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”Show, Don’t Tell”: Why Writing a Good Story and Calming Your Nervous System Are More Similar Than You Think

A long time ago (don’t ask), one of my favourite teachers told me: ”Don’t just tell the reader what’s happening. Instead, SHOW them that something’s happening!” This was probably my first introduction to “Show, don’t tell!” Many years have passed since (blergh, I’m old), but I still use this concept when I write fiction. Not …

Dumbarton vocal coach hoping to smash stigma around performance anxiety – Daily Record

Petra Borzynski was the keynote speaker at the British Voice Associations Healthy Mind, Health Voice conference last month – and she hopes that attitudes in the industry towards performance anxiety are changing. — Read on http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/dumbarton-vocal-coach-hoping-smash-22358456

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Emotion and Intention in Voice Lessons – Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions

I’d like to talk about one of my favourite teaching and coaching tools today: Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions. As singers, we probably all know one thing: Feeling isn’t hard (we do it all the time), but being at ease with our feelings, and allowing ourselves to be vulnerable, is. We so often talk about “negative …

Why Your Mindset Is Holding Back Your Progress As A Singer (And How To Change That!) – The Naked Vocalist

I recently wrote an article for The Naked Vocalist: “Why Your Mindset Is Holding Back Your Progress As A Singer (And How To Change That!)”. In this blog post, you can find the three-step-process that every creative should follow when they want to reach their goals, be they artistic or business-related. It’s also the process …

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