Finding Your Authentic Voice with Elissa Weinzimmer

Leap Like Me

Finding your authentic voice and using it regularly can be difficult. When today’s guest, Elissa, literally lost her voice, she decided to dedicate her life to helping other people not only protect their voices but learn how to use them in conjunction with a regulated nervous system.

In today’s episode, my guest Elissa Weinzimmer shares about how a vocal hemorrhage led her to take a leap into a career as a vocal and presence coach, and how she is now experiencing a second leap rediscovering her singing voice and making music.

If you’re taking a leap of your own, no matter how big or small, finding your voice (in a world that limits so many voices) means staying in the present moment and supporting your nervous system. And Elissa has some great tips and resources to help you do just that.

In this episode, you’ll learn...

[02:14] What a vocal and presence coach does and the types of people who seek this support

[08:22] How Elissa suffered from a vocal hemorrhage, how that led her to start her business teaching voice, and how she found her singing voice again

[19:02] What embodiment is and how Elissa uses it in her voice body connection process

[25:54] The limitations that block different people from using their voices and how the polyvagal theory can help you to safely find your authentic voice

[33:44] About how the polyvagal theory relates to your nervous system and how it functions

[43:16] Elissa’s advice for someone preparing to quit a job (or other scary scenario) and how to help regulate your nervous system in those moments

If you’re considering your own courageous career change, be sure to tune into this episode.

Get full show notes and the episode transcript: https://www.lisahoashi.com/leaplikeme/episode35

Links mentioned in this episode…

Deb Dana’s Beginner’s Guide to Polyvagal Theory