Hey Easy Speakers,
Some recommendations from today’s Good Friday hodge-podge-cast!
http://booksonthenightstand.com/
http://bookriot.com/category/podcast/
Speak well….
This week we talk to actor Joe Mortimer about how a jock from Philly ended up at grad school to study theater, and then on to LA where he launched a very successful career in voice-over (much to the surprise of his voice and speech teachers)!
Joe Mortimer Joe Mortimer is a professional voice actor. He can be heard on t.v.’s and radio’s trying to convince you to buy something. He graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia and has an MFA from West Virginia University. In his free time he enjoys writing and making shit up at Improv Olympic in LA.
In this episode my good friend Jenny Walters and I talk about being human.
When I teach a class or workshop or coach a client, I am helping not only to open up the vocal instrument, but often times we get into opening up the psyche in regards to self-judging and holding onto old beliefs that don’t work, ideas that tend to manifest physically in the form of tension.
Jenny, an artist and therapist, sheds some light about what goes on in the subconscious and how we might look to form a sense of safety internally so we can free ourselves and our voices from constriction.
BIO
Jenny Walters (Marriage and Family Therapist Intern (#80042) earned a B.F.A. from the University of Oregon, and an M.F.A. from University of Illinois at Chicago, before going on to earn a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She received depth psychological training at Counseling West in Sherman Oaks, CA and continues her training with Dr. Sam Rader in Los Angeles. Additional professional training includes Somatic Experiencing and mindfulness meditation.
Jenny approaches therapy from the belief that each of us holds the capacity and power to heal. To nurture this innate healing process, she helps her clients become aware of the conscious and unconscious beliefs that shape experience. Jenny acts as an empathic and curious guide as clients experience relief from symptoms, gain deeper understanding and find more meaning in their lives.
Following your fear vs following your bliss is what this episode is about. An email I got from Marie Forleo got me to thinking about fear related to our voices and how we speak, and how working on freeing our voices might well we worth the risks.