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Sharing your voice in the world requires vulnerability.    Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.     Stepping into the unknown and allowing people to witness you in it.     Being seen and heard in this way can bring up a lot of fear and insecurities when it comes to your singing voice and your creative expression as a whole.   The good news is that when you practice doing this, it becomes...

There’s a seed within you that was planted long ago and is only awaiting your activation in order to crack open, rise up, reach for the light, open and blossom.  And that seed is your desire to sing, to make music, to use your creativity and your voice as an instrument to express what’s in your heart.    But it’s all too common to allow that seed to go dormant, burying it deep, fearful of what may...

Big creative dreams can sometimes feel out of reach… unrealistic even… and so we often stop ourselves before we start.  Or we start and stop and start and stop as we cycle through overwhelm, fear, and doubt.     But those dreams are planted inside of you for a reason ~ they are yours to nurture and cultivate and bring to life!   That’s why I want to devote this episode to dispelling a few common b...

Often as we enter a new year, we’re thinking about what we want to create... what goals, dreams, and aspirations we want to focus on or work towards this year.  There’s something about the calendar turning over that gets us dreaming again…    But too often, these new creative projects and goals can be derailed by perfectionism.  And so we stop before we even begin… or we start and then beat oursel...

You’re in for a special treat today ~ a *mini reTREAT* for you and your creative spirit ~ to close out the year and step into a renewed vision for yourself as an artist in the new year.    So set aside some time for yourself and your creativity (and if you need convincing that it’s not only okay, but essential to your well-being to devote time to nurturing your creativity, check out my previous ep...

One of the greatest gifts you can give yourself is time with your art to nurture your creativity.   And yet, so many of us struggle to give ourselves that gift.   We think it’s selfish.   There’s always something else we think we should be doing instead…   But if we want to live a creative life… to be the artist we were designed to be, to use the gifts we’ve been given to serve others, we must be...

In this episode of Reawaken Your Voice, I’ll be walking you through a 3-step singing exercise that will help you not only open your singing voice, improve your tone quality, and create more resonance in your sound, but will also help you get more comfortable with being vulnerable… allowing yourself to be seen and heard ~ which is essential if you want to sing with feeling and share your voice with...

Aaaah, yes.  The inner critic.  The enemy of artists everywhere, throughout all of time.     As singers, it can stop us in our tracks and leave us feeling like our voice isn’t worth listening to.  So we shut it down, bury it in silence, and try to forget about our deep longing to sing.  If we give it power and believe the lies it spews, we may even give up singing altogether.  I know because I got...

Today we’re talking about one of my favorite tools to open and free the voice ~ and that is… Vocal Improvisation.     We’ll go over what it is, why it’s such a powerful tool, and how it not only helps to free the singing voice, but also helps to unlock creative expression while taking you on a journey of self-discovery.   If you’re looking for a fun, practical way to explore your voice, experience...

Whether it’s been a few weeks or a few years, if you’ve felt distant from your voice and disconnected from your creativity, it is my prayer that today’s episode will help you come back home to that part of yourself that loves to sing and make music and create.   I’ll walk you through 3 of my favorite ways to rekindle that creative spark.  These are some of my tried and true methods that I’ve used...

In today’s episode, I’m going to walk you through 7 tips for taking care of your singing voice when you’re sick with a cold, sinus infection, congestion, or sore throat.     Personally, I’m feeling run down with a sinus infection at the moment, so I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to give you some of my best tips I’ve gathered over the years in hopes that they will help you through these...

Today’s episode is all about Vocal Embodiment.  What it is, what it means as both a singer and as an artist, and how to achieve it.  I’ll share with you 3 phases to bring the music inside of you into the world through your voice ~ not only becoming the embodiment of the music itself through your singing voice, but also becoming the embodiment of the dreams and vision you have for yourself as an ar...

Do you ever feel like your true expression is stuck inside of you, or like you’ve put yourself in a box creatively that you’re aching to break free from? Does singing sometimes feel rigid? Do you ever find yourself holding back the full power of your voice, like your sound is trapped inside that box and can’t go beyond the confines of its walls?   When you find yourself in this place of suppressin...

If you’ve been trying to figure out a starting point for sharing your voice in the world and you’ve been searching for a place where your voice feels at home, then today’s episode is for you.     I’ll walk you through a journaling exercise consisting of 10 questions to ask yourself to determine how you want to use your voice, what kinds of opportunities to seek out, and how to begin sharing your s...

Have you been shying away from those high notes? Are you afraid to lean into them so you back off and don’t give them the full power of your sound?   Or maybe you’re someone who isn’t afraid to go for it, but when you do reach for those high notes, they feel tense, closed off, pushed, forced or even harsh? Almost like you just hit a ceiling and you’re trapped underneath?   In today’s episode, I’m...

Have you ever had a performance where everything went wrong? Or where one thing didn’t go well, but that’s the part you remember and so it just feels like the whole thing was a complete train wreck?   Have you ever received negative feedback after sharing your voice and singing your heart out and it left you feeling beaten down, wounded and timid, unable to ever sing again?   I know I’ve experienc...

Hey Friend,   In today’s episode we’re gonna talk about all those unfinished songs and unused ideas that may or may not be piling up in scattered places throughout your mind, your computer, your phone notes, your journals, scraps of paper, bits of recordings... aaahh, yes.  Such is the way of the creative spirit!    You see, I've recently had a perspective shift around this ~ from beating myself u...

Have you been feeling like your voice and expression are stuck inside of you?     Maybe you’ve suppressed your voice for a long time, or maybe you’re finally feeling like things are moving, but it’s kind of lopsided or clunky.  Maybe something just feels out of alignment and you can’t quite get your voice to do what you want it to do.     In this week’s episode of Reawaken Your Voice, we are divin...

In today’s episode, I’m covering another one of my favorite topics ~ expression.    How to convey emotion through your singing voice and sing with feeling.     I’ll highlight 7 key ingredients that go into expressive singing ~    the kind that touches the heart,    the kind that moves people,    the kind that makes them feel things,   the kind that makes YOU ~ the singer ~ feel things.   How do yo...

Hey there, Songbird!   In today’s episode, we’re diving into a little bit of vocal technique ~ but don’t worry ~ we’re keeping it simple!   We’re talking about getting to know your voice and its capabilities by gaining an understanding of your vocal range and how to navigate the different parts of it.   When you deepen your understanding of the resonance chambers within your body and how to tap in...

When did you stop singing?   What was it that caused you to shut down your voice?   And when did you notice that desire return?    When did you realize it wasn’t going anywhere and all you could do was surrender to it?    This episode goes out to the wounded singer ~ the woman who shut down her voice somewhere along the way and stopped singing.  The woman who denied herself the permission to follo...

Have you found yourself facing a really harsh inner critic anytime you listen back to a recording of yourself singing?    Or holding back your full sound because you’re too worried about what it sounds like?  Maybe you’re unsure of what it’s even supposed to sound like…   In today’s episode, I talk about what to do instead of the worry and the self-judgment, both when you are actively singing and...

Finding your voice is a journey ~ whether we’re talking about your singing voice or your authentic self-expression as a whole.    As you set out to explore and discover the truth about who you are, how you were designed, what makes you unique, what makes you just as human as the rest of us, and how you’re called to use your voice in the world, you will inevitably be asked to step outside of your c...

Hey Friend,   In today’s episode, we’re covering one of my favorite topics ~ how to use your singing voice as an instrument for healing yourself and others.  I’ll share with you 3 ways to tap into the natural healing power of your voice and how you can apply them in your own voice practice and on your own journey from the head to the heart.   So if you have an inner knowing that your voice has hea...

Hey Friend,   Do you have a creative passion project?  You know... the one that’s been sitting on the back burner, collecting dust, waiting for the right time to begin again?  The one that’s been on your heart for quite some time now, but you keep pushing it aside for someday? Yeah, that one… I know because I have one, too!        Well, what would it be like to take it off the back burner and brin...