056 - Solstice Rituals for your Voice and Self Expression
Your Free Voice
In this episode I'm sharing with you some of my ideas for creative rituals for the winter solstice. I also wanted to make sure this one was properly grounded in our voices and how we feel about them so I offer: Working with the pause between the in breath and the out breath. Writing a Shadow Inventory. Writing a letter from the self you are ready to become. Making a collage. Singing the things from your shadow inventory as you release them into flames. Scanning your body for the holding and stories that are hiding there. I also invited you to join my mailing list which you can ...
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055 - 12 Tips for a Healthy Voice This Winter
Your Free Voice
It's that time of year folks! 🎤 If you need your voice to make a living, share your message or bring the joy (I'm looking at you voice actors, podcast hosts and carol singers!!) ..keeping your voice in great shape should be a daily routine, but sometimes it’s even more important. Like during the cold season :) In this episode I take you through my favorite remedies (many of which you can create in your own kitchen) and yu don't even need to take notes because you can grab my free guide An episode full of simple remedies for prevention, relief and comfort, from saline to...
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054 Gratitude and a quiet breath
Your Free Voice
This is a very quick episode as I’m actually prepping for Thanksgiving hosting, but I wanted to share. Discover how to tweak your gratitude practice (or create one) so that you can begin to manifest your future. 🌟 It’s not selfish to feel gratitude when so many are suffering… in fact it’s essential. ❤️ An intention practice for when you’re bustling through holiday traffic and shopping, to not add an extra burden to those you encounter… you don’t know how many invisible things they are already carrying. 🙏🏻 And a quiet breath. 😮💨 Please subscribe and...
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053 - 'The Album Everyone Wants' with Chris Portka
Your Free Voice
Warning there are some references to smoking and swear words in this episode! In this episode I'm chatting with my former voice student and current rock star of the moment, Chris Portka. I interviewed Chris a couple of years ago about his earlier album 'TRASH Music', which was fab, but in a very different way to this album. Since I received my vinyl copy it's been on a regular rotation in our house, it's that good. 'The Album That Everyone Wants' was recorded in a frenzy of play and experimentation in a hallowed New York Studio earlier this year and the result is honestly just...
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052 Coming Home To Your Voice
Your Free Voice
In this episode I explore some of my thoughts and feelings about what it means to "come home" to your voice. As the nights draw in and we begin to turn inward a journey into 'self' feels a bit more possible. • Can you begin to experiment and play with your voice for just 5 minutes a day? What does it feel like to take off any ideas of being 'good' and just vocalizing freely? • How does it feel to move and vocalize? Dancing to music you love and making up a melody or words that don't match the song can feel really naughty and hilarious. • Which 'coming home' myths resonate...
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O51 On Radical Love with Colette Ghunim
Your Free Voice
Welcome to Your Free Voice Episode 51! A couple of years ago I had the great pleasure of being approached by a young award winning documentary film maker called Colette Ghunim. She was recording voiceover for her latest film Traces of Home and was looking for some voice coaching. I helped her with that, but also we dove into the subject matter of her film, and how to process generational trauma through shadow work, how to manage vocal stress during protest marches, and how to not lose your voice during a gruelling film circuit. She is one of the most courageous, generous, heart...
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Episode 50 What does it mean to have a FREE voice!
Your Free Voice
Hello, Welcome to episode 50 of Your Free Voice! I can hardly believe we're here, but we are. Thank you so much for listening ❤️ In this episode I wanted to revisit what it means to have a FREE Voice and I listened back to my first episode and thought, yeah, I'm gonna share that again. There's a chance you weren't here at the beginning or you didn't hear all the episodes anyway, and I think it clarifies my purpose somewhat so here you go. You might even get something new out of it listening again. I'd love to hear from you if you did. :) Oh, and before I forget here's the link to my small...
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049 Discovering Linklater with Sarah Weatherwax
Your Free Voice
In this episode I’m talking with actor and voice coach Sarah Weatherwax about her journey as a Linklater teacher. It’s hard to move in the realm of voice work without coming across the legacy of Kristin Linklater’s work. I know it was threaded quite purposefully through my training as a Voice Movement Therapist. Kristin’s influence as an actor and a voice coach can’t be underestimated and I recommend everyone who is interested in the foundations of vocal freedom, gets themselves a copy of her book Freeing the Natural Voice. Although she passed away in 2020, her legacy...
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048 From Stage Fright to Spotlight
Your Free Voice
Did you know that 75% of the population rate public speaking more scary than death, spiders and heights! So if you get a little anxious when the time comes to speak up in a meeting or pitch to a new client (or be interviewed on a podcast), you are NOT alone! In this episode I'm talking about my experience of performance anxiety and how I help other artists, entrepreneurs and leaders transform the stories running in their unconscious minds, so that they can step onto the stage and shine. If you're interested in grabbing a spot in my new public speaking class you can find out more and snag...
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047 Alexander Technique with Daisy Tennant
Your Free Voice
I loved chatting with my lovely friend and colleague Daisy Tennant from beautiful Florence Italy last week. We talked about all things Alexander Technique ❤️ I first came across Alexander Technique when I was working in a natural health center in North London. I loved the focus and the expansion I felt in my ribs, soon after I got another dose during my Voice Movement Therapy training, and have been using tiny, but powerful, fragments with singers ever since. Daisy however has been practicing and teaching the Alexander Technique for over 20 years. She first came across it while...
info_outlineIn this episode I explore some of my thoughts and feelings about what it means to "come home" to your voice. As the nights draw in and we begin to turn inward a journey into 'self' feels a bit more possible.
• Can you begin to experiment and play with your voice for just 5 minutes a day? What does it feel like to take off any ideas of being 'good' and just vocalizing freely?
• How does it feel to move and vocalize? Dancing to music you love and making up a melody or words that don't match the song can feel really naughty and hilarious.
• Which 'coming home' myths resonate with you? Why do you think that storyline is SO popular?
If you would like to understand how your voice actually works I created a short online course a few years ago called Your Vocal Health - it's really liberating and creatively freeing to know what actually causes vocal loss. More info on that here.
If you happen to live in the San Francisco Bay Area and would like to spend an afternoon moving and vocalizing with me in Berkeley, there are a few spots left for my Coming Home to Your Voice workshop at the Berkeley Alembic, details for that are here.
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