Singer-songwriter WYLDE shares her journey of auditioning for The X Factor at 16, and how she continued pursuing her dream after being turned down on stage by Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato.

In this conversation, she reflects on moving to LA with no job, car, or money, and how a small act of kindness toward a stranger on her first night changed the course of her career. She also opens up about the darkest season of her life, a year and a half spent battling depersonalization and anxiety she hid from almost everyone. That pain later became the heart behind her single "Stay Alive," a song she wrote during a spontaneous solo trip to Kauai.

If you've ever questioned your own voice or felt like a hard season would never end, this episode is a reminder that darkness is often a doorway for light to come in.