Reflections
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Vocal Health Tips for Flu Season
You know that tickle in your throat that becomes a scratch that turns into sounding like a frog? Yup. Been there. You know how it is. Everyone around you is getting sick. They cough, they sneeze, and you do both - while also losing your voice! If part of our life...
Find your treasure
Why do we avoid public speaking like the plague? Maybe, like Seinfeld said, we really do fear it more than death. So we make excuses to ourselves. We ignore our inner knowing. And yet … As sensitive visionaries, ambitious empaths, and loving rebels, we also want to be...
Empath Speaking Superpowers
Are you a sensitive soul who sometimes finds yourself swimming in the feelings of other people? Have you been told that you’re “too sensitive?” Do you avoid sharing your message because you’re afraid you’ll get emotional if you do speak? If so, this one’s for...
Own Your Weird
For over a decade I avoided branding like the plague. I didn’t want someone to put me in a box. So I forged ahead on my own, with fear driving my branding and business decisions in sneaky ways. Fear of being too much. Too real. Too loud. Too intense. Too...
Trust the Silence
"Never assume the song is gone because it’s found its source in silence."Mark Nepo Our world is full of constant stimulation. We spend hours every day on our iPhones (sometimes even when there’s a real, live person right there in front of us). When it comes to...
Speaking Below the Water line
Some parts of a speaker's improvement are on the surface and easy to spot. But the juicy stuff - the kind that creates true and lasting transformation - happens through deep work beneath the surface. Watch this video to learn about Speaking Below the Waterline....
Honor Your Way
At the beginning of my teaching career, I tried my best to do it like “them.” I copied my mentors. I mimicked my colleagues. Meanwhile, my Soul whispered to me from inside: “Honor your way.” Every once in a while, I listened, and my way felt soooo good. Like a secret...
Speaking is a Spiritual Practice
A few years ago, a workshop participant described his journey during our work together as going through a kind of "spiritual puberty." In that moment it dawned on me that speaking is a spiritual practice. If we choose it, it can be one of the most powerful spiritual...
Resilience
Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done. - Amelia Earhart Michael Jordan was cut from his High School Varsity Basketball team. Steph Curry was told he would have "limited success" in the NBA. Michelle Obama was informed she'd never get in to...