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Diana Nash talks about the importance of your voice in today's podcast
Now it's time to dive into the episode.
>> Diana Nash: Hello, beautiful manifesto community. It is such a joy and honor to be with you on this podcast episode today. it feels right to introduce myself to you, and it also feels such a full circle moment. And I will share more about that with you later on. So for now, my name is Diana Nash. I am an intuitive voice guide. I am a 5:1 emotional manifester. And today I want to talk to you about the very thing that makes you a manifestor, your voice. And I know for some people, that will bring up a lot of things. There are so many different wounds around the voice. There are so many layers of identity that we have to get through before we can actually find our true authentic voice. And for us as manifestors, that is a journey, right? That is definitely a journey and one that I have walked for many years. So today, really, in this episode, we're going to get into some juiciness. I want to share with you my story to first introduce myself to you so you can start to get to know me and understand where I've been, so you can understand where you can get to too. So I will be sharing some juicy tips around the Voice. I'm not exactly sure where this is going to go, but we're just gonna go where we're led, right? Because we know when we trust, we go where we are guided. And that is the most juiciness. So let's dive in. I started life as a singer from the youngest age. I learned that by being an entertainer, I could get out of chores, let's be brutally honest, I could get out of the washing up because I would go and entertain the guests after the dinner party. And I soon learned that my voice was this quite powerful and Magnetic thing that I had. And so it led me down a path of music and writing, performing. I did musical theatre for many years and just the first time I ever stepped on stage at four and I was asked to just give my name. And I remember they handed me the microphone and I'm quite a small person. I'm 5 foot 2.5, very important. And I remember the actor, at the panto knelt down beside me and he handed me this microphone and he asked me what my name was. And loud and clear, I said my name and I heard it echo through the whole theaterre, and that moment just felt like, wow, this is home. This feels so good. So I went down the life of a singer, songwriter, performer, been, in various bands, have done voiceovers for tv, for music, all sorts of different things. I'm a multi passionate, creative. But the one thing that stayed with me was always my voice. And my voice almost became this trophy, this thing to be measured by, this thing that I measured myself against others for. Especially in the creative world, when you are performing, when you are auditioning, you know, it can be so soul destroying to be held and judged by the very thing that makes you feel so special. Your voice, your gift. And when you get a no, it can very easily feel like, a no to the whole of you. And that was something that I really had to battle with. So for me as a singer, I have always enjoyed using my voice in all different ways. Making crazy stupid sounds, making up songs, singing things that you could probably just say, but why say it when you can sing it? Because that's so much more fun. and so it got to the point where I was actually doing a job as a youth worker and I was working with hard to reach young people and their families. That was like my day job. And we were dealing with some pretty heavy stuff that I was combing up against. And I often found that I would come back to sound and music to engage with these young people, to help to just break down some of those walls. And I got to the point doing this work, I think I'd been in that career for about 10 years and it just started to feel so heavy, so heavy holding so much and not actually being able to have the impact that I wanted from one hour a week. So I got to the point where I decided that I couldn't do it anymore and I was pretty burnt out. And so I left that world, that career, everything I'd known to step into our family business. And it was at that time that I really started to explore chakras and energy and sound. And I started to get pulled towards. I wonder if there's a connection here with healing and voice, because one day I was warming up for a gig. So I kept on gigging in the background and I was warming up for a gig and I'd had a really sore throat. And all of a sudden I just felt this urge to start humming. And so I started humming and then I started to want to move the sound. So I started to move the sound and my note to where, felt it was needed. And it was almost like this sonic massage is all I can describe it as. And then after a little while, my voice felt a lot better. And that was the point where I thought, okay, now I need to do something about this. So I'd had the nudge and I felt the call to then do something about that. And so I started to research and I found sound healing. And I'm not gonna lie, when I first saw it, I saw a video of somebody sounding with their voice into somebody's body laid on, like a massage bed. And I thought, that's fucking weird. I'm not doing that shit. And literally, it turned me off. I was like, no, that's far too out there. But something kept drawing me back and something kept drawing me back. And so I did the usual, like, hang on the peripheries and had another look. And then I decided I just. I'd just go in. So I did my sound healing training as a voice practitioner. So that's using the voice to scan the body for blockages, imbalances, and then using some different techniques vocally to move energy and to restore some harmony. So alongside that, as part of the course, we could do another module. And I thought, well, what's the point in doing another module? I might as well get another qualification out of it because ofs. So I studied to be a singing bowl practitioner, which meant I studied, and trained for the Crystal singing bowls and, the Himalayan singing bowls. So I was doing that all together and at the same time, because clearly doing two certifications was not enough. I did my NLP Neural Linguistic programming training because I've always been fascinated by people. Why do they do what they do? Why are they thinking like that? What is driving that? What's really going underneath the surface, right? As part of my profile is to dig, to understand, to explore, to investigate. So at the time I didn't realize it. I just thought I was a bit mental, just jumping into everything. And my husband certainly Was not happy that I was spending all this time off studying. And it was. I have to say, this was the catalyst, the point for me of holy shit. Holy shit. Because in my sound healing training with m. The voice, I walked into that thinking I had this shit down. Like, I'm a singer. Come on, people. I use my voice all the time. Well, didn't I soon get a slap and a quick. A quick trajectory back to reality? Because when I went to use my voice, I was being asked to sound intuitively.
I had no backing track. I had nothing. I was raw and bare
I had no backing track. I had no band. I had nothing. I had me and my voice. And I was raw and bare and, oh, my God, I was petrified. I was so vulnerable. So vulnerable in a place that felt so comfortable, so vulnerable in a place that was so familiar to me. And so it was at that point that I really had to strip myself back and, come back to what is my voice. And if I'm not doing it to sound a certain way, what. What does that even mean? So on this journey of learning to let go of pitch perfection paralysis. It's one of my favorites, and you should say it right now. Pitch perfection paralysis. And this is when I really started to understand the layers that we put on our voice. The layers, the pressures, the expectations of how we should sound, Judging ourselves. And the amount of people that I hear say, I hate my voice. I can't sing. I hate speaking in public. I hate hearing my voice back. And to me, that's just so crazy, because your voice is your biggest gift. Especially for us manifestos, but for all the beings in the world, your voice is your biggest gift. Your voice is your biggest power. Your voice is your essence and your energy expressed into this world. And so when we're dimming, when we're silencing, when we're shaping, when we, are controlling it into something that should sound palatable, acceptable, what we're actually doing is we are dimming and shutting off parts of our truest selves. And I just want you to take a moment to feel how that lands in your body right now as you hear those words. When you silence yourself, when you adust. Adapt, when you filter, that feels the better word. When you filter yourself and what you actually want to say, it's almost like a piece of you die. So from that beautiful soul that wants to speak, that wants to sing, that wants to express itself, to be heard, it goes through this layer of processing where we understand and we relive in our body, if not our minds as well. Because so much of this is unconscious. That we relive that conditioning of the experiences that we've had. Of that time that that woman told us we were too much and to be quiet. Of that time that someone said, speak up. Of all the things that we've experienced and felt judged, rejected. For we were made to feel stupid, unworthy, ridiculous for even offering our voice, our opinion, our thoughts. Like, I want you to feel that, feel that, and notice it, because it feels so heavy, right? And if this is the first time that you're hearing this kind of conversation around your voice, I want you to know, my darling, you are held with so much love. Because, this shit is heavy. This shit can feel so big. And this is part of the programming that comes in to really silence your voice or to make you dim it. And when we are showing up in this way, we're not truly being ourselves. And that plays out in the feeling that comes afterwards, right? Have you ever done a talk and showed up and thought, I have to sound a certain way. I have to be this professional. I have to sound like I know what I'm talking about. Because if I don't, then people will think that I don't know what I'm doing, and people will judge me. And then we put all these reasons on it, right? And that will mean this, and then that will mean this, and then that will mean that. And insert your own stories here, because everybody has so many stories around their voice. And some of it is ballot, some of it is from experiences that you've had, and some of it is just conditioning that has been passed on from other people, from society. We've picked it up. We're not meant to speak up. We're not meant to be loud and Jesus as a manifest. Come on. This is our portal of expression. This is our portal of power. This is the place for us to fucking roar and be heard. Because remember, our words have impact. Our words create worlds. We are here as the catalysts, as the creators to birth through these creations. And if we cannot express them, if we cannot allow that beautiful energy to come to us and through us, and then to vocalize it, to share it, to speak about it, we're missing probably one of the most important pieces of it. Because otherwise, you're going to be the best KE secret. Otherwise, that beautiful thing that has come to you and through you because it needed your magic energy, your vibration, your energy, your frequency that's gonna live on your laptop, that's gonna live on the notes in your phone, and you're gonna feel this disconnect, this dissatisfaction, because you are not following through in a way that feels so fuck right, like that is your birthright, that is your honour. And, what I'm not saying to you is. And that once you do this work, it's like a one and done. Because as we know, the conditioning that we experience has layers. There are layers to why we are the way we are. There are so many different conditioning parts that it's never a one and done. It's appealing of the layers. It's appealing back of coming back home to our truest self. And the more we can give ourselves permission to just be, the more we can learn to understand ourselves without judgment. Oh, my God, feel the weight of that word, judgment. So many of us have experienced that because we're not the same. We're not the same as other beings out there. And judgment has been one of the biggest cripplers. Even if it's actual judgment or the perceived judgment. Because, oh my God, the gremlins in our heads that can sometimes run riot telling us all kinds of nonsense. And sometimes we let them win, right? And let me give you like 100% total straight up brutal honesty. As I came into my studio to record this episode, I felt this nervousness. I felt this, holy shit, fuck, I'm gonna do this. And I procrastinated a little bit this morning. I've had far too many cups of coffee probably. And I walked in here and I had to have a word for myself and say, come on, Diana, you know, this, this is what you talk about. This is what you live, this is what you breathe. Because you know when you turn that microphone on and you start to talk and you come back into alignment and you remember who you are and you let your soul speak, there's nothing to be afraid of. There is nothing to be afraid of. So I want to give you this, this awareness piece, which is a game changer, of really starting to take notice. Because the voice, I think, is something that gets so dismissed because we just use it every day, right? We just use it so unconsciously it just comes out. It's just something that's there. But when you really start to tune into the nuances of your voice to listen to, oh, my tone just got a little bit harsh. Or this just happened. I'm really noticing that. I'm really noticing that.
Give yourself permission to play with your voice, to feel joy of using it
I want to rush. I want to just say what I've got to say and disappear. Or when I'm really in flow. And the words, every single syllable, every single syllable Feels like a deliciousness just falling out of my mouth. That's when you know you're in true power. That's when you know you are stood in your, unfuckable energy. Right? So I really want to invite you to just notice when do you feel a little pinched off and also to start to build up this awareness that your voice is not a separate thing. Your mind, your body, your energy, your voice are all part of the same. They're all part of this being, this vehicle that you're in to bring forward your magic and your medicine. and the more we can get into this flow with one another, to really feel where our energy is off, to notice where the tension comes in our body when we are saying or receiving something. To notice how your voice changes, to play with your voice. My God, that awareness, peace is so massive. But the thing that's even bigger than that for me is the permission to use your voice as it is. To play with your voice, to feel the joy of using it. Because the more you can start to play with your voice, to build up this relationship with it, you'll find that your body, your mind, your intuition, they all start to trust. They build up this trust with one another so that you know when you're going to step on a stage to speak, you don't have to have a script. Every single word, every single syllable, every single pause mapped out. Souls don't need scripts. You will build up this trust so that you can step up. Yes, you might feel nervous. Yes, you might feel all the feels, but you will know that your power does not come from the external validation. Your power, your voice, your true frequency comes from an unbreakable connection that is with yourself. That, is with yourself. I feel like I need to say that sentence again. Your connection comes from an unbreakable bond that is with yourself. Nothing outside of you. I often hear people say, oh, it's okay for you. You're a singer. Use your voice. You've got a good voice. Well, let me go back to the story. The example, even. Not the story, the example of when, yes, I had this voice, but actually it silenced me. The pressure of having to be pitch perfect. The pressure of turning up and speaking and singing and hitting the right notes and it being pleasurable for somebody else. I went down that route. I tried to get the record deal. And u. that's. That's for another time. I've been through all of those things. So having the good voice, I was still a people pleaser. I was still unable to Speak my truth until I let go of the layers and the expectations that were placed upon me by myself as well, of having this voice and having to mean something by letting go of all of that and just using my voice as it was. So I really offer that in my work, to have this space where your voice is not something that has to sound a certain way. Your voice is you. Your voice is your energy, Your voice is your essence. And so when we can break down those layers and really come back to ourselves, that's when we really start to show up as who we are unapologetically. And we cannot hold other people and their reactions as a marker of who we are and how valid we are. Everyone's going to have their opinions. When you start to show up unapologetically, you'll find that things shape so much easier for you in your life. And that's a big part of the work, holding these spaces and containers where people can come and feel held and explore and really get to connect back into their voices. Because I hear so often as well. I used to love to sing, but then this thing happened. The story, the conditioning, the silencing. And I want you to know, manifesto, you don't have to put up with that anymore. Now is the time to rebel, to reclaim. We're not here to fit the moldd. We're here to fucking break them. And I want to give you that. That, feels like my. My parting gift to you is that permission, that permission to use your voice just as you are. Because just as you are. It'fucking perfect. So, my darlings, I will be sharing more with you. I'm sure you'll be hearing more of me to come. Because the Voice as a manifesto is such a massive important part of who you are. And actually owning that and reclaiming that is also part of that deconditioning journey for you. And I have walked this path. Let me tell you, I have walked this path and I have got together some cool shit that can help you get through too. So we are actually holding the most beautiful experience online. You're going to get it live. So there's going to be a 90 minute activation session coming up called the Portal. And the Portal really is a culmination of me experimenting and playing with how I brought all these pieces of me together. Diana, the intuitive voice guide. Diana, the sound healer. Diana, the coach. Diana, the visionary. Diana, the leader. Okay, I'm fed of, of saying my name now, but you get it all the parts of me together. So the Portal is this invitation to come together in this sacred space. Because I don't do surface level. Like, when you come into my spaces, they are deep. We just go there, and they are so frigging beautiful. It's one of the favorite things I can do is to hold space. And so we are going to gather together to just come out of the head into the body and connect back into the voice. And this is where I will share my musical medicine, which traditionally you might understand as a sound bath. I call it my musical medicine, where I use crystal singing bowls and other instruments and I use my voice. I will sing to you. Oh, my God. I haven't sung on this episode normally. Like, I will sing all the time, and I just haven't sung today. That's weird. so you're gonna get my voice. I will channel through light language and whatever wants to come for the collective.
And it is a space for you to also experience being held and sharing your voice
And it is a space for you to also experience being held and sharing your voice in such a beautiful, beautiful space. So details of that, I believe, will be in the show notes. So if you have any questions, reach out to the community. Reach out. And, reach out. There you go. now I've lost myself. Okay. So, yes, reach out to us. We would love to see you there. I would love to get to dance with your energy. So in the meantime, my darling, thank you so much for listening to this episode. Thank you so much for having me, and I look forward to connecting with you really, really soon. Take care.
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