What's on my mind...
Make Business Boring Again and Embrace the Mundane
Building a business brings with it all the frantic, anxious energy of an Act 1 finale number. There's hope! Setting up a new offer, bringing in your first clients, executing marketing plans! And there's trepidation... Am I good enough? Is this working? Can I really...
It’s not the planning it’s the implementation!
This month, The SpeakEasy Cooperative is talking about planning. One of the themes that keep coming up is that pesky concept of implementation. Sure, for some, merely the thought of planning makes running for the hills a quality option. For the majority of these savvy...
If I Quit Facebook Will I Destroy My Voice?
When it's time to take a good hard look at our relationship with social media, the question inevitably comes up: If I quit Facebook, will I ruin what I've built? Will I lose customers, friends, and a following? Will I no longer be heard, or valuable, or relevant? If I...
I Already Know How to be a Coach, Don’t I?
So why should I bother having one for myself? Maybe you've asked yourself this as you've come across the work I get to do. Voice people tend to think they have an understanding of what a "coach" is, even if they identify as a "teacher". I think this question needs to...
I see you fearing that you’ve become irrelevant.
I see you even though you've potato bugged into a careful self protective ball. I see how you've held on tight, trying to keep your head above water, and stay relevant, as your capacity and your energy has been sucked away by distance learning, physical distancing,...
HOW TO MAKE IT ALL WORK. #worklifebalance
I just got the BEST question in a FB forum: I’d love to hear from you or others on HOW TO MAKE IT ALL WORK. #worklifebalance My husband and I both have full time jobs, he works from home and is also a singer and collaborative pianist with weekly coaching gigs, I’m...
Brand Expectations and How to Manage Them
A blog on brand expectations you may not expect. A few weeks ago, I began our month of branding info with a FB live and blog focused on two of the big three components of brand that we use when we are going to come up with brand assets like our logos, fonts, and...
We Need to Talk About Your Brand. Your Siren Call.
As we approach these first weeks of Q4, in the middle of bullwonky stuff like school starting, distance and hybrid learning, fires, a pandemic, family shenanigans, and, oh yeah, the upcoming holidays, we need to talk about something. We need talk about your brand -...
I will not help you find your authentic voice.
I said that to a client yesterday, "I will not help you find your authentic voice." She chuckled, and said, "Oh! That's what I thought what vocal coaches did." I smiled that smile I get when I am gonna preach a thing. You may be familiar with it. It's a smile I love...
So you’ve lost your motivation? Try this.
Three examinations to revisit why we may not be moving on our tasks. I've heard many folx say lately that they've lost motivation... or have they? Motivation is too often associated with feelings of boredom, malaise, or meh-ness. However, motivation has to do with...
You Didn’t Sign Up for This.
This is an open letter to the members of The SpeakEasy Cooperative.I am writing it and posting it publicly because, frankly, I want to shine a light on them. People in the world need to see that there are voice peeps and biz owners who are linking arms, and in the...
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...