What's on my mind...
The Ten Commitments to Conversation
The time is drawing nigh to have intentional and measured conversations about a polarizing, and maybe even uncomfortable, big ol' elephant in the room type topic: The Reopening of Voice Studios for In-Person Lessons.I’ve been watching conversations become highly...
Resisting Scarcity in a Time of Scarcity
*** So I am not a therapist, an economist, a fortune-teller, or anything like that. If you need support because you are in a dire mental space, please reach out to a professional to help you navigate this difficult time. *** Things aren't looking so hot right now in...
An Open Letter to the Info-Givers in the Online Lesson Rush
Dear Online Lesson Info-Givers, I see you. I've spoken with, or texted with, so very many of you. I hear compassion fatigue in your words.I see your jaw tight when we Zoom, and your red eyes from screens. I sense your weariness at the demanding of information like...
A blog (NOT) about COVID-19 and online lessons.
It's been a whirlwind, hasn't it folks? Over the last week, I think I've either given or read 16338561051 talks, FB posts, encouragements, webinars, etc on COVID-19 and online lessons. I originally thought, "Okay, now I've got to gather all the goodies and link to...
Bitterness and the Key of B-Sharp
The key of B-Sharp. (If you are a super music theory nerd, you see where I am going with this, connecting bitterness with this particular key. Just hang out and wait for the delicious satisfaction of knowing you know. No spoilers!) B-Sharp is full shenanigans and...
Ingredients Are Not Enough.
We've got every ingredient we need inside us, right now.Every element for greatness available.Ready to go.Ready to be what we require it to be. On this, I am adamant. Yet, we believe we are stuck.What do you do when you feel this? Do you give up?Do you say to...
Incarnate
One of the most powerful things I did in 2019 was to uncover the framework that I use to run my business. It goes beyond a mission statement and a vision statement. It's a manifesto turned practical and actionable skeleton that is used to determine decisions,...
Kelli Barham
SECO Spotlight Interview with Kelli Barham
Eden Casteel
SECO Spotlight Interview with Eden Casteel
Hyperbole, a New Enemy?
I use hyperbole a lot. I think it’s charming and fun, and it really calls my super big feels out and names them, so I can move on with my life. It makes for some fabulous hashtags. #allthefeels, anyone? #amIright? Yet, lately, I am beginning to see hyperbole like a...
Are You Asking Permission or Forgiveness?
Okay, folks, time for the truthiness. The truth about how we make decisions and walk in the world. The truth about asking permission instead of forgiveness. Voice peeps that now have a business are stuck in a pattern. We've been conditioned to ask permission. To beg...
Mary Poppins Saved My Life
When I watched Mary Poppins Returns around Christmas last year, I ugly cried. UG-LEE.I wasn't expecting to get hit with a ton of emotional bricks and have an illuminating transformative moment in a dark theater. And I certainly wasn't expecting to be brought to my...
Let’s Ban the Word Busy
I've noticed a trend. You're starting to get in the groove.You grow, become unfettered, increase your mission and vision in the world. You get FOCUSED. COURAGEOUS. WISE.And then, you get... busy. Or do you?Here is the charge, vocalistas: Let's ban the word "busy".We...
Three Reasons for Two Accounts
Figuring out expenses for taxes is waaaaay the heck easier - think of the amount of time and energy you will save when you already know that everything you spent on your business was in one place. Even if you aren't yet ready to have two separate bookkeeping systems,...
How the Sunk Cost Fallacy is Keeping You Down
Your best work is not behind you. It is in front of you. Your best self wasn't in college, or grad school, or DMA program, or at yesterday's workshop. Your intelligence, wit, selflessness, and gobsmacking amazingness didn't end when you got a diploma or your...