Having the surgery on my vocal fold in 2017 was stressful, but it brought this new found understanding of my voice, well voices in general. The fright I got way back at the beginning of all this when I thought my voice was damaged beyond repair made me realise a lot of things. How I had strongly tied my voice to my identity; who I was, how I communicated (I know, I know that’s a given) my work, who I was a as a teacher, as an actor and who I was as a friend.