Archive - The Genius Within

The nervous-system-friendly ways I access emotion for songwriting

“Feeling my feelings” is the most important tool in my songwriting toolbox, but my chronically ill body can’t always handle it.

Feb 20 • Madelleine Müller (she/her)

Can’t Help Falling In Love With You [cover]

I rarely write love songs, but I do love to sing them

Feb 13 • Madelleine Müller (she/her)

Do disabled artists have to be ‘palatable’ to be seen

By ‘palatable’ I’m talking about what the music industry deems palatable, not what I think about it.

Feb 6 • Madelleine Müller (she/her)

January 2026

Behind the song: Lonely Birds

A song about the western loneliness epidemic and how we forgot those who are left behind

Jan 30 • Madelleine Müller (she/her)

Today is my birthday, and it’s a tough one

But there are good things happening too

Jan 23 • Madelleine Müller (she/her)

Ten thousand miles [traditional folk song]

I could finally sing through a whole song in one go

Jan 16 • Madelleine Müller (she/her)

2:33

Why The Genius Within

And the mysticism of songwriting

Jan 7 • Madelleine Müller (she/her)

December 2025

This is The Genius Within.

Dec 30, 2025 • Madelleine Müller (she/her)

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