From the mind of Michelle Markwart Deveaux…
Do you own a business that helps people use their voice? I do too. Here on the FcK blog, I do my best to provide actionable tips, words of wisdom, and high fives of encouragement so that running your voice related business will be easy and feed your soul.
The Teeter-Totter of Guilt and Resentment in Business
Navigate the guilt and resentment of running your own business with ease. Get our actionable tips to set boundaries and protect your time in this article.
When “Happy New Year” Makes You Wanna Panic
New Year, Same You? That’s perfectly fine. Let’s embrace change on our terms in 2025 — slow, steady, and maybe a little grumpy.
Value-Based Pricing in the Arts
I cannot implore you enough: please stop selling your time. Time is merely a tool to deliver what we sell. One way to move from this paradigm is value-based pricing. Learn what value-based pricing looks like, especially for vocal coaching & voice teaching.
“Picking my Brain” isn’t free so stop pretending that it is.
This week on FB, I ranted. You can watch it here. The premise of my...
Your Business Model Tells People How to Treat You
Intentional or not - we executing our work in a transactional way or...
How to Conjure Up HUGE Scary Vision
Jack Canfield says, "You only have control over three things in your...
We Voice Professionals have SuperPowers
We voice professionals have superpowers. We have the great potential...
Decision Ninja: BE ONE in 2021
Be a decision ninja in 2021 and give decisions a kick in the butt....
How to Fire a Student. Hint: DON’T
Do you have folks in your studio or business that you're feeling way...
The Key to Implementation: It’s not the planning
This month, The SpeakEasy Cooperative is talking about planning. One of the themes that keeps coming up is that pesky concept of implementation. Today I will show you five strategic points that lead to failure to implement on your plans. Then, I will dive deep into two of them.
If I Quit Facebook Will I Destroy My Voice?
When it's time to take a good hard look at our relationship with...
I Already Know How to be a Coach, Don’t I?
So why should I bother having one for myself? Maybe you've asked...
I see you fearing that you’ve become irrelevant.
I see you even though you've potato bugged into a careful self...
10 Work-life Balance Tips: How to Make it all Work
Michelle tackles a forum question about how to make it all work when you AND your partner are both working full time jobs AND raising a family. Keep these tips in mind to get inspired and achieve your #worklifebalance.