The Ten Commitments to Conversation
Use these Commitments on how to choose to engage in difficult conversations, and on how you will lead them. [Download included]
Hyperbole, a New Enemy?
I use hyperbole a lot. I think it’s charming and fun, and it really calls my super big feels out and names them, so I can move on with my life. It makes for some fabulous hashtags. #allthefeels, anyone? #amIright? Yet, lately, I am beginning to see hyperbole like a...
Why You Struggle to Become a Confident Voice Business Owner
It’s time to start asking for forgiveness instead of permission in your business. Voice teachers that now run a business are stuck in a pattern. We’ve been conditioned to ask permission and beg for a place to stand. It’s time to step up, take action and start running your business with intention! I’ll explain why, and what to do next.
Mary Poppins Saved My Life
When I watched Mary Poppins Returns around Christmas last year, I ugly cried. UG-LEE.I wasn’t expecting to get hit with a ton of emotional bricks and have an illuminating transformative moment in a dark theater. And I certainly wasn’t expecting to be...
Let’s Ban the Word Busy
I’ve noticed a trend. You’re starting to get in the groove.You grow, become unfettered, increase your mission and vision in the world. You get FOCUSED. COURAGEOUS. WISE.And then, you get… busy. Or do you?Here is the charge, vocalistas: Let’s...
How the Sunk Cost Fallacy is Keeping You Down
Your best work is not behind you. It is in front of you. Your best self wasn’t in college, or grad school, or DMA program, or at yesterday’s workshop. Your intelligence, wit, selflessness, and gobsmacking amazingness didn’t end when you got a...
You Can Change Your Life. Yes, you can.
I wrote a thing for myself. A reminder. A manifest. A pep-talk. I thought you may relate, so decided to share it: Dear Self (you amazing and delightfully silly and grace-y person, you), You have a choice. Yes, you. You have a choice in how your voice works, your...
Voice Teachers: Stop Blaming the Students
We blame our students for our voice studio frustrations, but how can we be more response-able? Each and every complaint we have about our students can be solved with one thing…