Just that, and nothing else. Well… almost nothing else. — ‘So… how are you?’ My school-appointed mentor came out of nowhere, suddenly just stood in the middle of the classroom where I’d been practicing. We hadn’t talked in months. …

Why Does My Voice Refuse to Define Me? ‘Yes,’ the teacher said, ‘But now I’d like to hear it in your voice.’ I laughed as if I understood what he meant. As if, up until now, I had just been playing around, but now I would sing it as myself…

Today, I suddenly felt compassion for the current President of the United States. — Dear Mister Trump, I saw your press conference. You looked tired, old and drawn. I understand. It’s been four rough years for you and your family. But there’s good news. You are finally allowed to just go home. Sure, you can start an endless battle with litigation, high courts, attorneys…

Learn to channel your inner Pippi Longstocking — My eyes swept around the grocery store. My co-workers were busy with customers, stocking the shelves, minding their own business. Good. My left hand closed around the wallet that I had slipped into my work clothes. I slowly put my thumb to the side of the zipper and felt it…

These are the ingredients — experiment and mix to taste — When my partner asked if I wanted to go on a silent retreat with him sometime, my answer wasn’t exactly ‘No’. It was more like an ‘Oh, hell, no.’ I even wrote an article about it called ‘Dear Future Me, Please Don’t Go on a Silent Retreat.’ …

Don’t do ab workouts or it will mess with your breath support. Right? — Let me de-bunk this myth right off the bat: doing ab workouts as a singer is fine, but you need to understand why you’re doing them, how to do them correctly and what to do afterwards! Otherwise it definitely can mess with your breath support — more on that later. Strength Training for Singers …

I Can Feel It — I’ve been wanting to really “get into” yoga for a long time. I’ve been devoting ten to twenty minutes of every morning to it for about a year now. Before tonight, it never really clicked. But now, everything is different. The Source of My Awakening I was coming home after a stressful day and had…