…where Performance meets Psychology
…where Performance meets Psychology
…where Performance meets Psychology
I have used this sentence with both my therapy/coaching clients and for my webinars/courses for a long time, and for good reasons: Our focus shapes our experience, and our experience shapes our focus. If we focus on approval of others being our biggest source of feeling worthy, we will always chase it. And never feel …
I recently took part in a discussion about AD(H)D and how it affects creatives. Some people even wondered if people in creative professions are more likely to have AD(H)D because they supposedly often display symptoms. And one step further: Are people with AD(H)D more creative? The only thing I can say with certainty: There is …
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 …
When we hear about trauma, we often think of how if affects people emotionally and mentally. We talk far less often about how trauma also affects our bodies – and consequently our voices. I could tell you about countless singers who were bullied at school. For years, they endured cruelty. When they get older, they …
A couple of days ago, I did a little Twitter survey. The question I asked was: What aspect of singing, or being/becoming a singer, is most important to you? The answers, which are of course by no means representative, overwhelmingly belonged into one of the following camps: 1. Wanting to improve technique to be able …