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When Performing Felt Like Safety

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I’ve been performing since I was five — the stage always felt like a safe place, not because I was fully myself, but because I could be someone else.  And while I have always deeply loved to sing, actually letting my true voice be heard — well, that felt terrifying. There was always a vulnerability that set off my inner critic that I didn't know how to work with.  I used to have this foreboding  sense that if I really let my true voice  out,  I would be too much and this hooked in to my ingrained sense of  feeling alone.

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Peeling Back the Layers

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It’s taken me years — and it’s still unfolding — to peel back those layers and meet my voice as it truly is. Not polished. Not perfect. Just honest. That process has been at the heart of my healing journey and the driving force behind Free Voice.

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When I was working in show bands, musical duos, or performing solo, I often battled anxiety and a harsh inner critic. Despite years of acting, teaching theatre, performing and lecturing, singing felt like a different kind of exposure — raw and unguarded. I realised quite early in my singing career that if I wanted to keep performing, I had to turn inward.

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Voice as a Vehicle for Healing

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With the support of many generous teachers, therapists, and healers, I began using vocal exploration itself as a tool for healing — not to sound better, but to journey towards feeling safer and more comfortable in my body. Bit by bit, I found a sense of grounding, compassion, and freedom through a deepening connection with my breath, body and voice and ultimately, my sense of self.

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A Lifelong Journey of Self-Discovery

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Looking back, I can see that my desire to understand and open to my own voice has underpinned everything. Singing, performing, counselling, researching, communicating, studying, and teaching — each one has been a vehicle for self-discovery. Every block, every trigger became an invitation to reflect more deeply and a practice to meet myself with honesty, care and kindness, gradually learning to love myself back in.

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Free Voice Today

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Today, as a professional counsellor with a Master’s in Vocal Pedagogy, I draw from both personal and many years of  professional experience. Free Voice brings together trauma-informed therapy, somatic awareness,  and vocal skills and techniques to help others tune in to their own path towards vocal freedom, self-connection, and the evolving strength that comes with vulnerability.

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This work is always evolving — just like my voice and my connection to self.

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I am honoured and excited to share Free Voice with those who resonate, and feel now is the right time to focus on their vocal journey and all it has to offer.

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