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In this post I want to introduce a core technique that I share with and recommend to everyone I work with. It’s really, really simple, and I use it all the time. Watch the video or read on below to learn more!

Cross your hands over at the wrists and, while sitting, place them on top of your thig...

How much time do you spend in your heart? What does that even look like—does it mean anything? Or is it just a concept written about in Hallmark cards? I'm going to discuss a very practical, pragmatic heart-centeredness here, because otherwise it can sound very fluffy. 

Augustine, the Christian ...

Given my focus on voices, self-expression, and communication, I am fascinated by what happens when we post on social media! Some of my own responses have included avoidance, embarrassment, wanting to take posts down, feeling like I am too much, judging how I look, feeling like a fraud—and more! 

Th...

It's early 2024, and some of us have chosen words for the year or set up New Year's resolutions. So how's that going? Is your year unfolding the way you wished? You may have set some lofty goals—hopes for a better life, a more easeful life or anything else.

I think it's great to be intentional abou...

In this blog post I discuss polyvagal theory for voice, for communication, and for speaking.

“Polly who?” you may be thinking.

Read on below or watch the video to learn about polyvagal theory and how it can help you improve your communication and public speaking.

Polyvagal theory was developed...

Do you have a pattern of losing your words? You’re communicating and then suddenly you become a little thick-headed and you start losing track, and the words stop coming out. It's like you become stupid, frozen, wooden, or just clumsy when you're expressing yourself.

A lot of people have this patte...

Are you good at being consistent and showing up?

Are you focused, or do you tend to get distracted and pulled into a thousand things?

Do you dabble in many interests, or do you follow through with just a few and go deep?

If you want to heal your trauma and negative conditioning, empower and heal...

I often think about our first words as babies... starting with 'gaaaaaa', then leveling up to 'ma' or 'dada'

We began as these beautiful, open little beings. And as our parents interacted with us, we learned the rules for communicating.

Hopefully they loved us, told us so, and we could feel their ...

"I was told I was tone-deaf."

A few people in the workshop shared this.

"I was thrown out of the choir."

Lots of nodding heads to this.

“I get very nervous when I know people can hear me.”

Everyone in agreement here.

“I’ve always wanted to sing with others, but I freeze up!”

By this time, t...

"Stop singing!" we yelled but we were laughing.

Dad chimed in, "It's awful!"

My mom used to sing a comical song to tease us: "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along" by Doris Day.

The family would laugh and shout, and eventually she would stop singing. It was all rather jolly and p...

"Children should be seen and not heard".

You might think it's a cliché, but when I'm working with blocked voices, these words come out all the time.

"My parents discouraged my emotions. I quickly learned that they disapproved if I was angry or emotional".

And so a child little by little chooses t...

Yesterday I was running before dawn, with my head torch bobbling out a thin arc of white light. As I huffed and puffed in the freezing darkness, I remembered something awkward and painful from when I was 20 years old.

I remembered being in a club called The Playground, filled with cool kids dressed...