I know it may not seem that way, but we are constantly in effortless motion.Every day we are spinning around the Earth's axis at about 1,000 mph.The Earth is currently hurtling around the Sun at 67,000 mph.The Sun and Solar System are whipping through the Milky Way at...
W R I T T E N B Y Allison Mondel Think back to the last time you were about to start singing something. What was the first thought that came to your mind?I hope this comes out ok.Don't do it wrong.What will they think of my voice?Is there enough ________?Am I doing...
W R I T T E N B Y Allison Mondel I'm sitting in a room full of unopened packing boxes in my new home.It's been a time of rapid upheaval and change in my family's life. My back aches from lifting and my mind is cluttered (just like my new dining room).Yesterday I...
W R I T T E N B Y Allison Mondel Sometimes I joke that everything I have learned about life I learned from singing. But it's so true! It has been quite the journey, though. Sometimes it was pretty tricky, sticky, and ugly. But then also wildly illuminating,...
W R I T T E N B Y Allison Mondel For a very long time, habits have been my nemesis. I have read many books on the topic, chasing the "good" ones and disdaining the "bad" ones... When we are young, we have no capacity to discern between them. And so they settle in,...
W R I T T E N B Y Allison Mondel I know you may not talk about it, but I know you have A Thing that's been on your mind for a while. That quiet vision, that unspoken desire, that shimmering dream, that kernel of an idea, that sticky feeling that you really, truly,...
W R I T T E N B Y Allison Mondel If there is one thing I could teach you about the voice and singing, it is this: You already have everything you need. You can continue to acquire skills and knowledge, better coordination, musical experience, expanded range and...
W R I T T E N B Y Allison Mondel As a young girl, then a teenager (oy), then a young adult, I would never in one million years have considered myself a "rebel." I have excellent manners, listen to instructions, pay my bills on time, do my chores, and do all the...
W R I T T E N B Y Allison Mondel I am taking some time away up on the coast of Maine with my family for two weeks.(Two weeks. It seems like two years!)It's such a vital reflection point, taking the space and time to remove yourself from the regular comings and...
