Comfort Food from the Heartland The lovely Ashley-Ann Pereira https://www.ashleyann.me/  invited me to be an author-panelist for her...

When creativity begins to crumble I don’t know about you, but I went through a creative dry spell during much of the initial COVID-19...

From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone who contributed entries for a new title/catch phrase for the “Dreams Come True”...

I work with public speakers, singers and performers every day in my vocal training practice, yet many people who want to more effectively...

Lady Jane Handke Meredith The Cat of a Thousand Names 3/1/2003 – 5/13/2020 Our love story began in September of 2007, when I visited...

I traveled quite a road to becoming a certified Transformational Voice® teacher. On May 20th, for the first time, I’ll be sharing some of...

Let’s pretend, just for a few minutes, there isn’t a pandemic with so many sad deaths and social distancing requirements. Do you feel...

When a pandemic has hit the world and you need to stay close to home as much as possible, what do you do? I still get out and walk. One...

In the tradition of Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and other writers who surrender to the swinging rhythms of jazz with words, Emmett...

Laura Handke Collage It was Friday, around 3:30, sunshine streaming in through the windows of my home studio. There my student was, sheet...

Get Confident and Feel Empowered: Develop a More Intimate Relationship With Your Voice The delightful Paula Vail, whose essay happens to...

Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order. -Anne Wilson Schaef A few months ago, I had a trial piano lesson with a man, probably...

"Hermit" archetype collage card I hope you’ve escaped the crud going around this winter. I was sick the third week of January, sicker...

American country singer Johnny Cash (1932 - 2003) sits with an acoustic guitar in a still from the film, 'Road To Nashville,' directed by...

Wishweavers Circle 2020: a Mastermind Experience is beginning! I’m excited for our first meeting with women who’ve recently accomplished...

Long before I became a Certified Transformational Voice® Teacher, I learned how the Mastermind process (described by Napoleon Hill,...

Happy Holidays, Friend. Living Room How are you celebrating? I celebrate Christmas, and I celebrate my friends and people from all faith...

Watertown, SD Dear Friend, I’ve just returned from an unexpected trip after my father was hospitalized for congestive heart failure. He’s...

It happens every week. Often several times a week. I’ll have been working with a voice student at Lake Music for half an hour. She’s...

Mary Ann Coggins Kaza, Donnell Plumlee, Laura Handke I’ve been teaching at Lake Music, not just in my home studio, since last August....