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I’d Love to Sing Like Her - and You Can Too! authenticity freedom radiant voices transform your voice vocal liberation Sep 05, 2022

“I kept comparing myself to people that had really good voices. I wanted to sing better so badly.”

Liesl is a profound South African spiritual guide and medicine woman, well known for her work leading plant medicine journeys, sweat lodges, vision quests and more. But the way she felt...

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Attack of the Awks authenticity freedom radiant voices self-love transform your voice vocal liberation Sep 05, 2022

I stumble into them, the ultimate hipster couple. He's a legendary DJ and she does super cool live visuals for his shows.

He is already looking at me VERY strangely as I’m shaking his girlfriend's hand - awestruck. I'm shaking her hand and shaking her hand and still shaking her hand. Some...

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From Withdrawn to Connected authenticity freedom transform your voice trauma vocal liberation Sep 05, 2022

Here's a picture from when I was 20 years old. Aside from looking desperately undead, I was having a really rough time.

Beneath that cool, frozen zombie exterior I was battling with depression. I was in the second year of a commerce degree that I hated, barely attending classes and was failing...

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How Do You Feel About Posting on Social Media? authenticity freedom healthy boundaries jeremy de tolly radiant voices safety vocal liberation Sep 05, 2022

Social media is such a conundrum. Or is it, “social media are such a conundrum’? See?!?! Questions everywhere.

Is spending lots of time online healthy or unhealthy? Do we need it for our work? Does it make us unconscious and waste our time? Or could we be one of those people that...

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When You Freeze Under the Spotlight and All Eyes are Upon You ambient music jeremy de tolly safety self-regulation transform your voice vocal liberation Aug 24, 2022

I walked onto the stage with my body vibrating with fear.

Bright spotlights on me, I could barely see the audience.

I sat down at the huge, shiny black Bosendorpher grand piano.

Took a long, deep breath.

I was shaking.

I was about to play the first song from my then new solo piano album,...

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E046 - Let's Talk About Death with Abedah Musengi vocal liberation May 17, 2021

Abedah and I met for the first time and recorded this conversation about her work as a yogi, meditation teacher and death doulah. In my culture we don't talk much about dying, and Abedah's work shows us how.

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E045 - A Tradition of Singing in South Africa with Ludumo Magangane vocal liberation Apr 13, 2021

Watch this wonderful interview with choirmaster, academic and and author Ludumo Magangane, who describes singing in Black South African culture, where singing and movement are woven into daily life from birth. As he says, "we are born INTO rhythm"... and song!

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E044 - Exploring Meditation and Witchyness with Lauren Bear authenticity awakening Mar 17, 2021

Join my friend Lauren Bear and I as we chat about her unique approach to helping people 'win at meditation' - as well as exploring 'witchyness', Taoism and more.

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E043 - Exploring African Dance with Maxwell Xolani Rani vocal liberation Mar 03, 2021

In this awesome conversation with dancer, choreographer and academic Maxwell Xolani Rani, we explore some remarkably healthy perspectives on dancing and singing in his culture.

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E042 - A Conversation with My Best Friend on Our 50th Birthday vocal liberation Feb 01, 2021

Hey friend,

Watch the episode where my best friend interviews me on our 50th birthday!

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E041 - Are We Separate or Connected? vocal liberation Dec 07, 2020

ARE WE SEPARATE OR CONNECTED?

Friends, in today’s episode, we cover the whole universe! It’s less ambitious than it might sound. As a Swiss patent clerk turned world renowned theoretical physicist once put it:

“A human being is part of a whole called by us universe ..”

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E040 - Vagus & Voice: The Ultimate Positive Feedback Loop vocal liberation Nov 30, 2020

VAGUS & VOICE

"When I hold you in my arms 
And I feel my finger on your trigger
I know nobody can do me no harm.."

In the interests of healing, I think Lennon's next line goes too far in comparing fundamental well-being to a heated up firearm. But the legendary Beatle's insight above is...

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