26 episódios
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Welcome to the Clear Voice Podcast! My name is Florence and my vocal journey started when I was training to be a classical singer. I performed at the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall and Alexandra Palace (to name a few!). I toured extensively throughout the UK as well as working in Europe and Asia. I have done session work for the BBC and Channel 4 and have recorded numerous times at Abbey Road Studios. Sounds great, doesn't it?!
Well not quite, something wasn't right. I wasn't fulfilled, I was miserable and anxious. The only satisfaction I gained from my work was teaching and working with individuals to find their voices. So I started to change my focus and set up a business coaching young artists in the patriarchal world of pop.
During this time, I found that I was being spoken over, ignored, interrupted and disregarded. My ideas weren't given any time until they were brought up again weeks later by a male colleague. But I was a confident, opinionated, intelligent person with gravitas and experience, so why was this happening and how could I stop it?
A few things then changed. I discovered some amazing female role models, read a lot of feminist literature and started to employ the techniques I'd used to have a successful performance career and hold space on a stage to hold space off stage. Things started to move, I was being listened to, I didn't have to compromise on my ideas or become one with the patriarchy.
And so Clear Voice was born. A place where women support and inspire other women to be confident in their voices and to be heard.
But it's not just about me. There are so many things that women are speaking out against and so many stories that we have to tell. Each week I will be joined by a different guest who has found their voice and is using it for change. I hope you will find their stories helpful wherever you are on your journey to finding your voice.
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S3E5: Completed It Mate with Wendy O'Beirne
We discussed: the importance of vocally articulating your goals, using your written voice to help you work out what you want, the voices we have in our heads and how to manage them.
Wendy is a life coach who has been featured in the Mail Online, Daily Express, Spirit and Destiny just to name a few publications. She set up the ever popular She Grows events and has created not one but two bespoke guided journals.
She believes in coaching people to recognise how extraordinary they are, allowing them to expand into all they can be rather than sit in all that they are not!
You can find Wendy on Instagram or her website.
To find out more about Florence and Clear Voice, visit her Instagram or website
Producer: Florence Bavanandan
Additional Production: BAVANANDAN
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S3E4: Facing Fears with Fiona Grayson
We discussed: managing your fear of public speaking, the realities of femxle entrepreneurship, how to moderate a discussion, conversational techniques, standing up for yourself vs standing up for others, conflict resolution and asking for something without feeling cringe.
Fiona Grayson is the Founder of She can. She did., the UK's first Benefits Programme for self-employed womxn in the UK that's on a mission to bridge the gap between femxle founders' ambition and what current business infrastructure fails to offer them.
Initially launched by Fiona Grayson, 28, in the summer of 2017, She can. She did. has grown by providing the honest realities of what really goes on behind the scenes to not just launch but run, grow and sustain a business as a female founder in the UK to date. After noticing recurring challenges crop up in every interview and conversation that Fi was having with femxle founders - be it on the She can. She did. podcast, at the Midweek Mingles or in general conversation- Fi and her team spent lockdown building the She can. She did. Benefits Programme to confront and combat these challenges head on by providing all self-employed womxn in the UK with access to the health and financial benefits that come hand-in-hand with a corporate career as well as a whole host of additional incentives too.
You can find She Can. She Did on their Instagram, their website and listen to the podcast here.
To find out more about Florence and Clear Voice, visit her Instagram or website
Producer: Florence Bavanandan
Additional Production: BAVANANDAN
Music: BAVANANDAN -
S3E3: Boundaries with Mother Hustler
We discussed: speaking authentically online, breaking down barriers and battling expectations of women and mothers by speaking out, taking up space and the challenges that come with it, and saying the “right thing”.
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S3E2: Abundant Living with Marta Salcedo
We discussed: embracing your vocal quirks, channeling your own experience to create your voice, and accepting that we are always growing and changing
Marta Salcedo moved to London seven years ago when she was 18 to pursue a career as a professional dancer. She had great success and danced with some brilliant acts- Tiwa Savage, for the X Factor and Omarion, just to name a few.
But she soon realized that her true calling was in helping people she started combining her dancing and personal training experience with coaching and started Move with Marta, a 360 coaching service. She has a thriving private client base and has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry such as WeWork and Nike.
During lockdown, she was stuck in South Africa and transformed her business from purely face-to-face to digital only and hasn’t looked back since.
To find out more about Marta, visit her Instagram or website.
To find out more about Florence and Clear Voice, visit her Instagram or website
Production: BAVANANDAN
Additional Production: Florence Bavanandan
Music: BAVANANDAN -
S3E1: Singing A Story with Autumn Rowe
We discussed: finding yourself, finding your identity and finding your voice both in work and your personal life for the issues that matter to you.
Autumn Rowe is a Singer/Songwriter/Producer/DJ from New York. She wrote the dance anthem behind the 2011 FIFA World Cup “Happiness” featuring Alexis Jordan, and has worked with Dua Lipa, Ava Max, Jax Jones, MK, Avicii, Deadmau5, Leona Lewis, Fifth Harmony, among many other artists. Autumn is also a celebrated vocal coach. She appeared on season 2 of The X Factor, and as the only vocal coach on America’s Got Talent for five years.
In 2020, Autumn began to use her platform for activism and wrote a song called "WE ARE" by Jon Batiste, which had been chosen to be a part of the "Mask Up America" Campaign to help fuel the Black Lives Matter moment.
You can find Autumn on her Instagram and her website and listen to her music here
To find out more about Florence and Clear Voice, visit her instagram or website
Production: BAVANANDAN
Additional Production: Florence Bavanandan
Music: BAVANANDAN -
S2 E10: Clear Voice Life with Florence Bavanandan
This week, it’s me! A run down for you of why Clear Voice exists, the philosophy behind Clear Voice, the effect of lockdown on women and the power of language.
To find out more about me and Clear Voice visit my instagram or website
Producer: Sarah Bishop
Additional Production: Florence Bavanandan
Music: BAVANANDAN