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It's hard to believe (at the time of this recording) that it's April, and hopefully we all survived tax day and are able to get out and enjoy some of the beautiful Spring foliage that's popping up all over. On this Spring day, I've invited Lawrence Payne to join me as my guest. He is an award-winning copywriter, editor, voice actor and composer,  who has worked with some of the world's most progressive companies such as Yamaha Digital Musical Instruments, Yamaha Audio, Teac, Hitachi and Brother.  Many of them in his capacity as a senior copywriter at Intermart Advertising/Tokyo.  He's received awards for his creative work featured in prestigious national and regional competitions and he has a reputation for excellence in technical documentation and communications. Lawrence has over 32 years of professional experience covering subjects ranging from music, cultural history, philosophy, religion, robotics, telecom and travel.   Lawrence has contributed widely to consumer and trade publications, including the graphic-design journal How.  As a  knowledgeable musician and critic, he has written for Guitar Player magazine, served as associate editor at Music Connection magazine and studied with the Latin guitar virtuoso Jorge Strunz. He produces the YouTube channel Deep Space Theater, which features his own musical compositions. Among his recent literary efforts are the books of a Zen Buddhist abbot whose influence is spread throughout Asia to the Americas and Europe.   However, with all of the aforementioned projects, the one title that's missing from Lawrence Payne's accomplishments, is as LinkedIn's Chief Cheerleader and Encourager! On any given day, you can find Lawrence reposting, commenting and encouraging others on their accomplishments.  It's that kind of generosity and kindness that has brought us together to have a conversation. You may contact or follow Lawrence via the following: Business email Address(s): writerhead@msn.com, blueworldeditors@gmail.com LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-payne-b64a532/ Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdbzKL0rxVV5MXm0fWaLJLg Music for media: https://desertviewrecordsllc.disco.ac/cat/325091309/artists/9749899 Blog: https://medium.com/@blueworldeditors Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/creative-drive-lawrence-payne If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode well :-) To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ To contact me via VO work or to host your podcast, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country "We got it together" insert: Barry White Proverbs 23:18 "Surely there is a future, and your Hope will not be cut off."

It's no secret to some of my longtime listeners that I'm originally from Los Angeles; sometimes referred to as the land of the rich, famous and forever young.  That “fountain of youth”, has been featured and celebrated in films, commercials and advertising for decades, leading those of us who are now in our more “mature years”, to believe that we've become irrelevant, worthless and should claim our rightful spot in the proverbial “pasture”. Well, Ande Lyons, the guest joining me today, has made it her mission to dismantle age-related stereotypes and explore the limitless potential that comes with experience and wisdom, and she does so as the host and producer of her "Don't Be Caged by Your Age" podcast.  A seasoned entrepreneur and global startup mentor, Ande seeks to inspire and empower her listeners to thrive at any age, especially after the age of 65. With over a decade of podcasting experience and more than 800 episodes under her belt, including 250 episodes of her "Startup Life Show” on YouTube, and ‘Your Ink Story' podcast, she's passionate about sparking meaningful conversations that ignite change and growth.  As the proud founder of four diverse businesses, ranging from tech to food, Ande has navigated the exhilarating highs and challenging lows of entrepreneurship, gaining insights and stories that she generously shares with her listeners. She's taken that generosity to the streets, so to speak, by forming the New England Podcasters Group, a vibrant community of storytellers and creators who gather monthly to collaborate, learn, and grow. NEPG provides a supportive space for podcasters to refine their craft, connect with one another, and expand their reach with their monthly speaker series featuring industry leaders and innovators. Whether she's mentoring entrepreneurs, hosting pro-aging conversations, or building community through podcasting, Ande is a source of inspiration and empowerment with anyone she connects with, by helping them to embrace new opportunities and live their most fulfilling lives. You may contact Ande multiple ways via the following: 'Don't Be Caged by Your Age' website: https://www.dontbecagedbyyourage.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/don-t-be-caged-by-your-age                   https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AndeLyons  TikTok:    https://www.tiktok.com/@dontbecagedbyyourage  TikTok:    https://www.tiktok.com/@andelyons     Caged IG:  https://www.instagram.com/dontbecagedbyyourage/   If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode well :-) To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ To contact me via VO work, or to host your podcast, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample (for this episode): 'That's How Young I Feel' by Angelea Lansbury & Mame Ensemble (Original Broadway Cast Recordning) Proverbs 23:18 "Surely there is a future, and your Hope will not be cut off."

Welcome to a very special episode that is launching during the week of  ‘Podcasthon'; the world's largest podcast charity initiative, bringing together podcasters worldwide to raise awareness of local non-profits charitable causes. And what's more timely and relevant right now, than delving into a discussion of behavioral health with an organization that has been servicing its clients for over 55 years.  Founded in 1970, Buckelew Programs encompasses a combined 137 years of experience serving the North Bay, here in California. With programs in Marin, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino Counties, Buckelew's mission is to promote recovery, resilience and Hope (something we're big on in this podcast) by providing behavioral health and support services that enhance quality of life through their 5 Core Programs: Counseling, Service Navigation, Substance Use Recovery, Supported Housing, and Suicide Prevention. Buckelew is tirelessly working to destigmatize the value of mental health, in the services they provide to foster healthy people and communities. Chris Kughn is Buckelew's CEO, and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and has served at the helm of Buckelew since May of 2019 He has more than 20  years of experience in the public, private and, nonprofit behavioral healthcare systems. Prior to Buckelew, Chris served in several executive management roles in Solano County and the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services, including Division Director of Adult and Older Adult Services. His passion and commitment to nonprofit behavioral health services began with his work serving adults, children, and families in juvenile justice, crisis stabilization and adult homeless systems. With a B.S. degree in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.A. degree in Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is a member of the California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies (CASRA). Chris tends to his own mental health through mountain biking, cycling, scuba diving, and a gift that I've had the pleasure of enjoying; a keen sense of humor. To contact Chris Kughn driectly: Business email Address: chrisk@buckelew.org Business website: Buckelew.org Buckelew's socials: instagram.com/buckelewprograms facebook.com/Buckelew.Programs linkedin.com/company/buckelew-programs   For more information about Buckelew's Bike + Hike 4 visit their event page: https://buckelew.org/bike4buckelew/ For more information on Podcasthon week: https://podcasthon.org/ If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode well :-) To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ To contact me via VO work, or to host your podcast, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample (for this episode): 'Big Chief' by Professor Longhair and Earl King Proverbs 23:18 "Surely there is a future, and your Hope will not be cut off." Until next time, stay Healthy and Hopeful!

It's been a minute since our last episode, and as we step into a new year, it's clear that for many of us, things haven't quite gone as planned. In particular, I'm referring to friends and family in Los Angeles, who are grappling with the aftermath and the ongoing devastating fires, and to those facing social, environmental, and political challenges. I've recently returned from attending the 11th Annual Podfest Expo in Orlando, FL, and as a first time attendee, I am reinvigorated and more committed than ever to bringing you authentic, inspiring, and hope-filled stories. A heartfelt thank you to Chris Krimitsos, the visionary and founder behind Podfest, for creating an event built on education, collaboration, and community. It's a place where, as he says, "Your Voice Matters," reminding us all to use our words and energy wisely. It's no small coincidence then, that my first guest of 2025, has built her business and personal mission on teaching both children and adults, the fundamentals of kindness and collaboration.   Attributes that appear to be in short supply these days and yet as my experience at Podfest just proved, these qualities can exist given the right leadership, nurturing and creativity. And speaking of nurturing and creativity, my guest Sandra Beckwith, is all of the embodiment of these qualities and so much more. She's the author of numerous e-books, 10 and counting, and is a passionate advocate for civility, with her ‘Master Keys for Kids,' a collection aiming to instill kindness, respect, gratitude, and compassion in our youth. These fundamental values, though seemingly very scarce today, are essential for nurturing a more respectful and empathetic society. Its companion series of character tales,  ‘A Manner for All Seasons' is the second release of what's soon to be a trilogy of living into your life purpose, and serves as a tool for families, classrooms and faith communities. Sandra's program, ‘Return to Civility,' uses theatre skills to teach empathy and emotional intelligence, encouraging kids to engage in meaningful interactions. Beyond her work with children, Sandra is the creator of ‘Your Life as a Masterpiece,' a process aimed at helping individuals discern their life purpose and set personal goals. Soon to be available in e-book form, this course invites us to reflect on the art of living intentionally. I had the great opportunity to be one of Sandra's first students years ago when we were both living in Los Angeles. Join us as we explore Sandra's insights and learn how we can all contribute to a kinder, more respectful world. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or simply someone who cares about the next generation, I trust there's something valuable you can take away from this conversation. Contact Sandra Beckwith via the following: Business email:  sandra@masterkeysforkids.com   Website:  www.MasterKeysforKids.com   YouTube: @AMomentforManners: releasing the first season, all episodes 3 minutes or under. Watch with the kids you love.  Watch the show, practice the skill!   Great for weekend activities Wonderful experience:  Master Keys is meant to offer a wide array of almost 50 topics that address civility, manners and building character for families and classrooms.  The program helps guide conversations, teach critical thinking, build empathy, and focus on kid's emotional development.  I use humor, stories that teach, and a unique series host, Madama and her pet, Peeves, to talk about how treating others with kindness and respect make a much better quality of life for all concerned.   Master Keys offers two ebook series: SET I   Master Keys for Kids themed ebooks where you can use the actual guides in a classroom setting or to guide conversations over chores, car rides, or table talk. Pick a topic, practice the skill SET II.   A Manner for All Seasons, storybook series, read the story and practice a skill like thank you notes A Moment for Manners YouTube show:  watch a show, practice the skill.   f you enjoyed this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode well :-) To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ To contact me via VO work, or to host your podcast, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample (for this episode): 'Don't Worry Be Happy' by Bobby McFerrin Proverbs 23:18 "Surely there is a future, and your Hope will not be cut off." Until next time, stay Healthy and Hopeful!

If you're a regular listener to my show, then you know by now that I'm always excited to introduce you to intriguing creatives who are making a positive impact in their fields of expertise.   Today, I'm especially excited for this conversation as in some ways I feel like this particular guest and I have been doppelganger's in both experiences and creative choices. She also happens to share one of my core beliefs that it's never too late to pursue one's dreams.  Now a full time voice and on-camera actor as well as a voice over coach, Jennifer “Jenn” Sims, was deep into her career as the Director of Broadcast at one of L.A.'s top ad agencies, she worked on 100s of commercials with talent agents and casting directors and listened to thousands of voice actor's auditions. She also directed voice actors, including Emmy and Oscar winners; such as Donald Sutherland as the voice for a national healthcare campaign and produced network promos starring the incomparable voice legend, Don LaFontaine, to name a just few. As glamorous as the world of advertising appears to be in the content it creates, it can also be, as Jenn says, very toxic, and her work environment was becoming increasingly so, prompting Jenn to reflect on what she really wanted to do when she began her career in the first place; that of being an actress;  as she spent years honing her quirky sense of humor while studying comedy and improv at The Upright Citizen's Brigade, The Groundlings, (which landed her on-camera commercials for Uber, Snapchat and WebMD) and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. It was during a recording session, that Jenn realized her passion for acting was undiminished and made the decision to quit her job to pursue a full time career in voice over! However, in Jenns own words, she was “older” than most people who pursue full time acting. And for anyone who is familiar with how youth oriented show business is; especially in Los Angeles, it wasn't exactly a text-book recipe for success. Leaving that coveted Director of Broadcast position was a huge risk but one she was willing to take, and so Jenn took that leap. I'd like to extend the net by welcoming Actor, Storyteller, Coach and “Smarty Pants”, Jennifer Sims to 19 Stories Contact Heidi Love via the following: Business email:   jennifersimsvo@gmail.com  Business website:  https://www.thejennsims.com/ Business website:  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thejennsims/ Inquire about classes and private coaching at: voiceactorcoaching@gmail.com Demos https://soundcloud.com/jennifersimsvo/sets/jennifer-sims-voice-over-demos If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode well :-) To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ To contact me via VO work, or to host your podcast, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample (for this episode): 'My Girl' by The Temptations Proverbs 23:18 "Surely there is a future, and your Hope will not be cut off." Until next time, stay Healthy and Hopeful!

This episode discusses  childhood molestation and rape and may not be suitable for younger listeners or those who've experienced similar trauma.  I hope you've all had a beautiful and rejuvenating summer.  I'm recording this episode on the eve of the Autumn Equinox. I imagine we're all beginning to pull out those comfy sweaters for the cooler weather that is right around the corner! I'm delighted to be back with a new season of episodes beginning with the very special guest that's joining me today. The descriptor's “bestselling author, global sailor and activist”, used to introduce Heidi Love, fails to give full measure to who this amazing woman is.  (She's definitely all of those but oh, SO MUCH MORE!) Heidi was born in the small Alaskan town of Seward, Alaska, where her missionary father, mother and older brother moved to from Pennsylvania prior to her birth then eventually moved to Philadelphia when Heidi was six.  Now living in Eliot Maine, her cache of accomplishments include marketing strategist and cofounder of Vont, a Maine-based $7 million dollar digital marketing agency along with its sister agency, Ethos; a full-service, multi-platform branding agency. Love has earned an MBA, a Women of Achievement Fellowship, and graduated from the Institute for Civic Leadership. She is an active board member of Safe Space Radio and a former board member of the Maine Women's Fund.   As impressive as those accomplishments are Heidi's quest for healing from childhood violence, and its ensuing trauma,led her to embark on a five-year, 12,000 nautical-mile sailing odyssey from Maine to French Polynesia that was 43 years in the making resulting in a life redeemed and an incredible message of Hope. In May of 2024, Heidi released the memoir of that journey,  Laughing at the Sky, Wild Adventure, Bold Dreams and a Daring Search for a Stolen Childhood, which ranked #1 in New Releases in four different categories on Amazon, which we'll be talking about today. Contact Heidi Love via the following: To order Laughing at the Sky: https://amzn.to/3vOcjIT Website: HeidiLoveAuthor.com Business email: HeidiLoveAuthor@gmail.com Instagram: @heidiloveauthor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaughingAtTheSky1/ To Order Knowing Acts—Engage in Healing:  https://amzn.to/3KcMnJ3 Free sample Calming Practice exercises at https://www.heidiloveauthor.com/blog Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode well :-) To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ To contact me via VO work, or to host your podcast, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample (for this episode): 'Return to Innocence' by Enigma Proverbs 23:18 "Surely there is a future, and your Hope will not be cut off." Until next time, stay Healthy and Hopeful!

The first thing my guest, Paul Schmidt, would like you to know about him, is that as a single dad, his teenage son, Robbie, is his world and his reason for everything. Which is incredibly endearing considering the level of success he's attained in a variety of professional and creative endeavors. Perhaps his success is due to being cast at the age of six in the role of “God” in his school play and that has “anointed” his efforts ever since. For years Paul would continue his Thespian pursuits acting in just about anything he could, which in 1980's Baltimore meant musicals, as he performed in over 20 of them before he turned 18.  Once he was out of college, he pursued a successful career in broadcasting, and started on-air at 98 Rock in Baltimore, and eventually went on-air full-time at WRDX in Wilmington, DE for almost a decade. Adding to his performance repertoire, Paul did stand-up comedy and owned and operated Christina's Comedy Zone at Dover Downs Hotel and Casino for 3 years, which won Best Comedy Club in Delaware Today Magazine. He also did a year of improv in the Baltimore troupe of ComedySportz. For the past 25 years, Paul has poured his stage and on-camera acting experience into commercial and corporate voiceover work, and voicing for hundreds of small and medium-sized businesses via explainer videos, e-learning, corporate training, medical narration, and audiobooks. As a community builder and business coach, Paul created the VO Freedom Master Plan, a voiceover marketing program designed to generate consistent opportunities for voice actors to book work, and the VO Pro Community, a private, professional, global community created to meet the needs of voice actors and audiobook narrators who want to take their careers to the next level.  Joining me from Richmond, VA, Paul is an avid sports fan, who loves playing golf with his son and refers to himself, among other things, as a “Golf Suckist”.  To talk about all this and more, I'd like to welcome Paul Schimidt to 19 Stories. Contact Paul Schmidt via the following: Website: https://vopro.pro The VO Freedom Master Plan: https://vofreedommasterplan.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@vo-pro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vopro.pro TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vopro.pro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/vofreedom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulschmidtvo Voiceover: https://paulschmidtvoice.com/ Visit https://paulschmidtvoice.com or email paul@paulschmidtvoice.com. Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ To contact me via VO work, or to host your podcast, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample (for this episode): 'Don't Worry Be Happy' by Bobby McFerrin Proverbs 23:18 "Surely there is a future, and your Hope will not be cut off." Until next time, stay Healthy and Hopeful!

My guest today, Christy Harst, has been heard on the World Series, Monday Night Football, and the NBA Finals as one of the national voices of YouTubeTV. She's also the national voice of John Deere, and has voiced dozens of television, streaming, and radio ads.  Her career in voiceover began in college when she applied for a news internship at a local classical radio station. It was during her interview that the station manager told her she had a good voice, escorted her to the studio, recorded her reading the Star Spangled Banner and then suggested, “You'd do well in voice overs.”  Two decades later, Christy is in fact “doing well” and continues to work from her home based professional studio.  She loves and excels at what she does and it shows in her body of work. Plus, she's the only one I know that has ever voiced about the dangers of Bed Bug Mating!  Christy grew up in a rural town an hour outside of Cleveland, competed in cooking and public speaking as part of the 4-H program. After graduating college Christy experienced several terrifying situations, including being robbed in her first post-graduate job.  And five years ago she suffered a mild stroke.  Christy, by any measure, has been successful in the world of VO, and yet she is on a mission to change the sound of a genre of voiceover that  for too long has been dominated by men….the world of sports promos.  Her  Building Doors campaign seeks to literally change the narrative of sports promos by demanding equal opportunities for female voice actors not just in sports, but in male centric brands as well. Her goal is that the door will be built and always remain open. She's even curated a personal YouTube appeal to her beloved Cleveland Browns to be their secret weapon by being their “first female voice to break through the noise!” I'd like to open my virtual door by welcoming Christy Harst to 19 Stories. Contact Christy via the following: Business email Address:  christy@christyharst.com Business website: hannchristyharst.com Facebook  LinkedIn  TikTok  Instagram  YouTube Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ To contact me via VO work, or to host your podcast, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample (for this episode): 'The Planets Op32, VII, Neptune' by Gustav Holst Until next time, stay Healthy and Hopeful!

The following conversation may not be appropriate for younger listeners, or those who've experienced abandonment, sexual abuse, or drug addiction. Today's guest, author Hannah Sward, has quite the story to tell. So much so, she wrote about it in her memoir Strip, an International Book Award Finalist, Reader's Choice Award Finalist and Book Soup Bestseller…which is quite the homage to her late father; the renowned poet and novelist Robert Sward.  Widely published in literary journals in the US, Canada, and the UK, her work has also appeared in publications such as LA Times, HuffPost, and many others. She was a regular contributor at The Fix and Erotic Review and columnist and editor at Third Street Villager in Los Angeles.  Hannah Sward, was born in the bohemian seventies, abandoned by her mother at the age of two and lived with her father on an island in Victoria, B.C. that had no stores or cars.  At the age of six, she was kidnapped and molested by a stranger, and as she got older, became a stripper and a prostitute with a taste for crystal meth.   Although Strip is often referred to as an addiction memoir, as one book reviewer wrote, “that is just one part of it. Strip is about so much more. It is a book about loss, loneliness, and the yearning for something more.” It is also, as Nobel Prize Winner J.M. Coetzee wrote, “Touchingly honest, and written with a light touch.” She writes about the silent gurus, sugar daddies, and drinking in the CVS bathroom before therapy sessions in a painstakingly honest, detailed, and often humorous way. ‘Strip' is a heartfelt memoir revealing Hannah's journey from innocence to darkness and beyond, to a world of empowerment. It's that story, that message and the ultimate redemption of her life and talent that we'll be talking about today. Contact Hannah via the following: Business email Address: hsward22@gmail.com Business website(s): hannahsward.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/hannahswardauthor/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hannahswardauthor To order STRIP: A Memoir: https://a.co/d/dLQD8rP Largehearted Boy Playlist for Strip Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ To contact me via VO work, or to host your podcast, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample (for this episode): 'The Welcoming Moon' by East India Dream Company Until next time, stay Healthy and Hopeful!

My guest today, Jennifer Clark, is described as the sound of Humankindness. It's who she is, how she does business, and what she sounds like. It's the sound you can trust. It's the sound of collaboration. It's the sound of stories with impact. And on this podcast it's all about the stories. Perhaps her humankindness stems from being a pastor's kid and traveling to 14 different countries and exploring the common thread that binds us.   Perhaps it's her classical training, in both singing and violin, allowing her to speak a universal language that touches the heart of all who hear it.  (Smile) Or, perhaps it's her degree in pastoral children's ministry that allows her to see life through the eyes and innocence of a child.  Whatever it is, Jennifer puts the human connection in everything she voices; from corporate narration, commercials, eLearning, explainer videos, documentaries and harmonizing with her beautiful alto voice on the occasional holiday jingle! It's the reason that national brands such as Walmart, Pinterest, AT&T, PBS, NASA, LEGO, Guideposts, and many more, have trusted her to be the voice of their brand, and also the reason that Jennifer is a 2023 One Voice Awards Nominee and a 2023 and 2022 SOVAS Voice Arts Awards Nominee!   I'd like to extend a very human and warm welcome to my guest Jennifer Clark... Contact Jennifer via the following: Business email Address: jennifer@jennifersvoice.com Business website: www.jennifersvoice.com (new website design coming in the next couple of weeks!!) https://www.youtube.com/@jennifersvoice https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-clark-vo/ https://www.instagram.com/jennifers.voice/ https://www.facebook.com/jennifers.voiceVO Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ To contact me via VO work, or to host your podcast, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample: 'Goodness of God' by Jenn Johnson Until next time, stay Healthy and Hopeful!

I hope you're all having a wonderful start to 2024 and that you have some things that you're feeling excited about.  If not, perhaps my next guest will inspire you as she is the founder, host and Chief Inspiration Officer of the Women in the Arena Podcast…a celebration of everyday women living extraordinary lives in plain sight. Now in its 4th year, the Women in the Arena podcast seeks to inspire, encourage and challenge women to reach for the greatness they were made for.  And I invite the men to stick around as I imagine we all could use that kind of encouragement! As a corporate veteran, and an award winning sales professional, Audra A-gin has 25 years' experience of being one of the few women in the room, and in many cases, the only one. While the women she worked with may have been outnumbered, she recognized that they were all uniquely exceptional and became fascinated in learning more about them and their experiences.  It became increasingly clear that these women were contributing significant value to their organizations, families and careers and that their contributions were either being taken for granted or overlooked, sometimes even by themselves.  Audra had aspirations to change that and as a result Women in the Arena was created. As the creator, producer and host, Audra says it's a platform unlike any other, it's a celebration!  Her motto is to celebrate women doing extraordinary things in plain sight. She believes that if we start to recognize the value within ourselves, then we can start to acknowledge the value within each other and see that we have more similarities than what appears on the surface.  It is that knowledge that begins to change the narrative from “you are my competition” to “you are my best asset”. This is life changing and as a result, world changing. This is Audra's goal, to change the world one interview at a time. Let's meet this world changer by welcoming Audra Agen to 19 Stories. You may contact Audra Agen via the following: Business email Address: audra@womeninthearena.net  Business website: womeninthearena.net  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-the-arena-podcast/?viewAsMember=true Facebook Handle: Women in the Arena Podcast Instagram Handle: @womeninthearenapodcast Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ To contact me via VO work, or to host your podcast, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample: 'Old Soul', by The Highwomen from the album: The Highwomen Until next time, stay Healthy and Hopeful!

Wishing a very Happy New Year to you and yours.  I certainly hope your holidays afforded you time to enjoy some rest and rejuvenation, and that 2024 is the year that you're able to actualize some of your dreams and aspirations. And speaking of actualizing one's dreams, I think we can all take a page from my next guest as the term renaissance woman truly applies to Maria Pendolino.  She's a multi-award-winning voice artist working in national television and radio commercials, and numerous other genres of voice work.   Maria is also the President of the Board of Directors for Alleyway Theatre Inc., a professional theater company offering education & development programs to foster the talents of emergent artists from Western New York and beyond. She also identifies as disabled actor, due to psoriatic (sorry-attic) arthritis which she was diagnosed with during her rise as a stage and screen actor. She's proud to use her voice to advocate for disabled performers across the entertainment and media spectrum via The Disabled Voice Actors Database; an online directory of names and contact information of working voice actors who also happen to be people with disabilities. Adding to her talents are that of a freelance Television and Feature Film Writer with a goal of developing and writing stories about women and disabled people who are at the center of their own stories.  This past October 2023, Maria garnered high praise when she joined USA Today's Top 10 list of Emerging Entrepreneurs for 2023.  I'd say a huge congratulations are in order, and yet the recognition is a bit ironic given Maria has been a working actor going on 20 years. Maria will soon be adding Podcaster to her hugely impressive list of credits as she'll soon be launching the podcast ‘We Talk for a Living' where she'll be talking about the power of using one's voice, with guests from all different professions and backgrounds. Maria can be reached via the following: Business email Address: maria@voicebymaria.com Business websites:  http://www.voicebymaria.com http://www.bluewavevoiceover.com http://www.millennialvoiceover.com http://www.disabledvoiceactors.com   Key social media sites: https://www.instagram.com/mariapendo https://www.tiktok.com/@mariapendo https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariapendolino   Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ To contact me via VO work, or to host your podcast, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample: 'Dreams' Accoustic version, The Cranberries album: Something Else  Until next time, stay Healthy and Hopeful!

Hello and a very Happy Thanksgiving week to you and yours.  I hope that you're able to take some down time to enjoy the beginning of this holiday season, eat some good food, and do that which makes you feel rested and rejuvenated. It's been about a month since I've released a new episode and part of that is due to another project I've been working on.  So, with that in mind, I am going to be taking a hiatus from releasing any new episodes of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope, until the beginning of 2024.  I already have some wonderful guests who'll be joining me to share more remarkable and encouraging stories.  Before I tell you about my new venture, I want to take this time to give a huge, heartfelt Thank You to all the guests who've joined me this past year, and to all of my listeners; whether you've been listening from day one or recently joined me.  For the third year in a row, this podcast has been nominated for a SOVAS Award by the Society of Voice Arts & Sciences of which I am incredibly honored and grateful for this recognition. The award ceremony will be in Los Angeles in December, and although I will not be attending, I want to give a shoutout to my fellow nominees and voice actors who will be there.  Perhaps I'll have news to share in the new year as to whether or not I was awarded a golden statue.  Please know that either way, that I'm grateful for this continued recognition. Now, for some very exciting news!  Much like I mulled around the idea of launching this podcast for several years, I've been doing the same with another podcast idea as well.  My regular listeners are familiar with the numerous voice actors that I've interviewed, who have shared their stories of how they moved through fear to Hope, and having personally heard from many of you, that their messages have been inspirational at a time when you really needed to hear them, I'm hoping this new podcast will inspire you in other ways as well. The pilot episode of my new podcast, ‘The Voice Kitchen: where recipes and voice talent blend!' will be launching tomorrow, Wednesday, November 22. Each week, I'll be chatting with a talented voice actor who'll be sharing one of their favorite recipes, while delving into its origin and the meaning it holds for them and their families.  From savory soups to sweet desserts, this podcast has something for everyone. Whether you're a seasoned chef or just starting out in the kitchen, The Voice Kitchen will hopefully leave you feeling encouraged to try some of these recipes for yourself and to experiment with some of your own creations. I realize the holidays can be a hard time for folks.  Whether it's health or financial issues, family and friends who are no longer with us, or a feeling of melancholy that can set in during the winter months and should you be alone during this season, I encourage you to reach out to the numerous churches, temples and community organizations that prepare holiday meals as I know they'd be delighted to welcome you to their table and love on you with a welcoming heart and a warm meal. In closing, I'd like to wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and holiday season. Until next time, stay Healthy and Hopeful! Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To contact me via VO work, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country    

If you've spent any amount of time on popular social media channels, you're bound to have come across post after post with the anthem cry imploring you to be authentic, use your authentic voice, and for goodness sake, live your truth! But what exactly does that mean in a time when truths are manipulated and shaped to suit personal and political agendas?  Leaving one to wonder whether or not authenticity, and dare I say, integrity, matter anymore? The guest joining me today, Dave Walsh, knows a thing or two about what it  means to live into our authentic self and has been sharing his method for almost 17 years, as the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of the True Tell Method…a unique and powerful coaching platform designed to help actors, executives and leaders of all kinds, find and use their authentic voice.   Prior to coaching actors and executives in his True Tell Method, Dave has worn numerous hats in the creative arts with a career that spans over 34 years.   From publicity and public relations, to Director of Television research for Paramount; to Chairman, Executive Producer and Talent for ‘Get A Laddah Entertainment', to his very lucrative career as a top voice talent, Dave, by any measure, was a huge success. He was at the height of a magnificent voiceover career with an incredible manager, two agents and 22 years of voiceover success…when his entire world spiraled, and he lost the use of his voice. After being diagnosed with Spasmodic Dysphonia (Dis-phone-e-a);  aka, strangled voice syndrome, Dave began searching for answers for his own healing and thus his powerful formula was birthed and branded as ‘The TruTell'.  Naturally, Dave expanded his focus and adapted The TrueTells ® transformational process specifically for leaders and innovators and is on a mission to help them communicate more authentically to and with their teams and customers for greater success. Dave can be reached via the following: Email:  dave@thetruetell.com   Website:  www.thetruetell.com   Twitter:  @yourtruetell   IG:  @thetruetell   Classes:  They are posted on his website under "Privates/Workshops" Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To contact me via VO work, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample: 'Boogie Wonderland' by Earth, Wind & Fire and The Emotions Until next time, stay Healthy and Hopeful!

For this episode, I'm turning the table by interviewing the interviewer! I first met my next guest when the editor and publisher of the Women Who Podcast magazine, Kathy Baron, asked if I'd like to be interviewed for the 2023 Fall issue.   And given I love all things podcasting, I of course said yes. Thus began a new friendship and relationship with writer, copywriter, editor, content creator, and fellow podcaster Chelsea Pegues (Pig-geese). Chelsea has a Professional Writing degree in Communications from Southern New Hampshire University, graduated Summa Cum Laude and is a member of the Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society. For 14 years, she served as a Senior Administrative Professional at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and continues to have a passion for learning, communication, media and creating content across multiple mediums. Her desire is to apply her creativity and skills to projects that make a positive impact in the world.  We'll be chatting about how her original podcast ‘The Sticky Eddie Podcast', with her co-host Suzanne Michele, and their current one, ‘Let's Try This Again…Random Chats About the Chaos of Life', is doing just that! So let's meet Ms. “smarty-pants”  by welcoming Chelsea Pegues to 19 Stories… Chelsea can be reached via the following: Business email: chelsea.pegues@gmail.com A new business website is under construction:  chelseaelizabethwrites.com in the near future. Follow her on Instagram: @lets_try_this_again_pod, and @chelsrunsaround Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To contact me via VO work, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample: 'Pride and Joy' by Stevie Ray Vaughan Until next time, stay Healthy and Hopeful!    

I am so excited for you to meet my next guest, and yet I have to say out of all the guests that I've welcomed to this podcast, crafting an intro for this one has certainly presented a challenge in summarizing her vast credits and expertise.   This multi-preneur's career spans almost 2 decades in several high-profile, very successful businesses.  First, as an award winning voice talent with an incredibly impressive list of world-renowned clients,  as the President and Founder of her own voice and business coaching community, VO Peeps, where she specializes in Commercial and Narration Voiceover training, along with Strategic Target Market Demo Consultation and Production, to help her students in developing a broad range of current, real world skills applicable to their careers. For the past six years she's also produced and hosted her award winning VO BOSS Podcast; one of the first podcasts to offer budding and thriving voice actors a winning business mindset and plan to choose the best marketing strategies & tools. The VO BOSS Podcast guides voiceover talent toward success by helping talent navigate today's VO industry and to have fun along the way!  VO BOSS was recently recognized by her industry peers with a 2023 One Voice Awards Nomination Best Voiceover Services Provider of the Year and has also received numerous SOVAS nominations and wins. Add to that, the time she takes each Thursday morning to join me and our other co-moderator, Jodi Krangle, in our Voices in Podcasting room on Clubhouse. Let's meet this powerhouse of talent and success, by welcoming the one and only VO Boss, Ms. Anne Ganguzza… To contact Anne Ganguzza: Business email Address: anne@anneganguzza.com Business websites: anneganguzza.com, voboss.com, vopeeps.com Coaching and Demo production: anneganguzza.com VO Boss Podcast and Audition Demolition Events: voboss.com Community Networking, membership and monthly guest directed workouts: vopeeps.com   Studios cats: @studiocats GANGOOGLE me to find me on social media – also @aganguzza Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To contact me via VO work, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Until next time, stay Healthy and Hopeful! Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample: 'Accencuate the Positive' by Aretha Franklin

Hello and welcome to this very special Encore Presentation of my 27th episode that I released back in August of 2021.  Back then, I had a great conversation with my guest Jim Cooper, where among other topics, we chatted about the book he was penning, now known as ‘The Not So Little Book About Cancer Caregiving: Be a Caregiver Warrior and Keep Your Sanity!', which is part memoir and caregiving advice that was birthed from his time as a caregiver to his wife during her battle with brain cancer.   Jim's book was just released in paperback and is now available on amazon.  I think it's important to note that I have no affiliate relationship with Amazon, rather I'm supporting the tremendous act of service that Jim is providing via the release of his book.   As someone who was a caregiver myself, to several family members with cancer, I know this will be an extremely welcomed resource to those folks who suddenly find themselves in a caregiving position.   I hope you are having a wonderful summer and enjoy this encore presentation with my guest Jim Cooper. My next guest is a veteran radio personality, voice actor, author, book publisher and drummer.  He cut his on-air personality at KILT in Houston (1980).  Was on air talent, production & music manager at WMLP & WOEZ-FM in Pennsylvania. In Central New Jersey, he hosted, wrote and produced a syndicated film review radio program called ‘All That Glitters' that aired on WCTC and WMGQ.  These days his voiceover credentials run the gamut from audiobooks, E-Learning Modules, Corporate Explainer videos, radio promos and phone messaging systems. He's also the creator, producer & host of ‘The Hydrant', an Inside The Actor's Studio-ish video chat with the movers and shakers of the Voiceover industry.  I'd like to welcome the “VO Big Dog” aka Jim Cooper to 19Stories. As always, if you liked this or any other episode of 19Stories, please like, share or leave me a recorded message on the podcast page of my website: www.soundsatchelstudios.com You may contact Jim via:  Business email Address: BigDog@jimcoopervo.com Business website: https://jimcoopervo.com Host of the hydrant : https://jimcoopervo.com/the-hydrant Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To contact me via VO work, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Until next time :-)

The guest joining me today, Kathy Barron, is a fellow Bay Area resident and the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of the Women Who Podcast Magazine, a publication that celebrates independent women podcasters from all over the world.  I'm delighted to have recently discovered this online publication, especially since Kathy and her team just celebrated their second year in publication! Women Who Podcast magazine is a fantastic place to discover new podcasts, and podcasters and Kathy strives for it to be a forum for fans and hosts to reach out to one another for support, collaboration, and inspiration. Her hope is that together they can fulfill the vision she has for a shared future, including scholarships, mentorships, annual conferences and an expanded learning community.  As Kathy's mission is to lift up independent women podcast voices and give them the accolades they deserve.  She may know a thing or two about what that would mean to women podcaster's, given she has been the host and producer of the Women Who Sarcast podcast since its launch in April of 2018. The Women Who Sarcast podcast aims to "change the misconception of sarcasm.”  Something we definitely be chatt about in this episode. To contact Kathy Barron: Business email Address: info@womenwhopodcastmag.com Business website(s): www.womenwhopodcastmag.com IG: @womenwhopodcastmagazine Find 'Women Who Sarcast'  IG: @womenwhosarcast  To contact Cori Asuncion: IG: @coachwithcori Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To contact me via VO work, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Until next time :-) Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample: 'Brave' by Sara Bareilles

My guest, Fernando Pires, describes himself as fundamentally a problem-solver, with a remarkable ability to learn, and then implement his new found knowledge.  A relentless entrepreneur, engineer and musician who has created a total of 5 patents and founded 2 companies in the decade between 2008 and 2018, creating and providing amazing consumer electronics for podcasters, voice-over artists, musicians and car-audio enthusiasts. Fernando was originally born and raised in São Paulo - Brazil. And thanks to his current employer, KICKER, who sponsored him to become a permanent U.S. resident in 2016 - he now proudly calls the U.S. his home.  He is also the creator and President of Audiosigma that produces the PodMobile™; an ultra-portable audio recording interface designed specifically for Podcasters and Voice Actors. Although they are a small startup company, their minds are set to grow into a "brick & mortar" business, where people not only work, but feel as though they are part of his extended family.  Highly inspired by Steve Irby, the founder of KICKER, a business that's been thriving for over 50 years, Fernando strives and plans to do the same thing with his company. As if being a full-time employed engineer, creator and president of your own company wasn't enough, Fernando also self-published ‘Jump Start'; a short, sweet, and to the point book designed to jumpstart your life now, while working on your dreams for the future. Fernando's work ethic is the ground upon which he builds any endeavor and he strongly believes that education can come from multiple sources; and when skills meet genuine good intentions, progress happens! To contact Fernando Pires: Email: engineering@audiosigma.com   Website: www.audiosigma.com   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pireseid/ Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To contact me via VO work, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Until next time :-) Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample: 'Reckless Love' by Cory Asbury

Cheryl's sitting in front of a microphone, in a home-based audio studio with red padded walls, a loosely crafted script and staring at the monitor on a desk which has the recording software where she'll be recording a podcast episode with her guest Roy Samuelson. She breathes, presses the record button and begins their conversation… And so ends a very rudimentary example of what “audio description” is.  Whereas for over two decades my guest Roy Samuelson has gained critical praise working extensively in the ever-growing area of Audio Description, to which he's received two SOVAS Award nominations; in 2019 and 2021 in the narration and audio description categories.   Audio description, or AD, is an invaluable tool that allows access to television programs, movies and other visual media to blind and low vision audiences.  As the Founder of the Audio Description Network Alliance, ADNA, Roy is a catalyst for quality and excellence in audio description, through the inclusion of blind professionals in every aspect of audio description. He advocates for all aspects of AD to be in parity to sighted. He's the host and producer of the ADNA podcast where he interviews and highlights the many talents and roles that are essential in making AD possible. Roy's deep, soulful and commanding vocal skills have garnered him incredible success behind the microphone, contributing to literally thousands of vocal promos on NPR's radio station, KCRW, in Santa Monica, CA .  In other television and film projects, he often provides voice matches for top Hollywood stars. Commercially, Roy has voiced Intel tags for the Super Bowl, the Academy Awards, major brands such as Quaker, State Farm, DirecTV, Ford, and Target, to name a few,and for the past 13 years has been the owner of the Good Loop Group which provides casting services for TV and feature film ADR and Loop Groups. To contact Roy Samuelson Biz email: roy@roysamuelson.com  Biz websites: https://www.roysamuelson.com/ theADNA.org KevinsWay.com   https://www.facebook.com/groups/audiodescriptiondiscussion   Podcast and a video, expanding on audio description https://www.20k.org/episodes/athousandwords https://www.emmys.com/events/210809-audio Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To give feedback or a story idea: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com To contact me via VO work, I can be reached at: cheryl@cherylholling.com To listen to my demos: https://www.cherylholling.com/ Follow me on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo See you next time :-) Theme Song Credit:  'Together' by For King & Country Outro Music Sample: 'Breathe' by Chad Lawson

The following episode is an Encore Presentation of an interview with author Kathleen Guthrie Woods about her book 'The Mother of All Dilemmas: Dreams of Motherhood and the Internship that changed everything' that originally aired on September 15, 2022.  Her book just made the Katie Couric Media list of "37-Life-Changing Books You won't Be able to Put Down" and to celebrate that endorsement, I'm sharing her episode with you once again. Kathleen Guthrie Woods is a Bay Area, award winning author, freelance copywriter and editor.  For over 22 years, she's been the chief cook and bottlewasher of her own company, ‘Kathleen Ink' from which she provides freelance writing and copy editing for Disney/Buena Vista/Miramax, the Tavis Smiley Group, and Noise 13; a San Francisco branding and design agency.  She's also penned for San Francisco Attorney Magazine and brands within the Lifestyle, Food and Beverage, and Wine & Spirits spaces. For eight years Kathleen wrote a weekly column for LifeWithoutBaby.com, a website dedicated to giving a voice to women who are childfree by chance, choice, or circumstance.  In 2013, she co-authored the book ‘Life Without Baby: Holiday Companion, a compilation of humorous, healing and thought-provoking posts designed to help other childless women get through the holidays while getting closer to making peace with being childfree. In 2018, Kathleen launched her own blog, 52 Nudges, in which she takes what she refers to as, weekly “risks”, to push her out of her sometimes-too-comfortable nest. But perhaps her most poignant work to dat, is her second book 'The Mother of All Dilemmas: Dreams of Motherhood and the Internship that changed everything', a memoir about finding her worth in the world as a childless woman by choice;  which was named as One of Aspire Magazine‘s “Top 10 Inspiring Books” as well as a Finalist in the peer led, Wishing Shelf Book, Awards. If you'd like to contact or follow Kathleen Guthrie Woods on her social media sites, you may do so via the following: Business email Address: kwoods@kathleen-ink.com Author/Book site: www.kathleenguthriewoods.com Freelance Writer (business) site: www.kathleen-ink.com Blog: 52Nudges.com IG: @KathleenGuthrieWoods IG @52Nudges To remain up-to-date on new episodes please remember to follow and share. It's greatly appreciated.

It's hard to believe we are well into the first quarter of 2023 especially since  my guest, Nic Redman, first chatted with me at the end of 2021 in episode 37 along with her co-host and creator of the longest running, most listened to and reviewed podcast in the UK, ‘The Voiceover Social'  Since then, Nic and Leah created and published the highly lauded “The Voiceover Career Planner '', which is now in its second edition. Nic then went on to create "The Voice Deck”, which offers 38 vocal warm-up cards and she is now about to release her highly anticipated book ‘On the Mic: Voice training tips and tricks for voiceover artists, podcasters, speakers and presenters'.  For those yet familiar with Nic, she is a native of Northern Ireland and an internationally successful VoiceOver artist, podcaster, voice and accent coach. She holds a BA in Performing Arts, an MA degree in Music Theatre and another MA from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, in Voice Studies.  Nic has taught at many of the major drama schools in the UK. She is also the founder of the Voice & Accent Hub group on Facebook, created to offer tailored voice & accent coaching to specific groups of voice users and writes/hosts The Voice Coach Podcast offering even more in spoken voice training. Her passion is in sharing her knowledge and experience in a fun, accessible, “non-faffy” way. So let's find out exactly what the heck “non-faffy" means by welcoming Nic Redman once again to 19 Stories… If you'd like to get on the waitlist for 'On the Mic , or follow Nic Redman on her social media sites, you may do so via the following: Website: nicolaredman.com 'On the Mic' waitlist:  https://nicolaredman.com/on-the-mic-book/ Facebook:  The Voioce and Accent Hub The Voice Coach Podcast:  https://nicolaredman.com/the-voice-coach-podcast/ Instagram: @nicredvoice Thanks for listening to this episode of 19 Stories: from fear to Hope. If you enjoyed what you heard in this episode, make sure to follow 19 Stories wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave a nice review and shared this episode as well. To record a voicegram: https://www.cherylholling.com/19stories-podcast To contact me via VO work, I can be reached via my website: cheryl@cherylholling.com See you next time :-)

It's hard to believe that it's been well over a year since Nic Redman and Leah Marks joined me back in November of 2021 for Episode 37. So much crazy success has transpired for both of these dynamic women and Nic Redman will be joining me next week to chat about something very exciting that she's been up to. For those who have yet to listen to Ep 37, Nic and Leah are the co-hosts and creators of the Longest running, most listened to and reviewed podcast in the UK, ‘The Voiceover Social',  which won the Inspiration Award at this years One Voice Awards, and was also was Runner up in the 2021 International Women's Podcast Awards, a 2021 British Podcasts Awards Nominee, a Finalist in the 2021 'Podcasting for Business Awards' and a SOVAS Arts Awards Nominee. Separately, they are a treasure trove of talent as well. Originally hailing from Manchester, England, Leah Marks has amassed quite the voiceover career including appearances in several Radio 4 plays,TV commercials,  news reporter on BBC Radio Manchester, and is the voice of the BBC Civilisations augmented reality app, which has been downloaded a quarter of a million times. Nic Redman, is a native of Northern Ireland and an internationally successful VoiceOver artist, podcaster and voice/accent coach. She has taught voice, accents and VO at many of the major drama schools in the UK. She is the founder of Voice & Accent Hub group on Facebook, created to offer tailored voice & accent coaching to specific groups of voice users and writes/hosts The Voice Coach Podcast offering even more in spoken voice training. I hope you'll enjoy this Encore Presentation of Episode 37 and if so that you'll remember to Like, Share and Review.  It's Greatly appreciated ; - )   Also, make sure to come back next week for Nic's solo Episode.  It's one you won't want to miss! To reach Leah Marks directly: Business email Address: leah@leahmarks.co.uk  or listen@thevosocial (the podcast) Business website(s): www.leahmarks.co.uk (me) or www.thevosocial.com (the podcast) Twitter: @thevosocial To reach Nic Redman directly: Business website(s): https://nicolaredman.com/ https://nicolaredman.com/the-voice-coach-podcast/   or www.thevosocial.com (the podcast) Twitter: @thevosocial    

TRUSTWORTHY. NATURAL. SMOOTH. VERSATILE. These are some of the adjectives used to describe the voice of the guest joining me today. Brad Vinikow, is a full-time voice over artist, producer, musician, composer, video producer, editor and one heck of a nice person to boot.  He has recorded thousands of radio and television commercials, sales/ trade show/ eLearning videos plus several audiobooks. Brad has also voiced multiple characters for videogames including ‘Legion of Heroes' and ‘Blade and Soul'. His documentary narration includes the fascinating 2019 two-part documentary "Apollo: Back to the Moon", celebrating the 50th anniversary of humanity's greatest achievement in space that Brad voiced for The National Geographic Channel. He is the founder of IMPACT Communications Group, a full-service production company specializing in voice over and video production for businesses of all sizes. Brad is also the founder of My Voiceover Business Builder which provides tips, techniques and tools to help voice talent be successful. But with all of Brad's aforementioned success, it's his love of music that has been the foundation for joy in his life - and what he believes is his ‘purpose' for being on this planet. Brad has shared his musical talent on recordings, live concerts and for 7 years as the keyboardist with Ray Sidney and Firm Foundation for the ‘House of Blues Sunday Gospel Brunch'. “Rather than clutter social media with every detail of my day-to-day life, I'd rather just share a few highlights now and then,” says Brad. So, to chat about some of those highlights and to introduce the only person I've ever known to get paid for saying “this ain't your momma's wool”, I'd like to welcome Brad Vinikow to 19 Stories. Per Brad's generous offer to receive a copy of his original song ‘Thank Ya' – and a link to the music video for it via email, which will be mastered and finished in February 2023, write to him at: Voice@BradsVO.com To listen to Brad's voice over demos or contact him for work, visit his website at: https://www.bradsvo.com/    If you have a story idea for Cheryl, or would like to contact her for voice work, host a podcast you have, or to record your intros/outros or midroll, you may contact her at:  cherylholling.com or Email her at: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com Follow her on Instagram: @cherylhollingvo Thank you so much for listening. If you liked this episode, please remember to like, share and leave a positive review.  They are greatly appreciated.  

If the voice of the guest joining me today sounds familiar, it's because since 1979 Rob Reider has been the most sought-after air show announcer in the US. and is the recipient of the International Council of AirShows “Sword of Excellence” - the highest award an air show professional can receive.   As a pilot, Rob has applied his knowledge of flying as the host of the podcast “I Learned About Flying From That”,  which is the audio version of the most widely-read column in the 97-year history of ‘Flying' magazine.   The podcast currently has well over 250,000 downloads since it debuted in December of 2020. Rob has also been the voice for Sporty's Pilot Shop “Learn to Fly” eLearning video series since 1987, the most widely used pilot training program on the planet. Drawing from both his actingchops, which began in high school and continued in musical theater roles at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, Rob brings his announcing skills to the world of audiobooks and specializes in thrillers and non-fiction genres.  His extensive knowledge of aviation and the military has attracted the attention of authors who need his experience and expertise to bring their words to life.   Rob is also the owner and founder of Fifth Force Productions and has enjoyed a 13-year television career in the midwest and has 5 Regional Emmys to show for it. Add to that, he's an accomplished guitarist and we have a very intriguing man to chat with. Rob Reider, welcome to 19 stories. You may contact Rob directly via the following: Business email: Robreidervoice@gmail.com   Business website: www.robreidervoice.com   To purchase books Rob has narrated for Audible: https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=Rob+Reider   ACX Profile: https://www.acx.com/narrator?p=A3E2VDMYY1CFN9   To contact Cheryl regarding a story idea or to hire her for voice work; inclusing podcast hosting or to record your podcasts intro/outro, you can do so through her website: https://www.cherylholling.com  or via her email:19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com   If you enjoyed this episode please remember to like, review and share. It is greatly appreciated!    

My guest, Debbie Weiss is an author, writer, and former lawyer who started writing after she lost her husband George in 2013.  He was, as she says, her one and only love since high school;  from prom–to cancer, and she had to start building a new life at age fifty, but didn't know how. She knew she wanted to find love again, but soon discovered the absurdity that is dating at midlife. Debbie began writing the award-winning blog, The Hungover Widow in 2016 in an effort to dispense empathy and advice on grief and dating after loss. When she was first widowed, she wanted a book about women like her, who realized they'd disappeared into their marriage, and who needed, at fifty, to learn to be alone for the first time. Debbie wanted a full-hearted, darkly funny, unvarnished account of becoming your true self at middle age. That book didn't exist so eventually she went back to college, earned her MFA in 2020, in creative  nonfiction from Saint Mary's College of California and wrote that book herself.  Available As Is: a Midlife widow's Search for Love was just released this September 2022.  Debbie's greatest desire in releasing her memoir is to offer hope that life indeed can get better after a devastating loss. It just takes way longer than you think it will, and may not look the way you expected.  She's also written essays that have been published in The New York Times' “Modern Love” column, HuffPost, Woman's Day, Good Housekeeping, Elle Decor, and Reader's Digest, among other publications.  You may contact Debbie Weiss regarding speaking engagements or book signings via: Business email Address:  hungoverwidow@gmail.com Business website:  https://thehungoverwidow.com/ Facebook Author page: https://www.facebook.com/debbieweissauthor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debbie_weiss_author/ Amazon: Available As Is If you liked this episode please remember to rate, review and share. It is greatly appreciated. To contact Cheryl regarding a story idea or to hire her for voice work, including podcast hosting or to record your podcasts intro/outro, you can do so through her website: www.cherylholling.com or via her email: 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com

Clara Harris, may be familiar to you as she was my guest, in what seems like ages ago, for Episode 20.   She is an actor, writer, and artist educator with over two decades' of experience on stage, screen and behind the mic in the world of audio drama & as a fellow podcaster and voice actor.   She recently returned from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; the world's largest arts & media festival where she produced and performed her solo show, This Moment in America, a live recorded audio drama and sonic collage of the American psyche.  Clara makes This Moment in America workshops and live performances available for touring here in the U.S. She is also the creative force behind Swamp Witch Studio and producer of its audio drama podcast, Night Owl Theater.  My other guest, Sandy Maxx, is joining 19Stories for the first time and is definitely giving this host a run for her money as she is a multimedia broadcast professional with extensive experience in radio, television, and content creation. She's the  two-time Emmy-nominated and award winning host and producer of The Arts Page, which airs on Milwaukee PBS and  is now in its 10th season.  Sandy spends her afternoons on the air at 96.5 WKLH-FM and is involved in a variety of live event productions.  As a fellow podcaster, she hosts ‘Downton Blabbey; a podcast for Downton Abbey fans to share all things Downton.  Sandy is an arts enthusiast who believes in the power of creativity to connect people, build community and create important conversations of which Sandy has hosted 1,000's of during her illustrious career. Several of these conversations happened during her jaunt across the pond to the Edinbrugh Fringe Festival to attend This Moment in America and to also meet up with her life-long friend Vince Gatten to chat about his starring role in the show The Golfer.  Then as any self described “incurable Anglophile” would do, she and Clara headed over to Highclere Castle for a 1920s-themed cocktail party before landing in London, England just as the passing of Queen Elizabeth was announced. Although this was a different kind of story for Sandy, she seized this historic moment and reached back to her audience stateside via a live report from Buckingham Palace with the production expertise of Clara Harris as her producer. Listen in as these two dynamic women share about their individual projects and their most recent trips to the UK, performing and attending at The Fringe Festival and being in London during the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. If you enjoyed this episode, remember to Like, Share and Review. It is much appreciated. You may contact Clara via the following avenues: thismomentinamerica.org (project website) swampwitchstudio.com  For script/performance rights to Monster in Me: https://www.pioneerdrama.com/SearchDetail.asp?PC=MONSTERINM&src=def National New Play Network profile: https://newplayexchange.org/users/1395/clara-harris Podcast (Night Owl Theatre) https://podfollow.com/nightowltheatre/home YouTube “ugly” link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBug4WDu83PNVZLRK9rImg IG @swampwitchstudio FB @swampwitchstudio TW @swampwitchst To watch the news story on Queen Elizabeth II as referenced in this episode: https://youtu.be/GekB45ap73o To contact Sandy: Business email Address: info@sandymaxx.com Business website(s): https://www.sandymaxx.com Milwaukee PBS: https://www.milwaukeepbs.org/local-programs/the-arts-page/ 96.5 WKLH: https://wklh.com/profile/sandy-maxx Throwback 102.3: https://throwback1023.com/on-air/sandy-maxx Downton Blabbey: https://www.sandymaxx.com/downton-abbey Instagram: @sandymaxx  https://www.instagram.com/sandymaxx/ Twitter: @sandymaxx  https://twitter.com/sandymaxx Downton Blabbey Facebook: DowntonBlabbey https://www.facebook.com/DowntonBlabbey Instagram: @downtonblabbey https://www.instagram.com/downtonblabbey/ Twitter: @downton_blabbey https://twitter.com/Downton_Blabbey To contact Cheryl Holling for a story idea or for voice work: www.cherylholling.com 19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com  

Kathleen Guthrie Woods is a Bay Area, award winning author, freelance copywriter and editor.  For over 22 years, she's been the chief cook and bottlewasher of her own company, ‘Kathleen Ink' from which she provides freelance writing and copy editing for Disney/Buena Vista/Miramax, the Tavis Smiley Group, and Noise 13; a San Francisco branding and design agency.  She's also penned for San Francisco Attorney Magazine and brands within the Lifestyle, Food and Beverage, and Wine & Spirits spaces. For eight years Kathleen wrote a weekly column for LifeWithoutBaby.com, a website dedicated to giving a voice to women who are childfree by chance, choice, or circumstance.  In 2013, she co-authored the book ‘Life Without Baby: Holiday Companion, a compilation of humorous, healing and thought-provoking posts designed to help other childless women get through the holidays while getting closer to making peace with being childfree. In 2018, Kathleen launched her own blog, 52 Nudges, in which she takes what she refers to as, weekly “risks”, to push her out of her sometimes-too-comfortable nest. But perhaps her most poignant work to dat, is her second book ”The Mother of All Dilemmas: Dreams of Motherhood and the Internship that changed everything”, a memoir about finding her worth in the world as a childless woman by choice;  which was named as One of Aspire Magazine‘s “Top 10 Inspiring Books” as well as a Finalist in the peer led, Wishing Shelf Book, Awards. For a chance to win an autographed copy of Kathleen's book 'The Mother of All Dillemas', visit the podcast page on my website: https://www.cherylholling.com/19stories-podcast and leave me a brief recorded message about what spoke to you the most in this episode and I'll choose one lucky winner to receive this wonderful book!   If you'd like to contact or follow Kathleen Guthrie Woods on her social media sites, you may do so via the following: Business email Address: kwoods@kathleen-ink.com Author/Book site: www.kathleenguthriewoods.com Freelance Writer (business) site: www.kathleen-ink.com Blog: 52Nudges.com IG: @KathleenGuthrieWoods IG @52Nudges To remain up-to-date on new episodes please remember to follow and share. It's greatly appreciated.

Jim Edgar, is a fellow Bay Area resident who's been a full time voice actor since 2012 and consistently delivers high quality audio for commercial, character, narration, eLearning and audiobook projects. Prior to delving into the world of voice over, he worked in the cycling industry in the marketing, operations, purchasing, and training sectors. After attending a weekend voiceover class in 2007, Jim caught the acting bug and knew he had to pursue a career in VO. The many hours spent in recording studios over the years provided him with the expertise to help other voice actors set up their own great audio workspaces. He has assisted hundreds of other voice talents to get their sound sorted out so they can simply focus on being brilliant behind the mic. What started as a low-key, local VO studio setup service grew into JustAskJimVO.studio, through which he consults online with voiceover and spoken word recording clients around the world. Jim now offers instructional seminars, technical consulting, and studio consultations on an ongoing basis for new and working voice actors.  He was a former VO instructor at Voicetrax SF and currently teaches the Voiceover Training Curriculum at Berkeley Rep School of Theater, is one of the Core Instructors at Voice One in San Francisco, and has led technical webinars for the Global Voice Acting Academy. Jim also created and manages the VO Tech Talk group on Facebook, and publishes a Tuesday Tech Tip blog focused on voiceover studio tips and creative workflow.  I'm delighted to have this multi-talented human join me today and want to welcome Jim Edgar to 19Stories. To contact Jim for his VO Tech services or to hire him for voice work, you may contact him via the following: Business email Address:  Jim@JustAskJimVO.studio or Jim@JimEdgarVoices.com   Business websites:  JustAskJimVO.studio JimEdgarVoices.com   Social Media Sites: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimedgarvoices/ Instagram - @justaskjimvo @jimedgarvoices @cyclofiend Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/justaskjimvo FB group - https://www.facebook.com/jimedgar.vo/ Creator / Admin of the VO Tech Talk group on FB - https://www.facebook.com/groups/votechtalk    If you liked this episode, please remember to like, share and review. To contact me for voice work, a story idea or to email me, visit: www.cherylholling.com Instagram @cherylhollingvo

Hello and a very Happy Summer to you and yours! I hope you are having a good one so far. Whether you're listening during a stay-cation or traveling to some exoctic destination, I thank you for tuning into this encore presentation of the ninth episode of 19Stories. Since it is summer and people's listening habits change up a bit, I thought that in addition to releasing new episodes, that I'd mix in a few previously released ones from some of the guests that joined me very early on in my podcasting pilgrimage.  Nicole Britton is just one of those gracious and brave souls that chatted with me for Episode 9 that originally dropped on December 16th, 2020 while our world was still in the grips of dealing with Covid 19 and certainly trying to figure out how to navigate holiday and family gatherings. Given that was 41 episodes ago and I was a new podcast host still figuring out how to finesse the art of an interview, the editing and sound, it's fun to look back in gratitude for what I've learned for the guests who chose to take this journey with me so early on.   Since our initial conversation, Nicole's already successful voiceover career has seen some huge wins with her recent signing to a very well respected talent agency and her subsequent booking in an upcoming Dreamworks Animated Television Series.  I couldn't be more delighted for Nicole and to once again share her episode with you. You can contact Nicole via the following: https://www.nicolebrittonvoice.com/ https://www.ctctalent.com/ Via Instagram @NicoleBrittonVoice Email: nicole@nicolebrittonvoice.com Remember to like, review and share! Leave me a recorded message at: www.cherylholling.com Or email me at: cheryl@cherylholling.com  

My guest, Diana Daniele,  is the founder of Diana Daniele Communications, a boutique PR firm specializing in literary, hospitality, entertainment, political, and non-profit public relations. Known for her media relations savvy, creative branding and social media expertise, Diana began her career while she was earning her master's degree from the Annenberg School of Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California.  She completed a study “How Barbie Speaks Sexually to Children,” at USC's Institute for the Study of Women and Men (ISWM), a feminist think tank studying how women's gender roles are portrayed in film and on television. After completing her research, Diana stayed on to work with both the press and sponsors such as Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, and NBC/Universal. Over the years, she has represented The Beverly Hills Hotel, Saks Fifth Avenue, Ralph Lauren, Martin Katz Jewelry, KUSC-FM Classical Radio, AMC Theaters, Rock the Vote, and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, among many others. She has also worked in an international diplomatic capacity, running publicity for and organizing outreach events at the United States Embassy's Cultural Center in Madrid, Spain. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, Diana has completed coursework in English Literature at the University of Cambridge, England and earned her bilingual certificate from the University of Madrid, (Comp-lu-tan-se) Complutense. As impressive as all of Diana's aforementioned credits are, quite possibly the most important work she's done is the recent completion of her memoir “OUT OF THE DARK: A Memoir of Migraine and Madness” which chronicles the years that she suffered from severe & debilitating migraines while continuing to run her business, being a wife and raising three children. If you'd like to contact Diana for her PR services or are a literary agent and would like to represent Diana and her memoir, you may contact her via: diana@dianadanielepr.com dianadanielepr.com FB: Diana Foutz Daniele IG: @dianadanielepr Twitter: @DianaFDaniele LI: Diana Daniele   To leave me a recorded review, have a story idea, voiceover projector for podcasting inquiries, you may contact me at: www.cherylholling.com Remember to like, share and review. Thank you ; - )

The voice of the guest joining me today may sound very familiar to you and for good cause. For over the past three decades he's been in your ears one way or another, whether you've been watching television or listening to the radio, chances are you've heard Thom Pinto's voice. He's been using his dulcet tones in everything from the introspective storyteller for Audi,  an “everyman” for  AT&T U-Verse,  a whimsical poet on Clorox and a fun-loving retro announcer for Fuze Tea. As a narrator he is a familiar voice on cable documentaries and series that air on the History Channel,  Discovery,  The Weather Channel,  CBS All Access and the Smithsonian Channel.  Since 2007, Tom's been a promo voice for CBS This Morning, 48 Hours, and the CBS Evening News.  He has also been the signature promo voice in my neck of the woods for KRON TV/San Francisco since 1995. Thom is also a revered coach to hundreds of working voice actors in Los Angeles, San Francisco and across the country through the VO Roadshow. He shares the secrets of his success and love of voice acting through his “Colors of Your Voice” coaching technique that he crafted to bring out the specific emotion needed for each project, and steer clear of generic performances.   Given he is the only one I know that can give Spam sex appeal, its' safe to say that he's mastered what he preaches.  You may contact Thom directly at: Business address: pintopipes@gmail.com Business website: www.thompinto.com Remember to follow, like and subscribe. To leave me a recorded message, contact me for voice work or a story idea, visit: www.cherylholling.com  I'd also love to get to know you, my listener, and if you have a monent to take my listener survey I can do just that: http://survey.libsyn.com/19stories As always, thank you for listening.

My guest today is actor, screenwriter and producer Joe Coffey, who originally hails from Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in the Irish neighborhood of West Roxbury, otherwise known as “Westie” in a family with deep Irish and Sicilian roots. Joe began acting at the age of 15 in theater and musical theater throughout Massachusetts.  After graduating from the prestigious Boston Latin high school, attending Stonehill College for theater, apprenticing at the Williamstown Theater Festival under artistic director and highly acclaimed actor Roger Rees,  Joe then studied at the Eugene O'Neill Theater in Waterford, CT as part of the ensemble of the National Theater Institute. He continued his training on a scholarship at the University of Florida from which he graduated with a MFA in 2009.  For the past 12 years Joe has been on a steady rise in stage, film and television. One of his most successful television roles is as Horace Dodge, in the highly successful “The Legend of Dodge” campaigns that he co-starred in for 5 years with Tyler Bryan portraying his brother John Dodge. Joe is in four films that are currently in post-production with one of them being a film that he co-wrote and produced with the Director Keenen O'Reilly: ‘Micks Out' about a Boston ICE Agent who is forced to choose between the law and his community.  Joe Coffey is speaks to me from Los Angeles, CA. To Contact Joe: Business email Address:  joecof@gmail.com Instagram: @cupofjoecoffey Other: imdb.me/joecoffey To contact Cheryl re 19Stories: www.19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com Re Voiceover Work: www.cherylholling.com cheryl@cherylholling.com Please remember to like, subscribe and share.  It's greatly appreciated!

My guest Veronica Barrera is a fellow podcaster and Native American and Spanish voice actor who originally hails from Saginaw, Michigan and now calls Los Angeles, CA her home.   She graduated from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI, with a degree in Industrial Design. In addition to heading her own Company, she has worked with numerous brands such as TRW Automotive,designed custom jewelry for Chrome Hearts, worked on consumer goods, toys, lighting and a gorgeous bar stool design for Vela Bar, among others.  Veronica has also tutored and held faculty positions at both the College of Creative Studies and Otis College of Art & design.  In addition to her design work, Veronica has worked in voiceover for the past eight years voicing projects for Toy Commercials, kids e-learning, animation, audio books and anime. For three years she worked at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles where she observed numerous productions that helped her to hone her craft.  Veronica's hidden talent is having memorized some of her favorite raps from the ever-popular musical ‘Hamiliton'. In Spring of 2019, she launched her podcast ‘Voice acting with Veronica Barrera' where she interviews voice actors, casting directors, engineers, singers, demo producers, writers and the who's who within the field of voiceover. I asked Veronica to take time out of her schedule talking to others about their stories for her to talk to me about hers! If you'd like to contact Veronica regarding her voice work, industrial design skills or her podcast, you may do so via the following: Business email: veronica@veronicabarrera.com www.veronicabarrera.com and vbarrera.libsyn.com  Twitter: @vbarrera_vo IG: @vlbarrera and @voiceactingwithvb Linkedin: Veronica Barrera VAWVB Podcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/631972061329300 If you'd like to contact Cheryl Holling you may do so via her website: www.cherylholling.com Or email her at: 19stories@soundstchelstudios.com Remember to like, review and share.  It's greatly aprreciated ; - )

My guest Crystal Lee is a powerhouse of energy, light and positivity.   For over 20 years she has traveled the world serving our country in the US military. First as a Technical Sergeant with the Defense Information Systems Agency and culminating her military career in April 2020 as a Network Systems Architect with the Defense Intelligence Agency. As a child, Crystal loved acting, singing, and creating characters.  Her mother, who is Filipino and her father, who is of German/English descent, had encouraged and nurtured her creativity from an early age and so she resumed her love of performing and voice work to, in her words, “inspire people throughout the world to follow their dreams through storytelling, make-believe, visualization, and magic!” During her time in the service, Crystal utilized her voice acting talents while participating in field exercises and deployments.  Her voice's unique qualities rendered it invaluable when used to authenticate section callsigns and code-words. She also starred in multiple Armed Forces Network radio and television spots, did some modeling and Hawaiian/Tahitian/Belly dancing as creative outlets from the rigidity of military life.   After she retired, she did a short stint as a government contractor, then a government civilian and quickly realized that between the office politics and her unfulfilled feelings that it was time to leave government work altogether.  After doing so, she says her life opened up to a whirlwind of possibilities and it was time to create her own reality.   Crystal is now a voice actor specializing in voice-over for animation, commercials, and industrials, the Founder and CEO of Crystal J Productions, a service-disabled veteran, Belly Dancing nerd, and magical being, Crystal is an amalgamation of beauty, integrity, discipline, creativity, and quirkiness. Obviously the industry thinks so as well given her commercial demo was nominated for a SOVAS Award in 2021. To reach Crystal directly, you may do so via the following: Business Email Address: Crystal@CrystalJProductions.com Website(s): www.crystaljproductions.com and www.animatedvoiceovers.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/crystaljproductions Instagram: @crystaljproductions Facebook: @crystaljproductions Twitter: @CrystalMLee_VO If you liked this episode, please remember to review, share and follow.  It's grealty appreciated ; - )    

My guest today, James Picard, is a master painter, poet, filmmaker and humanitarian, who originally hails from Burlington, Ontario Canada and now makes his home between Vancouver, BC and Studio City, California. He's been creating works of art since his childhood which led him to study in Ontario at Sheridan College and the Ontario College of Art & Design to become a world-renowned artist working in various mediums. James has also taught art at several renowned art universities and has released three books of his art.  His work has been exhibited next to world-renowned art legends such as Picasso, Matisse, Miro, and Warhol. His use of Ink, pencil and Conte' crayons to depict portraits of musical and historic icons such as Mozart, David Bowie, Shakespeare and Marlon Brando to a whimsical series that James calls “Duets”, which feature numerous gifted animals such as Cats giving a Recital to his incredibly gifted use of oils to portray his ‘Piano Room Series', ‘Children Playing Cards', or his delightful watercolor of Santa Claus, illustrates the depth and range of his remarkable talent.  Having exhibited his artwork in galleries around the globe, it's his work that didn't make it into the traditional showrooms that garnered James the most attention. His ‘Dark and Wounded' series of paintings and their unusual staging in abandoned asylums, hospitals and prisons followed by the documentary film of the same name, won numerous awards across the North American Film Festival circuit before culminating in a screening at the 71st Cannes Film Festival in 2018. After a long hiatus due to the pandemic, James is now resuming talks for this to become a feature film.    You may contact James Picard via: https://jamespicard.com/ https://thedarkandthewoundedofficial.com/ Don't forget to like, share and review.  It is greatly appreciated!

The guest joining me today is Christine Powers who describes herself as an "activator" for business and thought leaders who are longing to know themselves deeper and step into the next level of their service on the planet.   Melding 30 years of expertise in marketing, design, branding, PR, communications, and fundraising, in 2018 Christine created the Philosophers Camp -- a "summer camp" for leaders, inspired by the 1858 Philosophers Camp led by Ralph Waldo Emerson and William Stillman.  The Philosophers Camp offers fellowship, wilderness exploration, a cross-pollination of ideas, and restoration of bodies and souls. It's located on a beautiful 100-acre rustic luxury sanctuary in the Adirondack Mountains of NY. Chritine studied theater and voice at Northwestern University and the University of Notre Dame and is a world-class soprano with a range that spans three-and-a-half octaves.  She uses her powerful voice to create meditative and healing lullaby's such as her ‘I Am Word' which she wrote after the Paris attack in the Fall of 2015.  She references how she learned “radical detachment” and the grace of “inhabiting the horizon of pure potential” when the entire contents of her home and business burned to ash. She's nurtured, parented, and as she says “failed three children” that span over a decade in ages, navigating the dynamics of a blended family and maintaining a vibrant (second) marriage.  You may contact Christine via the following: Business email: sing@christinepowers.com Business website: christinepowers.com https://www.facebook.com/ChristinePowersSong/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinepowers1 https://www.instagram.com/christinehpowers For information about her guided trip to Machu Picchu: SacredTriptoPeru.com As always, if you enjoyed this or any other episode, remember to like, review and share. If you like, you may also leave an audio review via my website at: www.cherylholling.com  It is greatly appreciated ; - )

To honor and celebrate Black History Month, I'm releasing an encore presentation of one of my very first episodes with Eric Jackson who is a true American treasure! Whether you've listened to his story before or are listening for the first time, I think you'll agree with me just how special Eric's contributions to Jazz music education, producing and broadcasting are.✨ Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, 19stories.libsyn.com and all your favorite audio platforms

My guest today, Marisa Blake, is a Bi-lingual voice and on-camera actor, voicing everything from commercials to audiobooks and eLearning narration in both Spanish and English.  She's also the set designer, camera operator and Host for Independent Arts Music Asheville (IamAvl) that brings the Echo Sessions to PBS; a live performance music show that's now in its 5th Season.  Marisa is immersed in the Asheville music scene as an incredibly talented singer, quitarist and keeps the rhythm for several local bands as their drummer. She's known to the residents of Asheville as the voice of WLOS TV News 13 and as the creator of Miss Bee's Audio Reads where Marisa broadcasts herself reading children's books for moms and dads who need a minute and for kids and book lovers to enjoy. In 2020 Marisa won both an AudioFile Best Audiobooks for ‘We Are Not From Here' and the Parent's Gold Choice Award for ‘ Sofia Valdez Future Prez'.  In 2021, she was nominated for a SOVAS Award for Outstanding PSA for a project that was directed, sound designed and voiced by Latinas. Marisa is passionate about bringing  awareness to the historic contributions of the Latin community with her ‘Hispanic and Latin X Legends' series and the artistic contributions of Brown and Black youth through her position as a board member with the Asheville Writers in the School Community otherwise known as A.W.I.T.S. For someone who was told as a young girl that she sounds Like a Boy, it's safe to say that Marisa has done quite well for herself. If you liked this, or any other 19Stories episode, please review, like and share.  It's greatly appreciated! You may reach Marisa directly via: Business email Address: marisacblake@gmail.com Social Media on Instagram, FB, and Twitter: @MarisaBlakeActs Website:  www.MarisaBlake.com Miss Bee's Audio Reads on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKAU_z7cSgXgbWf5KjCDrSA To find out how you can support Ashville Writers in the Schools: https://www.ashevillewritersintheschools.org/

My guest, David Toback, is a voice actor specializing in Commercials, eLearning and Video Games.   As a former student of the Global Voice Acting Academy, known in the VO industry as the GVAA, he found another purpose and calling as the co-creator of the GVAA Rate Guide; a highly respected and invaluable resource serving the voiceover industry.  In addition to maintaining the guide and coaching actors one-on-one on how to best use it, David is the Chief Operating Officer for the Academy. Prior to voiceover, David explored many paths that were filled with obstacles, challenges, and difficulties. He suffered a horrific leg injury that almost resulted in the loss of his leg.  While recovering, he went through a divorce that left him struggling to find his true purpose in life.   It was through his pursuit of voiceover work that David experienced what he calls a spiritual revolution, explosive personal development, and professional growth.  If you liked this, or any other 19Stories episode, please review, like and share.  It's greatly appreciated! You may reach David directly via: Business email: voice@davidtoback.com Business website: www.davidtoback.com Linktree - linktr.ee/davidtoback IG - https://www.instagram.com/davidtoback/ LI - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtoback TT - https://www.tiktok.com/@david_toback  

Yolanda Spearman, hails from and lives in the Motor city, otherwise known as Detroit Michigan, and is a female African American voiceover described as bold, powerful, thoughtful and always Black Girl Magical! When she's not behind the mic voicing for the hundreds of broadcast and non-broadcast projects she's worked on, she is working her magic in her other business as a corporate trainer and speaker with such renowned companies like Harley-Davidson and the Ford Motor Company.   Having once taught first grade, Yolanda is an advocate of life-long learning and has an inherent passion for helping people live their lives without regrets and as such has authored the book, “Relentless Execution”.  Her book gives you a foundation to help you understand how you can set up internal systems that will allow you to finish more of what you start.  I'd say that's a must read for the beginning of this New Year! She's also a proud wife and mother of two and has taken the time out of her busy schedule to talk with me today. You may reach out to Yolanda via the following: Business email Address: yolanda@yolandavo.com Your business website: yolandavo.com Instagram: @youlandaspearman To purchase a copy of her book 'Relentless Execution': https://www.amazon.com/Relentless-Execution-Discover-without-regrets/dp/1735852201 If you liked this episode please remember to like, share, and review.  It's greatly appreciated!

Welcome to the first episode of 2022.  For those of you listening for the first time, 19Stories is about women and men from all walks of life overcoming extraordinary things in their everyday lives. Their will to live, press-on & press-through either this current climate of fear, or something else, and move into a future filled with hope. We've made it to another year and I certainly hope you and your family are doing well and that you were able to enjoy your Christmas and holiday.  I realize it may have been a very different one for many of us, as there were family and friends that we may not have been able to gather with and others who are no longer with us. My husband lost his own mother this December after a long battle with Alzheimers and yet we know that she is at peace now. I could think of no better guest to chat with me today than Jen Keefe who was my very first guest when I launched in the Spring of 2020.  When I first spoke with Jen, we talked about her being a fellow podcaster, her blogging, a recent move cross-country from where she was living in Denver back to her home state of New Hampshire, being a mother, home-schooler, her voiceover journey, the importance of addressing and caring for our mental health and of course the pandemic; which at the time seemed like we were at the beginning of reopening businesses and life. Little did we know that 19 months later we would be dealing with a different variant.  Yet here we are and there's also been some really exciting things that have transpired for both Jen and we're going to chat about them. For more info or to contact Jen, visit her at: Facebook & Twitter via Hire Jens Voice Instagram @hirejensvoice www.hirjensvoice.com www.realwomenswork.com Home Schooling Resources www.ponderingjen.com As always, if you liked this episode follow, like and share.  It's greatly appreciated.  Have a Happy, Healthy and Hopeful New Year!

I'm checking in after being on a 3-week hiatus to offer a Christmas message of Hope and Encouragement.

Nic Redman and Leah Marks are the co-hosts and creators of the Longest running, most listened to and reviewed podcast in the UK, ‘The Voiceover Social',  which won the Inspiration Award at this years One Voice Awards, and was also was Runner up in the 2021 International Women's Podcast Awards, a 2021 British Podcasts Awards Nominee, a Finalist in the 2021 'Podcasting for Business Awards' and a SOVAS Arts Awards Nominee. Separately, they are a treasure trove of talent as well. Originally hailing from Manchester, England, Leah Marks has amassed quite the voiceover career including appearances in several Radio 4 plays,TV commercials,  news reporter on BBC Radio Manchester, and is the voice of the BBC Civilisations augmented reality app, which has been downloaded a quarter of a million times. Nic Redman, is a native of Northern Ireland and an internationally successful VoiceOver artist, podcaster and voice/accent coach. She has taught voice, accents and VO at many of the major drama schools in the UK. She is the founder of Voice & Accent Hub group on Facebook, created to offer tailored voice & accent coaching to specific groups of voice users and writes/hosts The Voice Coach Podcast offering even more in spoken voice training. To reach Leah Marks directly: Business email Address: leah@leahmarks.co.uk  or listen@thevosocial (the podcast) Business website(s): www.leahmarks.co.uk (me) or www.thevosocial.com (the podcast) Twitter: @thevosocial To reach Nic Redman directly: Business website(s): https://nicolaredman.com/ https://nicolaredman.com/the-voice-coach-podcast/   or www.thevosocial.com (the podcast) Twitter: @thevosocial

Nic Redman and Leah Marks of The VO Social; the award-winning and most popular podcast in the United Kingdom,  join me for a full-length episode which drops next Saturday, November 27. In the meantime, here's a bit of the fun (and challenges) I had while chatting with these two hi-octane ladies from across the Pond. Grab a cup of tea and get a taste of what's in store. For more of their witty banter, to learn about Nic and Leah and to listen to their VO Social podcast, go to https://www.thevosocial.com/

ind Your Fire with Heather Hansen O'Neill is a business and motivational coach, Tedx presenter, author of the books ‘Find Your Fire at Forty' and ‘Teams on Fire'. For over 19 years Heather's company has helped clients from entrepreneurs of new businesses to Fortune 100 companies improve their relationships and lead more effectively in a rapidly changing corporate environment. She's been a guest expert on NBC, ABC, the CW, and FOX. She's also the host of ‘Choices Live!' that airs Monday's here on LinkedIn, and is the creator and host of the weekly podcast, ‘From Fear to Fire': Secrets to Overcome Fear, Embrace your Gifts and Achieve Success' that is dedicated to helping busy professionals overcome everyday challenges and move forward to a more peaceful, joyful, and energized life. Listen in as Heather shares a bit of her powerful story and about the work she does when her episode drops this Saturday, November 13 on all of your favorite podcast listening platforms, or directly via: http://19stories.libsyn.com   You may contact Heather via the following:   Website:  https://heatherhansenoneill.com   Business email: https://heatherhansenoneill.com/contact-heather   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heather.hansen.oneill   If you enjoyed this, or any of my other episodes, please remember to like, follow and share.  It would be greatly appreciated if you'd also leave me a recorded review on the podcast page of my website at: https://www.soundsatchelstudios.com/19stories-podcast        

Stacey Simms, is an award-winning broadcaster, podcaster, voiceover actor and speaker. She produces and hosts the weekly podcast, Diabetes Connections.  Stacey has been named to the Charlotte Business Journal's Forty under 40 and as one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Mecklenburg County by the Mecklenburg Times. She is a well-known and highly rated speaker, addressing groups on topics including diabetes, parenting and media.  For more than a decade, Stacey hosted Charlotte's top-rated morning radio news show and worked as a TV news anchor and reporter in Charlotte, NC and in Syracuse and Utica, New York. She's won several Associated Press awards as a TV medical reporter. In December of 2006 her son Benny was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, just one month prior to him turning two. Stacey began writing about diabetes one month later and published the book ‘The World's Worst Diabetes Mom' and an award-winning cookbook, ‘I Can't Cook, But I Know Someone Who Can', in which she donates all profits to the Charlotte Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation also known as the JDRF. You may contact Stacey via the following: Business email Address: stacey@diabetes-connections.com Business website: www.diabetes-connections.com Facebook.com/DiabetesConnections Instagram.com/StaceySimms Twitter.com/StaceySimms If you enjoyed this, or any of my other episodes, please remember to like, follow and share. It would be greatly appreciated if you'd also leave me a recorded review on the podcast page of my website at: https://www.soundsatchelstudios.com/19stories-podcast

My guest, Paulinda Babbini has been in the digital imaging business for over 40 years. She is originally from Valley Stream, New York, relocated to Los Angeles in 1975 and currently lives in the Hollywood Hills, in Los Angeles, CA. As the mother of two beautiful children, her life was turned upside down in 2004 when her 17 year old daughter, Robin was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Robin vigorously fought the battle but lost her dynamic life in 2006 at the age of 20! To honor Robin's memory and shine a light on her legacy, Paulinda founded THE OVARIAN CANCER CIRCLE/INSPIRED BY ROBIN BABBINI. It is her life's passion and commitment to heighten awareness of the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer, particularly to young women. She has committed enormous efforts to fundraising, organizing seminars, women's conferences, and health fairs. Paulinda is the recipient of the 2015 Women In Leadership Award given by the City of West Hollywood & the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, an honor that pays tribute to her exemplary leadership, dedication and advocacy on behalf of ovarian cancer awareness and education. I'd like to welcome Paulinda Babbini to 19Stories. To contact Paulinda Babbini directly, you may do so at: Business email Address: Paulinda@theovariancancercircle.org Your business website: www.theovariancancercircle.org Social media links: Instagram: ovariancancercircle Facebook: The Ovarian Cancer Circle/Inspired By Robin Babbini Twitter: @cancercircle If you liked this or any other episode, feel free to like, follow and share. You can also leave a recorded review via my website at: https://www.soundsatchelstudios.com/19stories-podcast

From Santa Rosa, CA, this is 19 Stories, I'm Cheryl Holling For those of you who may be joining me for the first time, 19Stories is about women and men from all walks of life doing the extraordinary in their everyday. Their will to live, press-on & press-through their personal fears and move into a future filled with hope. So Hello and welcome to a brief recap of the She Podcasts Live! Conference that I attended last week in Scottsdale AZ For those of you who do not podcast you may be wondering why I would do a recap on an industry event that may not apply to your lives or business.  Well for one, it was the first time in almost two years that I had engaged with really anyone outside of a very small circle and certainly on the scale that I did last week. Given the pandemic you may have been living a similar existence and with more people getting vaxed and life beginning to open up once again, god-willing for real this time, you may be looking to enlarge your circle and engage with more people as well. I have to say that getting on a plane, being in closed quarters and that close to a couple of hundred people just to get to my destination, raised some fear and anxiety for me and I actually had a bit of a panic attack.  So much so that when my cousin picked me up at the airport in Phoenix, I all but walked right past him directly into his car without barely saying hello...thankfully he understood and saw that I was operating out of my normal comfort zone than what I've been used to for the past 20 months and graciously forgave me for what otherwise could be construed as a bit rude. I got to the conference a couple of days early as I had the pleasure of working with She Podcasts for the better part of the past 5 months in putting together their SWAG bags for the event and I was to be working with a team of people, some known and others that became new friends, to coordinate the bags, check-in and registration materials and get settled before the conference began.  I had never been to Scottsdale and to say that the desert during the Fall is magical is an understatement!  To add to the majesty, the property where the conference was held was absolutely gorgeous with pools, walking trails, close to Camelback Mountain and my favorite coffee shop that no longer exists in Sonoma County within an almost 2 mile walking distance allowing me to get out and walk my almost 4 miles each morning and take in the beauty of the desert at sunrise.  Just Spectacular! Another apprehension about gathering with so many others after only getting to know a fraction of the 400+ women via Zoom, is that it is always different meeting people in person than getting to know them online.  Also, and I'll speak for myself, how do I behave after not really having live, in-person conversations for so long, will we be supportive of one-another, allow that not all of us will be comfortable being fully present right out of the gate? Well, the organizers of She Podcasts LIVE! Handled that with great aplomb by not only having badges that designated if you were an extrovert, introvert, etc...but giving color-coded lanyards that also let others know if you were comfortable with close physical contact such as hugs or did you need your space or something in between.  Systems that prior to the pandemic would seem silly but ones that made perfect sense as we came together after being apart for so long. The beauty of the women I worked with on the event was that we were all sympatico in our personalities, humor, and our mutual desire to serve and to also get the most out of the time we were there.   Given I am still relatively new to podcasting, I went with an open heart and mind to learn all that I could in making my podcast better, how to expand my audience and learn what I could about monetizing it so that I can continue producing content on a weekly basis.  Podcasting, although very rewarding can be really hard and I wanted to meet with like-minded women who've been doing it a lot longer than I have and have learned to be really successful and some very profitable form it. Although I launched my podcast as a passion project,  there are hard-costs associated with podcasts and rather than come out of pocket for those expenses I'd like to be able to cover them. I share that with you so that if you do have an idea or dream of producing your own podcast that you're aware of some of what's involved with doing so. Speaking of which, after almost 4 days of back to back panels, speakers and podcasts representing every genre, age and racial diversity, networking at the parties or a small while out on a walk or sitting by an intimate fire in the courtyard, my major takeaways is: Everyone has a unique voice and story that if you have the desire, drive and passion to tell it then podcasting is a perfect medium to do so. You need partnerships; other people, in this case women, to walk this journey with you, help you in your challenges, hold you accountable and to celebrate your victories. Your brand, if you will, is your own unique personality and voice and thus your podcast, business, fill in the blank is not going to be the same as someone else so for gosh sakes learn from others but stop comparing your progress or success to someone else Find what is and what is not working for you, change what you can and then change your mindset about what you can't Just because you can do it all doesn't mean you should!  This is a big one for me as for now I am a one-person show when it comes to both producing my podcast and pursuing my voiceover work.  Thus one of the reasons that I would like my podcast to be self-sustaining and make a bit of money so that I may actually begin farming out some of the work. And finally, with the following pearl of wisdom courtesy of the Satellite Sisters, “what women do, think and say should not be dismissed by the news of the day”?  Meaning we are more than news bites and what is deemed important on the local news.  OUR VOICE MATTERS And I believe that by being willing to be vulnerable, share our stories, our fears, our bravery and tools to overcome those fears, can we live into the hope of a healthier future. One of the mixed blessings of attending a conference in a beautifully relaxing and inspiring environment, with equally empowering and beautiful people, is coming down the other side of the “contact high” so to speak. My heart and mind are full and grateful and yet sad to not be around the energy and acceptance found in a brief moment of time, camaraderie and connection. It is my desire that by continuing to share people's stories on 19 Stories: from Fear to Hope is that I'm able to present a common thread of hope that will help you for a moment of time as well. I want to share that the very next day upon returning from my immersion into the world of podcasting, that I received notification that my little podcast that could was nominated for a SOVAS Award (aka The Society of Voice Arts and Sciences) for Best Podcast.  To say that I'm honored would be an understatement and I'm so very grateful to all of my guests who have trusted me enough to share their stories.  I look forward to being able to do so for as long as you, my listener, want to hear them. Until the next episode, stay Healthy and Hopeful. If you liked this, or any of the other episodes, make sure you like, review and share.  You can also leave a recorded review via my website at: https://www.soundsatchelstudios.com/19stories-podcast Thank you ; - )

I look forward to sharing what I glean from She Podcasts LIVE!  conference. Have a beautiful week everyone!

My guest, Val Kelly, is a bi-lingual English and French voice actor, entrepreneur, wife, mother and podcast producer & host of the ‘Live with Squacky' podcast.   Her voice over career includes voicing toys from the ‘FurRealFriends' series of toys, the voice of Fuzzy, in a film by the same name, various cartoon characters and pretty much anything character-based!  In addition to being a Voice actress, Val is the Owner/President/CEO/Executive Producer of Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC. and is the Executive Producer for the Mid-Atlantic Voiceover conference, affectionately known as MAVO, which she launched in 2014. Since its inception, Val has planned and hosted conferences in-person from 2015, thru 2018, with last year's and the upcoming 2021 conference taking place virtually online.  The MAVO conference has grown from 28 original attendees in 2014 to over 165 in 2020 and promises to be even larger with this November's “Time to Grow” conference!  As if those activities weren't enough, add to that  being a full-time French teacher and you've got one busy woman! Let's meet this dynamo by welcoming Val Kelly to 19Stories. If you'd like to contact Val, you may do so via: Business email Address: val@midatlanticvo.com VO website:  https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com MAVO website: https://www.midatlanticvo.com Social media links: Instagram and Twitter are @squackyvoice, @livewithsquacky and @Midatlanticvo If you liked this or any other episode, like, share and review on Apple Podcasts or leave a recorded review at: https://www.soundsatchelstudios.com/19stories-podcast Thank you ; - )