Heal Your Spirit, Find Your Voice Interview With Life Coach Terry Smith

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

Today’s topic is my interview with founder of Coaching Life Matters Dr. Terry S. Smith. We talked about how psychology affects voice…  about how healing the spirit lets you find your unique and authentic voice, as well as a much better life. 

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You can find Terry S. Smith for help and to donate to his highly recommended nonprofit at www.coachinglifematters.com. 

Points covered in this interview include:

• Terry’s background – his dysfunctional childhood and adolescence, his deep questioning, and his spiritual quest for truth.
• How he used singing to find joy, to connect to his inner being, to create brain endorphins, and to question what is real.
• The power of gratitude.
• What Terry experienced in vocal lessons.
• Terry’s training in listening helps people learn to listen to their own voice and questions.
• Three core beliefs that determine our actions: security & survival, protection & esteem (love), power & control.
• How finding true voices can help successful entertainers can avoid feeling fake.
• Terry’s core method of life Coaching is mapping people’s stories. His Coaching initiates the healing power of understanding your own story.
• The parts education, process, discipline and decision plays in healing and finding the true self and voice.
• How we act from the 12 year old inside who was wounded. How children are the best recorders and worst interpreters.
• 95% of people’s behavior can come from believing the lie that they are not worthy of love.
• God as compost maker
• Be careful what you’re looking for (you’ll find it). Look for truth with an open mind. Look in your history for those who validated and affirmed you.
• How authenticity can power songs and speeches.
• A conversation between Peter and Jesus.
• The power of living out of knowing you are loved.
• The impact of enlightened voices on others.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• coachinglifematters.com

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Judy Rodman Vocal Coach

I'm an award-winning vocal coach, recording artist, live performer, public speaker, published author, songwriter, musician, studio producer, blogger, podcaster and vocal consultant with over 50 years of success in the music and voice industry.

As vocal coach online globally, I help develop, maximize and protect voices of singers & speakers who seek to make the world better with their messages and artistic influence. My students and recording clients have appeared on The Today Show, Letterman, Ellen DeGeneres, The Voice, American Idol, America's Got Talent, Grammys, CMA, ACM & MTV Awards Shows, New York Times Best Seller list. They include major and indie recording artists and labels, artist development companies, touring and studio background singers, national public speakers, radio & TV personnel, teachers and voiceover actors.

My career credits include being voted ‘Best Vocal Coach' by Nashville Music Pros, 'Vocal Coach in Residence' by TC Helicon's VoiceCouncil Magazine, #1 and other top-10 Billboard singles as artist on MTM Records, winner of Billboard's and ACM's 'New Female Vocalist' award, BMI 'Million Air' award.

I'm a published author with several vocal training packages on disc and as online video courses. My blog and podcast ‘All Things Vocal’ have received over 2 million views and plays.

With thousands of studio credits, I produce country, pop, rock, singer/songwriter and r&b projects, working in the studio online and in-person. I also specialize as vocal producer on teams headed by other studio producers, and create arrangements and sing background vocals.
Member of SAG-AFTRA, BMI, AFM Local 257, ACM, NATS, I'm based in Nashville, Tennessee.