wellness room. Nothing plays automatically—you choose when the moment begins.
More original Soul Work Music will be added as it is released♪ Play for Your Soul Work
For honoring what was real, releasing what cannot be replaced, and letting your heart tell the truth about what it carries.
💜 From Sonya
“I play this when I need permission to honor what mattered without losing myself in what is gone.”
♪ Play for Your Soul Work
For the moment you are ready to stop swallowing your truth, reclaim your voice, and make room for what needs to be said.
💜 From Sonya
“This reminds me that peace and silence are not always the same thing. Sometimes healing begins when I finally say it out loud.”
♪ Play for Your Soul Work
For the moments when your spirit needs a gentle reminder that you can rise, return to yourself, and begin again.
💜 From Sonya
“Some days I don't need a big speech. I just need something gentle enough to help me take the next step.”
♪ Play for Your Soul Work
A gentle invitation to look beneath the roles, expectations, and old stories—and remember the woman you are still becoming.
💜 From Sonya
“I listen when I need to remember that I am more than every role I have carried for everyone else.”
The room is growing
Sonya's picks will keep growing with playlists for real moments—quiet mornings, long walks, tender days, honest journal pages, prayer, laughter, and rest.
Come back whenever you need help creating the right atmosphere for the next step in your healing.
“Let the music hold what words cannot.”
Keep chasing peace. 💜