A Voice and Beyond

By Dr Marisa Lee Naismith

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What's A Voice and Beyond about?

Welcome to A Voice and Beyond. This podcast is dedicated to self-care, personal development and personal growth targeted at the singing voice community. In the interview rounds, you will be inspired by healthcare practitioners, voice teachers and music industry professionals who will share their stories, knowledge and experience in their specialized fields. In the solo round episodes, my goal is to help you as a member of the voice community learn how to increase your levels of focus, productivity, confidence, energy and change your mindset to live your best life and best serve your students.

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Episode #34 - Living with S...

10.24.2021

Stress is a word we throw around rather loosely in our everyday lives. We use it to describe those moments when we’re busy, overwhelmed, dealing with a new situation or just simply dealing with day-to-day life. But, what does it ...

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10.24.2021 Episode #34 - Living with Stress: In Good Times and in Bad Stress is a word we throw around rather loosely in our everyday lives. We use it to describe those moments when we’re busy, overwhelmed, dealing with a new situation or just simply dealing with day-to-day life. But, what does it ...
10.17.2021 Episode #33 - Sarah Marshall: Performance Anxiety: More Than Just Sweaty Palms Performance anxiety has been described as fear about one's ability to perform a specific task, usually in front of a group for people. Sarah Marshall describes performance anxiety as those random intrusive thoughts that flood our brain prior to and ...
10.10.2021 Episode #32 - Dr Dann Mitton: This Moment in Time Dr Dann Mitton is a classical bass singer, voice teacher and voice researcher and for many of us, we know Dann as founder and one of the moderators for the Facebook group, The New Forum for Professional Voice Teachers, where ...
10.03.2021 Episode #31 - The 5 Key Steps to Developing a CEO Mindset Are you the CEO of your life? The chief executive officer (CEO) is the top position in any organisation and they are ultimately responsible for its success or failure. This needs to be you in your life. Most people want ...
09.26.2021 Episode #30 - Dr Nidhi Krishnan - Mythbusting COVID-19 Over the past many, many months, we have been inundated with news, views, perceptions, misconceptions and conspiracy theories around COVID -19. To be honest, I am just as tired of it as most of you are. Much of what we ...
09.19.2021 Episode #29 - Duncan Rock: Time to Walk Towards Optimum Health Duncan Rock is a nutritionist who specialises in promoting good health for performing artists, a registered exercise professional, a member of the Royal Society for Public Health and a professional baritone who has been touring internationally with numerous opera companies ...
09.12.2021 Episode #28 - Your Voice is Your Right: Creating a Safe Space to be Heard At present, not only are we in the midst of a global pandemic, but we are also in the midst of a mental health crisis and a social revolution that is affecting everyone globally, including those in our singing voice ...
09.05.2021 Episode #27 - Embracing Self Care: A Meaningful Perspective At present, not only are we in the midst of a global pandemic, but we are also in the midst of a mental health crisis that is affecting people of all ages, including children from all around the world. The ...
08.29.2021 Episode #26 - Mental Fatigue: How to Cure the New Epidemic Right now our society is experiencing an epidemic of mental fatigue because there are so many people who are worrying about their families, their jobs, their livelihoods while having to take care of their children and some are having to ...
08.22.2021 Episode #25 - Julie-Anne Whitfield - RUOK? Creating a Safe Space Around Connection & Caring in the Workplace Every day in Australia, nine people end their lives by suicide and this is more than double the national road toll. For every one person who dies, there are 39 attempted suicides. What is even more frightening about these figures ...
08.15.2021 Episode #24 - Nadine Manion: Practical Approaches to Train & Support Transgender Singers Today’s guest is Nadine Manion who is an established and highly sought after singing teacher, vocal coach, presenter and researcher. In 2020, Nadine was awarded the Dr. Iain C. Medgitt Churchill Fellowship to investigate vocal technique and care of the ...
08.08.2021 Episode #23 - Emma Ferris: Breathing: The Power to Survive and Thrive Today’s guest is Emma Ferris from the Breath Effect. Emma is a trained physiotherapist, acupuncturist, and Pilates, trauma and breathing coach who has made it her life’s mission to help others learn to thrive and reach their full potential. She ...
08.01.2021 Episode #22 - Procrastination: It's a Waste of Time How often do you begin an important task and you suddenly find yourself standing in front of the coffee machine five minutes later? Are you feeling as though you're are going nowhere fast because you simply can’t get started on ...
07.25.2021 Episode #21 - Part II with Nancy Bos: It's Menopause, Not Vocal Death! This is part II of my interview with the inspirational Nancy Bos. Nancy is an international speaker and clinician on singing and speech, as well as the acclaimed author of a number of best-selling books, including The Teen Girl’s Singing ...
07.18.2021 Episode #20 - Part I with Nancy Bos: You Have a Right to Use Your Voice! Nancy Bos, is an acclaimed author, international speaker, and owner of StudioBos Media, who has taught voice for over twenty years. As a globally recognized voice expert, Nancy truly believes that everyone has a right to sing and to use ...
07.11.2021 Episode #19 - Five Ways to Step up your Courage Over the past twelve months, all of us have had our lives thrown into chaos and every day brings with it the unknown. Now more than ever, on any given day, we all have a moment where we struggle with ...
07.04.2021 Episode #18 - Part II with Dr Wendy LeBorgne - Your Authentic Voice & Unique Brand Today we welcome back Dr Wendy LeBorgne in part II of her amazing interview, in which she shares with us her nerve racking Ted Talk experience, when she spoke on the topic of "Vocal Branding and How Your Voice Shapes ...
06.27.2021 Episode #17 - Part I with Dr Wendy LeBorgne: Training Vocal Athletes for Durability, Strength and Survival Today’s guest is Dr. Wendy LeBorgne, a highly sought-after voice pathologist, speaker, author, and vocal-athlete coach who works with a diversity of elite professional performers from Grammy award winning singers embarking on national tours, to those on the bright lights ...
06.20.2021 Episode #16 - How To Quit Self-Inflicted Overwhelm Do you go through each day constantly feeling overwhelmed and you don’t know why? Overwhelm in your life can be caused by external factors, such as traumatic life experiences that you cannot predict or prevent. However, your overwhelm may be ...
06.13.2021 Episode #15 - Chris Johnson: Voice Training for Sustainability Chris shares his journey as he transitioned from a successful performance career to becoming a leading vocal coach working with numerous major recording artists as well as leading Westend performers. As a singer who experienced vocal issues himself, Chris has ...
06.06.2021 Episode #14 - Let’s Get Physical: The Benefits of Being Active Motion is lotion and the message in this episode is that overall health, fitness, strength and posture are important to longevity and quality of life. Functional limitations will occur when you are not at optimal fitness and health, and your ...
05.30.2021 Episode #13 - Dr Elizabeth Benson: A Voice for Social Justice In this episode, Dr Elizabeth Benson offers us a rare insight into her professional career highlights as a singer who performed across multi genres from classical art song to musical theatre and pop/rock. She describes the training regime that helped ...
05.23.2021 Episode #12 - Alignment: Singing with Authentic Self The use of the word alignment is subjective and can mean different things to different people. As voice teachers, we usually refer to alignment in the context of postural alignment. We understand that alignment is a necessary component for promoting ...
05.16.2021 Episode #11 - Lisa Popeil: The Power of Resilience, Curiosity, and Transformation for Longevity Today’s guest is Lisa Popeil, a prominent voice teacher, voice researcher, musician, author and workshop presenter. Lisa shares her music industry experiences as a female recording artist who emerged in the 1980’s and how she has managed to sustain an ...
05.09.2021 Episode #10 - Sleep: The Bliss of Peaceful Slumber Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it’s becoming more and more neglected in our society. And this neglect comes with devastating consequences. As members of the singing voice community, our ...
05.02.2021 Episode #9 - Ashlie Amber: The Power of the Hustle Ashlie Amber is a singer, actress and entertainer who is in the midst of an incredible music career as a black recording artist in Nashville, a music culture that historically has not embraced gender equality or diversity. As a child, ...
04.25.2021 Episode #8 - 5 Key Steps for Turning Your Goal into a Reality Nothing in life is easy, or so we believe! Often we set goals and we fail, not because our goals are unrealistic, but we don’t have a plan for how we are going to achieve them. Whether you’re quitting a ...
04.14.2021 Episode #7 - Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher: World Voice Day Celebration of Collegiality, Collaboration & Community (Part 2) Gillyanne and Jeremy candidly share their philosophies on a “one size fits all” and a “one method” approach to teaching singers. They believe these approaches do not take into consideration the student as a human being who has a spirit, ...
04.11.2021 Episode #6 - Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher: World Voice Day Celebration of Collegiality, Collaboration & Community (Part 1) Together, Gillyanne and Jeremy are known as Vocal Process, the ‘power couple’ who have come to truly understand how collaboration, collegiality and the sharing of information can super charge your teaching and create momentum within your studio business. In this ...
03.28.2021 Episode #5 - Dr Jenevora Williams: Giving a Voice to Vocal Health Today’s guest is Dr Jenevora Williams, a passionate pedagogue who shares her unique insights into the teaching of singing and the training of singing teachers. Over the years, Jenevora has received international acclaim from the voice community for her pioneering ...
03.15.2021 Episode #4 - Donna Cameron: How to Break Free from Stress and Anxiety As a society, we’re full of stress and anxiety and these issues can consume us. Often it is our thoughts, our situations, both past and present as well as worrying about the future that can become extremely overwhelming. So how ...
03.15.2021 Episode #3 - Master your Mornings & Win Back Your Days Everyone wants to have successful outcomes each and every day. But how do we do this? First we must set up our days with a morning routine that helps us develop a healthy mindset which will ultimately lead to us ...
03.08.2021 Episode #2 - Dr. Elizabeth Blades: My Journey of Self Care Welcome to this episode in which Dr Elizabeth Blades takes us on an incredible journey as she opens up and gives us an honest account of some highly personal challenges she has been confronted with during her life. Elizabeth describes ...
03.02.2021 Episode #1 - Introducing A Voice and Beyond with Dr Marisa Lee Naismith In this episode, Marisa introduces her new podcast series as she shares her incredible personal and professional journey which led her to create this show. Marisa tells us of her profound desire to help others in the singing voice community ...