After the Audition I’m regularly on stage teaching, speaking or acting and am a voice teacher, so I sing all the time. But earlier this...

On Auditions: Tell Me to Break a Leg! Auditions are the bane of any performer’s existence. Whether you’re an aspiring actress in LA going...

Sadly, community music stores aren’t common anymore. My extensive research (comprised of exactly one Google search using the words...

Business vs. Calling Have you ever thought about the difference between having an entrepreneurial business versus a professional practice...

I’m trying to come back down to Earth right now. I’m writing this post at 2:00 am after wrapping closing night of my first staged...

The Teacher Got an Apple Dear Friend, This voice teacher literally received an apple from a student today! I couldn't be more pleased -...

Giving Thanks for Speaking Up! The holiday season is in full swing here in the States. The cars on the road, jammed parking lots at the...

Please Save Me from More Self-Help Books I needed another self-help book like I needed another hair on my chin. It started in college...

What I Wasn’t Planning to Write Hello Friends, Here’s me being raw and honest…I almost missed writing this post. I looked at my...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCr2wb7u6BA&t=6s My voice isn't perfect - and neither is my video-making! But we can still have fun with...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnQ_FiCdJxM Speaking/performing in public can mean different things to different people. Yet one thing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTo-hcoLlQM&t=44s Resonance is a quality you can cultivate in your voice, and with your audience! ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmuIfyAkAuE Surgery to remove vocal polyps, as Adele had to endure, can be avoided by having healthy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF2gW4B-jTA Most people would be a lot more comfortable speaking or singing in public if they talked...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mKgsHPGWdM&t=1s A lot of people don't make the connection that every time we speak, or sing, we're...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTE0yyzXPrM&t=14s Hi Friend, Have you been wondering how you can beat performance anxiety and learn...

Just Because the Chili Turned Out Sooo Good! I woke up Friday morning knowing the lentil soup I’d made earlier in the week was about...

Playing with Barbies is Part of My Job Can you believe playing with Barbies is part of my job now? It just hit me when I was re-dressing...

Five Quick Tips to Empower Your Speaking Confidence: Welcome to the Playground Dear Friend, Have you ever been featured on a radio...

What Happens When You Learn You’re an Opera Singer I host a monthly TV show on TV Toastmasters, and this particular episode is too great...