March Voice Notes
A new name for a new era!
Hello Folks,
Like many I am starting to unfurl.
The glorious blossom tree I walked past this morning and the bird song have confirmed it is indeed time. Time to come out of the winter cocoon, time to stretch, open the body, and with it breathe a little bit deeper and share my voice with restored strength and courage.
Some of you may have noticed that I have been playing with the title of this newsletter over the past few months. I was trying on different iterations for size. Lost a few subscribers as a result (whoops), but needed to flex that artistic licence.
The why of this work and what I want to achieve here on Substack. So much of my work is over on Linkedin, but it has felt crunchy when I bring words from there over to here.
Here, I am an artist and creative first and foremost and I want to lean into that. I am a reflective voice user and like to have an outlet for discoveries and ah-ha moments. I want to share the craft of this work. The soul and science of what it means to have and use a voice.
While I predominantly work with women, the work is universal. We are all human. We all have a voice and we all have the right to speak, to sing, to roar!
Freeing the Natural Voice is the next iteration of this newsletter. I’ve taken my inspiration from a book with the same name written by the wonderful voice coach, Kristin Linklater. It so beautifully sums up my passion and mission about voice work and will help me stay focused on the craft and creative over here on Substack.
If you are interested in exploring the depths and power of your voice this is the place for you. I have the somatics at the ready and voice exercises in abundance. Curious about the interconnectedness of your mind, body and voice? I’m here for that, and we’ll go deep. Diving in to what it means to be a human with a voice.
What’s next?
Things start to get a little more playful and creative around here as we grow both as a community of voice users, but also as individuals, deeply aware and attuned to our instrument of communication, it’s power and it’s sensitivity.
We’ll have a few weekly somatic voice intensives throughout the year, plus other voice related excitement as and when the inspiration hits.
I feel a sense of liberation with this new name. I can honour the musican and creative I had buried, get the old manual camera out, share the poetry, show you the spiritual and the somatic. What do you think?
Free subscribers will continue to receive my monthly Voice Notes (and a few extras), but for everyone who’s joined the membership, there will be more to come and I’m excited.
March Offerings
Wednesday, 11 March, Your Spring Voice: Set your voice goals for Spring and beyond with a live workshop. Open to ALL subscribers RSVP here.
Starting 30 April, Sound Human on Screen: A 6-week programme for women ready to be seen and heard on camera. Your next big client will likely meet you on camera first. A LinkedIn video, a Zoom discovery call, a Substack webinar. That first impression is everything! All the info and sign up here.
1:1 Coaching: I currently have one spot avaialable for March. If you’d like to explore this further let’s have a chat. Here’s my availability.
Thank you for being on this journey with me. I look forward to learning more about you all, your voices, your ideas, your dreams
Until soon, Claire x