Category: voice

  I apparently talked a lot when I was young. And sang a lot—long, nonsensical riffs my siblings still tease me about. A babysitter once offered me a gift...

  I was six when I saw Mary Poppins for the first time. It was new, in the theater. I fidgeted on the flippy-up seat, peering through my wild...

  There’s something about a crisis that brings clarity like nothing else can.   In April 2012, my dad had a massive heart attack. It was the kind of...

  If you’re like me, and teenaged “musical appreciation” meant blissing out to ear-splitting rock ‘n’ roll while sitting between the largest possible speakers, you need to see It...

  In my last entry, I offered some easy ways for women to adapt body language to project more confidence and power during presentations. But unless you’re a silent...

  Today’s Western women are culturally trained to think that small is beautiful—Cinderella’s lost slipper was no size 10. Whether it’s buying jeans a couple sizes too snug (hence...

  Students and clients are often interested to learn that I’ve experienced plenty of speaking anxiety too. One said that it gave her hope, knowing that I could stand...