She is best known for her top ten hit "World Keeps Spinning" in 1997, on the album Behan Johnson.

[2][3] She began songwriting at age seven and performing live at sixteen, after high school she moved to New York city with her godparents, Abbie Hoffman and Johanna Lawrenson,[4] who introduced her to the counter-culture movement and the venue Max's Kansas City.

[5] As an entrepreneur, Behan formed the music-themed fashion label Goretti with Desiree Kohan.

[6][7] Behan is the founder and director of Compassionate Care Foundation, a cancer victim advocacy group.

[8][9] In 2014, Behan suffered a snowmobiling accident which included broken bones and facial lacerations, avoiding plastic-surgery, she developed a line of skincare nutrients which she currently markets as Modicum.