3. The Story Behind the Song: Last Breath
On The Edge with Stephanie Quayle
Release Date: 03/22/2023
8. Story Behind the Song: Only Good Will Come Of This
On The Edge with Stephanie Quayle
Have you ever been so worn down by your circumstances that it seemed impossible to believe there could be anything good on the other side? Just twenty-four hours after her late boyfriend's unexpected passing, Stephanie was feeling everything and nothing at the same time. Yet in the blur of grief, her mom kept repeating to her something she would never forget. “I promise you, only good will come of this.” It was a promise that would give her the purpose to get through and ultimately became what inspired Track 8, Only Good Will Come of This. Join Stephanie as she shares how...
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7. Story Behind the Song: The Edge
On The Edge with Stephanie Quayle
Have you ever been brought to the edge of yourself? No matter the journey, when we reach that pivotal fork in the road, we are all faced with the question: Will I let this take me under or will I choose to find the strength to keep going? After the revelations of Stephanie’s late boyfriend's infidelities, she was shattered. But what she would come to learn is that pushing forward is not the same as being present to your pain. And that is exactly where her battle cry, The Edge, came from. Tune into today’s episode to hear some of the lessons she learned as she journeyed to...
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6. Story Behind the Song: Strange Club
On The Edge with Stephanie Quayle
Have you ever found yourself belonging to a club you didn’t sign up for? Maybe a circumstance only happened to you but somehow along the way you keep finding people who share a similar experience. In learning that Stephanie wasn’t the only woman in her late boyfriend's life, she suddenly found herself a lifetime member of a strange club. A sisterhood of women who, though they had never met, were forever bound together by the colliding stories of his infidelities. As Stephanie walked the long road forward, Track 6, Strange Club, became a representation of a turning point in her...
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5. Story Behind the Song: Fiction
On The Edge with Stephanie Quayle
Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a circumstance in your life and wished you had the pen to rewrite the plot entirely? I mean, aren’t we supposed to be the main character of our own story? Just a few weeks after her late boyfriend’s passing, Stephanie found herself trying to acclimate to a new reality. Even though her whole world had come to a screeching halt, time kept moving. It felt impossible to imagine that she could return to doing anything that she loved ever again, especially returning to her music. Thankfully, those closest to her knew that that was in fact the...
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4. Story Behind the Song: Charmed
On The Edge with Stephanie Quayle
Have you ever found yourself in a relationship trying to quiet the subtle nudge that something just isn’t quite right? Or, when red flags kept finding their way in front of you, you were just so smitten you chose to let them slide? After Stephanie’s late boyfriend passed, she found herself trying to pick up the pieces of what she thought her relationship was and the actual reality of it. From the view of the other side, she wrote the fourth song on her album, Charmed, a light-hearted recount of the beginning and end of their relationship and an anthem of solidarity for anyone who has...
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3. The Story Behind the Song: Last Breath
On The Edge with Stephanie Quayle
Have you ever been left without answers after the ending of a relationship? How do you move on when you so desperately are seeking closure through these answers? In this episode, Stephanie is taking you behind the scenes of Track 3 from her album, Last Breath, as she chronicles in song how she was able to move forward in life without answers from her late boyfriend to the questions that were keeping her stuck. Tune in to this episode to hear: How Stephanie initially reacted after hearing the news that she wasn’t the only woman in her late boyfriend’s life, The change...
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2. The Story Behind the Song: Like She Is
On The Edge with Stephanie Quayle
Have you ever experienced a life changing impact from the most unexpecting person in your life? For Stephanie, it was her late boyfriend’s daughter. The one she helped raise during her 4-year relationship with her father. After his death, Stephanie’s love for his daughter remained - and her instinct to protect her became a primary purpose in her life. This is what Track 2, Like She Is, is all about. Tune in to this episode to hear how her love of this child inspired the second, and most chronologically accurate song, on her album, On The Edge. You’ll hear: How this song directly...
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1. The Story Behind the Song: The Lost Years
On The Edge with Stephanie Quayle
Is there a time period in your life you wish you could get back? After learning of the longevity of her late boyfriend’s infidelity, Stephanie was forced into a season of reflection of not only the relationship, but also herself. Tune in to this episode to hear how this time of reflection inspired the first song on her album, The Lost Years. You’ll hear: Behind the scenes of the songwriting process, Her favorite lines from the song (and hopefully yours, too!), How she took ownership to make lasting change in her life, and The concept of Borrowing Courage that will...
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INTRODUCING: On The Edge Podcast Trailer
On The Edge with Stephanie Quayle
“I just thought he had a lot of exes.” When musician, songwriter, and mental health advocate, Stephanie Quayle, attended her long-term boyfriend’s memorial service with his daughter, she knew facing the grief of his plane accident would be overwhelming. What she didn’t know was the blindsiding betrayal she was about to uncover. Welcome to the On the Edge Podcast with Stephanie Quayle. On this season of the podcast, Stephanie will be chronicling the behind scenes of each song off her latest album, On The Edge – which follows the stranger than fiction storyline of finding out the truth...
info_outlineHave you ever been left without answers after the ending of a relationship? How do you move on when you so desperately are seeking closure through these answers?
In this episode, Stephanie is taking you behind the scenes of Track 3 from her album, Last Breath, as she chronicles in song how she was able to move forward in life without answers from her late boyfriend to the questions that were keeping her stuck.
Tune in to this episode to hear:
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How Stephanie initially reacted after hearing the news that she wasn’t the only woman in her late boyfriend’s life,
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The change to Last Breath suggested by the producer that changed the song,
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How Stephanie initially coped with the pain, and how you may relate to this, too -
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What you ACTUALLY need to move forward in life, and
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Why you shouldn’t limit the pain you feel during a hard time.
Even if your relationship didn’t end with the death of a loved one, sometimes it can feel like that when they walk out of your life. Closure is hard without answers - but healing is attainable nonetheless.
Tune in to find the courage you need to pursue wholeness in life and dive into the story behind Stephanie’s vulnerable song as she asks:
“Would you leave me questioning everything you ever said, if you knew it was your last breath?”
Quotes from the episode:
When you limit your ability to feel the pain, you limit your ability to feel joy, too.
You don’t need closure to move on. You need something else: healing.
You have to feel it to be able to heal it.
Listen to the full album On The Edge and track 3 Last Breath here:
https://streamlink.to/OnTheEdgeAlbum
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