Bestselling memoirist Ellen Newhouse is branching out into songwriting with the upcoming release of her debut single, Dream Stealer.
The deeply personal track serves as a “love letter” to Ellen’s younger self and a message of empowerment for survivors of abuse. Ellen, who grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts and later moved to New York City, overcame a traumatic and violent childhood – a journey she wrote about in her bestselling memoir Nothing Ever Goes On Here and her one-woman show of the same name.
For the last 35 years, Ellen has worked as a healer integrating acupuncture, sound healing and transformational coaching to help others heal from their own traumatic pasts and transform their lives Now at the age of 65, she has channeled her own harrowing experiences and her deep emotional compass into a catalog of 15 songs she’ll begin sharing on streaming platforms in 2025.
Ellen, who now lives in Seattle, says: “When I started writing songs, the creativity just poured out of me. Like my memoir, Dream Stealer is about my journey to break free from the generational chains of abuse and learn to thrive.
“The beauty of a song over the written word is there is an element of ambiguity, so it means different things to different people, depending on what they have gone through. When people listen to it, they relate it to their own life, their own difficult experiences and it becomes personal to them.”
Dream Stealer has already been placed in an upcoming film called Unseen, which is a psychological thriller which deals with abuse. And it will be available across music streaming platforms from January 17, 2025.
Ellen adds: “The message behind the song is the same as the message in everything I do. No matter what has gone on in your life, you can heal and create the life you love.
“I want the song to give people hope – don’t let anybody steal your dreams. A light is always there to guide us, even when we find ourselves in the greatest darkness of our lives.
“Towards the end of the song, there is a line which says, ‘My innocence held me strong’ and I think this is so important. Even though the world might tell us otherwise at times, our greatest strength is truly our vulnerability, love and our love for ourselves.
“You cannot heal anything unless you first begin by loving yourself.”
Find out more about Ellen and her work at www.ellennewhouse.com
