The Healthy Voice Notes Podcast

SHOW NOTES: I’m taking a small break from editing the Voice Liberation Method to share something I’ve never talked about publicly. It starts with a yearbook. My senior year of high school. A co-star who went on to star in Hamilton. And years of wondering why I couldn’t hack it. In this voice note, I share: * The math teacher who changed my life in 8th grade — and what I found when I looked him up...

With the moon in Taurus — the sign that rules the voice — I’m reflecting on dignity. Specifically, how to hold onto yours when you’re dealing with people who don’t understand what dignity means. In this episode, I share a recent experience where someone at a dinner party used a calm, innocent tone to dig into an old wound — the kind of covert manipulation that goes undetected by everyone else at t...

SHOW NOTES: Resistance, Self-Sabotage & Sharing Your Story Episode Summary: In this episode, I get real about resistance — the kind that masquerades as writer’s block, procrastination, or “not being ready.” I share my own journey with self-sabotage, the fears that kept me from promoting my work for years, and why I finally decided to stop hiding. We talk about why sharing your story matters (even...

The Courage to Be Disliked What happens when your survival depended on being liked? In this episode, I talk about what it takes to be okay with people not liking you—especially if you grew up managing someone else's emotions. Whether it was a parent with a substance abuse problem, an unstable environment, or a relationship where you had to hide parts of yourself just to stay safe, you learned that...

SHOW NOTES: THE WOUNDED HEALER & EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION Show Notes: Chiron, Your Wounds, and the Deadening of Emotional Expression Episode Summary: In this episode, I reflect on the alternative health movement and why it still feels "alternative" even though the world has opened up so much. I share about my grandfather the chiropractor, the archetype of Chiron (the wounded healer), and how your deep...

Episode Summary: In this episode, I share an update on the Voice Liberation Method course and explore why I’ve built it around the Hero’s Journey framework. I explain what the Hero’s Journey is, how it applies to your healing path, and why thinking of your life as an epic adventure can help you stay on the path when things get hard. I also talk about the archetypes — the hero, the mentor, the alli...

Your Body Remembers What You Forgot How to Release Physical Trauma Through Bodywork and Voice Episode Release Date: January 2026 Episode Summary This episode was inspired by a comment from a viewer who experienced being choked by a boyfriend over two decades ago and wanted to know how to release the trauma still stored in her body. Bella goes deep into how physical trauma gets trapped in the body,...

Sound Sensitivity & Inherited Trauma Episode Summary I explore my lifelong sensitivity to sound and its possible connection to inherited trauma from my dad, a Vietnam veteran. I share a vulnerable story about experiencing my first public panic attack in Las Vegas and the conversation with a scientist friend that opened my eyes to epigenetic trauma. This episode dives into the science behind how hy...

Raw Emotion in Performance: How to Stop Holding Back I was working on the final week of my Voice Liberation Method course today — the Integration — when I got so excited about one of the practice paragraphs that I had to stop and share it with you. It’s not just a speaking exercise. It’s a mantra. Here it is: The art of speaking freely demands three things: the breath to sustain, the truth to spea...

The Empath's Voice — Why Sensitive People Lose Their Voice (And How to Get It Back) Episode Release Date: January 2025 Episode Summary: I open up about what it really means to be an empath — and why so many empaths struggle with their voice. I explore the difference between "empath" and "highly sensitive person," address the controversy around these terms, and share a breakthrough moment with a te...

Why I Hid My Songs for 20 Years — Show Notes The Comment That Sparked This Episode A listener shared that they also have a stash of hidden songs — not because of perfectionism, but because they were in a relationship that made them feel too small to share their art. That comment brought everything back. From Celebrated to Silenced I was lucky. I went to an arts high school where weirdness was curr...

Why I'm Done Hiding My Imperfect Voice — Show Notes Why I'm Making My Memoir Free I've decided to remove the paywall from my memoir and music video series, Singing Through the Shadows . Inspiring people to share their own stories matters more to me than making a few dollars off my art. What This Series Is About Giving my younger self a chance to be seen and heard. She had opportunities, but low se...

Perspecticide — When Your Perspective Was Killed Episode Release Date: January 3, 2026 Episode Summary: In this episode, Bella introduces the powerful term "perspecticide" — the killing of someone's perspective through psychological manipulation and coercive control. She explores how survivors of long-term abuse (domestic violence, ritual abuse, growing up with alcoholic parents) often struggle to...

Happy New Year — and welcome to the first episode of Healthy Voice Notes on podcast platforms! In this voice note, I go deeper on a topic from my recent video: the difference between grief and victimhood. Grief is normal. Complex trauma may never fully go away. But victimhood is when you start to enjoy the grief — when you romanticize the sadness. I also share something personal about my dad, a Vi...

I just posted a video that might be a little uncomfortable to hear. Not everyone who’s been through trauma is on a healing path. Some people are stuck in victimhood. And there’s a big difference. In this voice note, I share a bit about why I made this video, my time working at a women’s shelter, and what it means to be a healing warrior. 🎥 Watch the full video: Get full access to The Healthy Voic...

Two days after Christmas. Completely fried. Spent yesterday watching Dirty John and being silent. And it got me thinking about something most people don’t appreciate: how much energy it takes to speak. Not just making sound — but pulling up vocabulary, forming sentences, anticipating confusion. It’s exhausting. Especially when you’re already depleted. In this voice note, I’m talking about: → Why t...

This one got personal. I’ve been thinking about why I almost didn’t start The Healthy Voice. Why I hesitated for so long. It wasn’t about the work. It was about who I might attract. I spent three years working in social work — domestic violence hotline, the shelter, sitting with women fresh off of a crime. I saw a lot. And I learned something about myself in that work. I don’t do pity. There’s a d...

I’ve been thinking. I teach voice work. I talk about using your voice to heal, to express, to connect. And yet here I am... only writing to you. There’s something funny about that. So I’m trying something new: Voice Notes. Just me, talking to you. Unscripted. A few minutes of whatever’s on my mind — reflections, behind-the-scenes moments, things I’m learning, things I’m processing. No editing. No...