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A bi-monthly podcast, in which some of the darker or lesser known folk and fairy tales are woven wit

13/10/2024

Your Free Voice : 042 Community Choirs & Circle Singing with Chris MacLean

In this conversation with my friend and colleague Chris MacLean, we talk about her life and career as a singer/songwriter, community choir leader, retreat host, circle singer and so much more. We talk about the logistics of running a choir, fear of death, how to make a living and how we both believe...

04/10/2024

Your Free Voice : 041_How to Set Boundaries

In this quick solo episode, I'm exploring boundaries and how to speak up and set yours. Q. Do you feel like you can stand up for yourself? Q. Can you speak up to defend others? Here are a few ways that I'm suggesting that you might check your boundaries. How does your body feel in the moment? Hot?...

16/04/2024

Your Free Voice : Resilience and Recovery using The Voice Straw with celebrity voice coach Mindy Pack

On this episode of Your Free Voice, I’m delighted to bring back into the studio celebrity voice coach and founder of The Voice Straw, Mindy Pack! You may have listened to where I talked to Mindy about her experience being a celebrity voice coach, well we ran out of time to talk about straws...

23/02/2024

Your Free Voice : 039 Mindfulness, Performance Anxiety and the Breath with Ruth Phillips

My interview with my friend and colleague Ruth Phillips. Ruth Phillips is a modern and baroque cellist, a mindfulness coach, founder of The Breathing Bow and co-founder of InsideOut Musician and a writer. Alongside her rich and diverse career as a concert cellist and teacher. Ruth is international...

30/01/2024

Your Free Voice : 038 Rush Dorsett's interview with Me!

This episode is a bit of a first, because I am the one being interviewed! Rush Dorsett reached out to me to be part of her Awaken Your Voice Summit in October 2023. It was a great series where she interviewed 10 different thought leaders around the singing voice over 10 days. There were some really....

05/01/2024

Your Free Voice : #037 How 'Aligned' is your 'New Years Goals' list?

Join me in this episode for my personal reflections on 2023 and also some suggestions for how to have a more aligned, intentional focus for the year ahead. It doesn't actually matter when you listen to this episode, the exercises are relevant whenever you need to recalibrate and stop yourself from g...

21/04/2023

Your Free Voice : Mindy Pack Interview - Celebrity Voice Coaching

This week I'm very excited to bring you my interview with celebrity voice coach and creator of The Voice Straw Mindy Pack. Mindy has studied vocal technique, voice science, and vocal health with nationally and internationally renowned vocal instructors, educational institutions, and accredited progr...

10/04/2023

Your Free Voice : Some questions and answers :)

This week's episode is a little different because I decided to open the metaphorical 'mail bag' and answer some excellent questions that have been sent in by listeners. Remember to email, message or pigeon me your questions so I can have a go at answering them next time I do this. :) These questions...

03/04/2023

Your Free Voice : How Voice Movement Therapy informs my work as a Voice Actor

In this episode, I'm talking about the presentation I gave last weekend as part of the International Association for Voice Movement Therapy conference , 'Voice as a Lifeline'. I was invited to talk about how Voice Movement Therapy informs my work as a voice actor and it was really fun. I did do ...

20/03/2023

Your Free Voice : Are you moving around the furniture?

When you've had plenty of training, or used to sing or act or be confident in front of groups, but you aren't any more, it's no use just "rearranging the furniture" by taking more singing lessons or buying a new mic. You need to uncover what's really stopping you from having the relationship with yo...

01/03/2023

Your Free Voice : My Interview with Carol Grimes

Last November I had the absolute pleasure and privilege to interview my dear friend and vocal powerhouse, Carol Grimes. In this interview we explore her decades spanning career paying particular attention to her broad range of singing styles and genres. The following, which I took from the Ronnie Sc...

22/02/2023

Your Free Voice : Help, I can't decide what kind of singer I want to be?

Between you and me, I have always had a bit of trouble answering when people asked me what kind of singer I am. I describe myself as a 'singer of all sorts' which feels about right. But what if you're a bit like me, but you feel stuck? You feel stuck because you feel like you don't fit into any of...

14/02/2023

Your Free Voice : How to Love Your Voice

What would it be like if you could love your voice exactly as it is right now? Think about your voice as a friend that offers support, expresses your deepest feelings, tell jokes and stands up for others. If you’ve ever lost your voice for any time at all, you quickly realize how valuable it r...

25/01/2023

Your Free Voice : How to make your New Years Goals stick!

A New Year seems like such a great time to set new intentions and set goals doesn't it? But how many of us can honestly say we follow through and achieve them? It doesn't make us bad or wrong btw, just goes to show how much our brains are wired to stay the same. In this episode I suggest a few ways....

20/12/2022

Your Free Voice : Winter Solstice Wishes

Just before I take a break for the festive season, I wanted to send you my very best wishes and thanks for listening this year. The Winter Solstice is a fabulous time for reflection. What can we celebrate from the year that has passed and what are we ready to let go of, perhaps an idea of perfection...

12/12/2022

Your Free Voice : Write Your Own Holiday Song! 🎼

In this episode I guide you through a very, VERY simple way to create a brand new song, using an existing song as a template. Have a listen and tell me what you think? Even better, write your own song and record it or post your new lyrics to an existing holiday song and tag me on instagram ...

07/12/2022

Your Free Voice : A Few Of My Favorite Things - Gift Ideas for the holidays.

In this episode I'm offering a few thoughts and suggestions for last minute gifts for the singing/acting/voice-professional people in your life. From voice straws to books on breathing and personal development, here are a few of my favorite things, listen to the episode to find out why I chose them....

24/11/2022

Your Free Voice : In gratitude, a 10 minute relaxation for you. ❤️

Hello, 'Tis the season of holidays and families (or not families) and cooking and cleaning and travel and all kinds of reasons to feel like we've taken on too much or why does uncle Bob always have to bring that up? So, if you forward to about 3 1/2 minutes in, you'll find a 10 minute full body rela...

10/11/2022

Your Free Voice : Vocal Health for Voice Actors - Part Two

This is the second part of a Vocal Health for Voice Actors webinar I did with Jim Edgar in the early part of 2020. This shorter half is the Q&A and we cover topics like, mouth clicks, hoarsness, throat clearing, performance anxiety and creating supportive rituals. To protect yourself from vocal lo...

03/11/2022

Your Free Voice : Vocal Health for Voice Actors Webinar - Part One

This is part one of two episodes, taken from a Vocal Health for Voice Actors webinar that was hosted by my very dear friend Jim Edgar in early 2020, right after I'd released my online course In this first part I talk about: ➡️ my own vocal loss journey and what inspired me to start bringing Voca...

27/10/2022

Your Free Voice : The Shadow - Singing In The Darkness

"The PERSONA is our somewhat embellished view of ourselves, the shiny face that we like the world to see. Its opposite, everything we reject about ourselves, is called the SHADOW." Carl Jung by Gary Bobroff In this episode we explore Jung's concept of 'The Shadow', how it might impact our voice and....

14/10/2022

Your Free Voice : What is Voice Movement Therapy?

After referring to my training in Voice Movement Therapy over several episodes, I thought it was about time it got an episode to itself! Voice Movement Therapy or VMT is, at its core, an expressive arts therapy that uses the singing voice as its primary tool of expression. I trained in VMT with its....

06/10/2022

Your Free Voice : Yoga and the Voice with special guest Caroline Gill

In this episode I'm delighted to share my very first interview with guest Caroline Gill. Caroline and I were on the 1998-2000 Voice Movement Therapy training together with Paul Newham in London, and she went on to become not only a versatile singer and performer, but a yoga teacher and voice coach,....

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