 "It has been a pretty tough few years for me and my girlfriends, a very tumultuous, emotional time.Fortunately, everyone has come through the other side now," she says.Many of the songs on "Transmutant" were inspired by the pain of others — her husband Zac after his mentor died ("Gratitude"), her best friend Nina ("Broken") and a man crying as he farewelled his daughters at the airport ("Goodbyes").