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First Breath Speech by Speak Well US - Better Voice Better Life

First Breath Speech from Speak Well US, is a podcast for anyone looking to improve the way they speak and feel more comfortable in their own skin. Host Lauren Lovett speaks with a wide range of experts from acting teachers to yoga practitioners to her favorite therapist about how to find your true voice.
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Apr 29, 2016

How a delightful dancer from Columbia and a cunning production guy from Quebec created a successful multi-media entertainment company in LA.

This is the story of Rene and Donald.

Rene Veilleux and Donald Lopez are partners in business and in life. I went to their Verite Entertainment offices in the heart of Koreatown to get to know them and what they do (which is a helluva lot!). They share some great insights about what they look for when hiring actors…(Practice practice practice!)

 

Check out ALL they do here (http://veriteentertainment.net/)

Like them! https://www.facebook.com/veriteentertainment/?fref=ts

Apr 22, 2016

This week it’s me talking to you about your voice. I’ve been noticing people are paying more attention to the way people sound -- especially with the growing popularity of podcasts -- and there have been many studies done of late about how your voice affects both listener and consequently, you.

I give you some homework at the end of the Ep to help you become more aware and more in touch with your voice.


Please send questions and comments to lauren@firstbreathspeech.com

Apr 15, 2016

This week Jenny Walters is back to help us break up the hard stones of self-criticism and just curious about our confusion.

 

 

 

From the Wiki for Sankhara:

The Buddha taught that all such things are impermanent (arising and passing away, subject to change), are essenceless (not worthy of reifying attachment or aversion), and are not reliable sources of pleasure.

Understanding the significance of this reality is wisdom. Saṅkhāra is often used in this first sense to describe the psychological conditioning (particularly the habit patterns of the unconscious mind) that gives any individual human being his or her unique character and make-up at any given time.

 

Jenny’s website: http://www.jadetree.la/jenny.html



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.

 

Apr 8, 2016

This week it’s all about web series and all about winner for best supporting actress,Darcie Siciliano!

We chat about her popular web series, He’s With Me (http://www.heswithme.tv/), and about how she learned to accept herself as one who does not fit in to typical “actress” molds, and how she got more comfortable about her own process.

 

Links:

He’s With Me web series (http://www.heswithme.tv/)

Indie Series Network (http://www.indieseriesnetwork.org/)

Indie Series Awards (http://www.indieseriesawards.com/)


Darcie Siciliano is a professional actress based in NYC who has had the privilege of collaborating on stage with Academy Award winner Alexander Dinelaris, Academy Award nominee Michael Weller and renowned actress Kathleen Chalfant; and on-screen with such acclaimed directors as Joe Pytka, Bob Giraldi and Neil Kraft.  She has recently completed her second season on the hit indie webseries HE'S WITH ME - for which she won an Indie Series Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, after being nominated twice. Follow her @damedacia and www.darciesiciliano.com.  

Apr 1, 2016

In today’s episode, I have the pleasure of chatting with my pal Nancy Linari about voice-over and particularly the world of Audiobooks!

Nancy began her career in Chicago with the famed improv comedy group, The Second City. She appeared in David Fincher’s Academy Award-winning The Social Network and Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center.  Her numerous television credits include guest-starring roles on Bones, Brothers & Sisters, Criminal Minds, Desperate Housewives, ER, Frasier, Fringe, Grey’s Anatomy, and Modern Family.

On stage, Nancy has been seen in resident and touring productions at the revered Briar Street, Drury Lane, and Wisdom Bridge theaters in Chicago, and the Geffen, La Mirada, Canon and Victory theaters in Los Angeles.

She originated the role of Myrna Thorn/Emily Block in “Ruthless! The Musical” a schizophrenic combination of an uptight, pill-popping 3rd grade teacher having a nervous breakdown, and a sexy, hardboiled newspaper reporter with the hots for the leading lady – all this in Bob Mackie designed costumes!

She’s a popular voiceover artist for broadcast commercials, video games and animation, and starred as Morticia in the ABC cartoon, The Addams Family.

Nancy is also an award-winning audiobook narrator, whose passion for performing books comes in part from her childhood desire to play all the parts.  And she doesn’t have to share a dressing room.

Some of her audio books are:

This first book is the second in the series, following FRAGILE:

Darkness, My Old Friend: A Novel

 

This is a new release - a romance/chick lit genre:

A Girl's Guide to Moving On: A Novel

 

And she is one of 3 readers on this collection of Truman Capote stories:

The Early Stories of Truman Capote

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