The Top Three Common Vocal Pitfalls to Avoid While Speaking Part Two of Three: Breath-Based Vocalization ©Laura Handke, 2017 Stop what...

The Top Three Common Vocal Pitfalls to Avoid While Speaking Part One of Three: The Glottal Onset ©Laura Handke, 2017 Do you know who...

A Week of Eclipse Did you experience the solar eclipse? Through special glasses or through the media? Some people told me it was...

Raymond, SD, Population 50: Where My Voice Began Writing last week about my four-day trip to New York City, when I was 21 years old,...

The Dude in New York City – Help Me Find Him In October of 1985, at the age of 21, I went to New York City for four days. For a South...

Focus on Expansion, Not Contraction Something wakes you up at 2:00 am. You have to pee. You hear a loud noise outside. Or you’re having...

Flying with Intent: An Interview with John Barresi When I say the words “kite flying”, what pops into your head? Possibly something like...

All You Need to Be is Exactly Who You Are: Don’t Buy Any Other Story Enlightenment is like the moon reflected in a dewdrop on a blade of...

The Past, The Future, and NOW. What a Present! I don’t know if it’s menopause or what, but I’ve been feeling nostalgic lately. I’ve...

It Looks Like a Knot, But it’s Not I have a messy cat. I mean, I love my kitty, Lady Jane, like crazy, and so does “Papa” (my partner,...

When I Was Asked at Safeway What Kind of Bread to Use for French Toast When I grocery shop, it’s with a list. I wrote a cookbook, and I...

You Have to Actually Do It I love to read. Do you? Where’s your favorite reading nook? Let us know on the blog. I prop up my pillows...

Find Your Three Things Who among us hasn’t had worry keep us up at night? It could be a presentation the next day for the sale of a...

How Not to Be Stiff as a Board on Stage People come to me for voice lessons and speaker coaching for a variety of reasons. Each person’s...

Listen to Your Inner Voice/Intuitive Nature (IVIN) Portland Peeps: Voice Lab Starts This Friday in Multnomah Village! Details below. ...

Three Key Traps to Avoid When You Master Mind Portland Peeps: Voice Lab (Free!) Starts June 2 in Multnomah Village. Details below. The...

Why Do Women Hide? Eliza Bone' knows how to bring the right people together on her television program, The Emerging Pearl. I was honored...

Auditions Can Really Be That Bad I wrote last week how being on TV is fun. Auditions, however, not so much. Have you seen the Academy...

Being on TV is Fun Four of us were seated around the table. The tablecloth was a warm, rosy, light beige; the lovely floral centerpiece...

Create Sacred Space You must have a room or a certain hour of the day where you do not know what was in the morning paper…you do not know...