Your voice can do more and Davin is here to help you find out exactly how. In each episode of the Free Your Voice, Free Your Life podcast, singer, voice coach and sound healing artist, Davin Youngs brings his inspirational message of healing and transformation through singing and the voice. Because he knows first hand the power of discovering your freest and most authentic voice, Davin has dedicated his life’s work to bringing folks like you into a more expansive understanding of their voice ...
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tp://davinyoungs.com http://theresetsoundexperience.com http://voxusexperience.com http://instagram.com/davinyoungsDoor Davin Youngs
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The Hardest Part About Singing
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http://davinyoungs.com http://theresetsoundexperience.com http://voxusexperience.com http://instagram.com/davinyoungsDoor Davin Youngs
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http://davinyoungs.com http://theresetsoundexperience.com http://voxusexperience.com http://instagram.com/davinyoungsDoor Davin Youngs
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Singing Is Irrational (And That's the Point)
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http://davinyoungs.com http://theresetsoundexperience.com http://voxusexperience.com http://instagram.com/davinyoungsDoor Davin Youngs
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The Thing Next to the Thing Is Not the Thing
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http://davinyoungs.com http://theresetsoundexperience.com http://voxusexperience.com http://instagram.com/davinyoungsDoor Davin Youngs
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The Truth About Imposter Syndrome
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http://davinyoungs.com http://theresetsoundexperience.com http://voxusexperience.com http://instagram.com/davinyoungs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsQ0D98-DsMDoor Davin Youngs
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"How did you end up doing this?"
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In this episode, Davin shares a bit more about the origin of VOXUS, his corporate team building and leadership development activity that utilizes improvisational singing as well as The RESET, his signature immersive sound experience that he is currently bringing to stages all over the US. He also shares more about Chicago Circle Singing and why the…
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“But, I Don’t Want to Be Famous"
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Learn more about Davin at davinyoungs.com The RESET: theresetsoundexperience.com VOXUS: voxusexperience.comDoor Davin Youngs
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Have you heard that phrase "People are more afraid of what they do want, than what the don't?" Turns out it is true, as evidenced by the way we often handle momentum in our lives. In this episode of the FYVFYL, Davin unpacks what it means to actually follow the momentum of our lives and how it might yield to manifesting your deepest desires and sin…
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Most of us carry around a narrative that "happiness" will be something we experience when we... fill in the blank. Achieve a skill, make more money, find love, perform successfully. But, what if happiness was available to you right here right now? In fact, what if you've been delaying the experience for yourself because you just haven't stopped lon…
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The Path of Deep Knowing
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Recently Davin had an experience with a client where he was demonstrating sounds that were more constricted in his body and then he made adjustments to show her sounds that were more free. Her response was "My body wants that! It's like my body knows." This got him thinking about how we all have a deep knowing of freedom, yet we have been so condit…
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There is a simple truth that if you understand might be a real game changer in your life, and it is this: The only thing any of us actually want, is a feeling. While we convince ourselves that we want things or situations or outcomes, the thing we are actually craving is a feeling and it turns out it is available to us here, right now. We simply ha…
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This Is Gonna Be Hard... Or Is It?
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There is an old, outdated narrative that many of us are given that if we pursue our creativity, our joy, and what we love... it will be hard. It will be difficult. So much so that it is likely not worth pursuing. In this episode, Davin shares about a recent interaction he had with a college student and how he has changed his point of view about wha…
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This episode marks a bit of a departure in that it doesn't center the voice, but rather the reason folks often pursue voice work: they want change. But what are the components of change and why are we sometimes ready and other times not? Take a listen to find out. Learn more about Davin at davinyoungsvoice.com and follow Davin on instagram @davinyo…
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Let's talk about imposter syndrome, shall we? So many people are holding themselves back from sharing their voice because they believe they would need to be a "professional" or have more "experience" or have obtained a degree... and it's really all bullshit. These are the voices in your head that are trying to drum up reasons why you should wait an…
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It’s Time to Trust Your Voice
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Do you question your voice? Wonder if it is good enough? Wonder if it is worth listening to? Wonder if it will ever be able to sing that note or do that thing? You're not alone, but this is also at the heart of what inhibits your ability to express yourself like you want. Trusting your voice is no small task, but it is at the heart of what it will …
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Singing for Your Inner Child
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What is one thing you share in common with all other singers? You have a core vocal wound, and subsequently a core vocal belief. What does this mean? Well, all singers have some experience (or experiences) from their childhood, regarding their voice, that they perceived as a threat. These experiences can range from seemingly small happenings, like …
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Soulfull Sound Podcast with Simone Niles | Davin Youngs on The Transformational Power of Singing, Voice & Sound
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This is a very special episode of Free Your Voice, Free Your Life as it is a conversation Davin was fortunate enough to have with sound healer, Simone Niles on her podcast called Soulfull Sound. A quick reminder that Davin's virtual group voice coaching program, also called Free Your Voice, Free Your Life kicks off Jan 20 and has a few spots remain…
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What Do You Want To Sound Like?
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You likely know you want your voice to sound different, but do you know what you want to sound like? Have you really thought about your hopes, dreams and desires for your voice? From where do you gather inspiration and how have you named your aspirations? In this episode, Davin dives deep into this question with the caveat that understanding how to…
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Singing Together (plus a special announcement)
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In this episode of the Free Your Voice Podcast, Davin offers a follow up on his trips for The RESET and VOXUS and shares about confronting his own fears and finding delight in the human urge to sing together. He shares a listener email and announces his new virtual group voice coaching program, Free Your Voice, Free Your Life which will kick off Ja…
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In this episode, Davin shares a bit of his journey toward expanding his work with The RESET and VOXUS. He offers a personal narrative about his process of manifesting and encountering fear. He also offers sound advice on what to do when fear and creeps up in the face of the unknown. He mentions a video by Bobby McFerrin that you can find here: http…
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Often times people feel compelled to pursue the voice and singing as an important part of doing "the work" or moving toward healing, but why exacty is that? And, when we talk about healing, what are we actually talking about? This episode unpacks all of the nitty gritty around healing and the voice, particularly highlighting what "healing" means an…
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Have you ever attempted to practice singing and then realized you didn't quite know what to do? This is not an uncommon experience, even amongst more advanced singers and there is good reason for this. Singing is quite a mysterious sport. It's easy to think about it loosely as the same as practicing any other instrument, but that comparison might n…
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Have you ever considered “being seen” as an important part of your voice journey? For most of us, the idea of having to confront the truth of “being heard” while we sing makes a lot of sense, but “being seen” can seem like a secondary component in our desire to show up fully and authentically in our voice. In this episode of Free Your Voice, Free Y…
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What's the deal with getting loud? Why are so many people so afraid to be heard? Have you ever explored the volume that your voice can make? What are the implications for doing so? In this episode of the Free Your Voice, Free Your Life podcast, Davin explores what it means to get louder. He reflects on personal stories from childhood where he was b…
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From Safety to Singing | Elise Besler
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Want to free your voice? Want to live with more ease? Start by “befriending your body” says Elise Besler. This is a truly radical way of being in a culture that prioritizes thinking over being, but Elise is an expert at guiding folks into this experience through nervous system regulation. In this episode of the Free Your Voice, Free Your Life podca…
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If It Feels Good, It Sounds Good
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Think of this like a universal law about the singing and the voice: If It Feels Good, It Sounds Good. Now I know that you don't trust that to be true and that there have been many times that you have felt good singing where are certain that it hasn't sounded good... but in this episode of Free Your Voice, Free Your Life, Davin explains to you why t…
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The Truth of Constriction
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Undoubtedly, you have experienced constriction in your voice. But, there's good news... you don't have to any more. In this episode, Davin breaks down what constriction is and why it routinely shows up as we attempt to find more freedom and ease. He also shares that moving beyond it might be as simple as learning to notice it and taking its cue. Yo…
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From Belting to Belonging | Mary Yoo
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We all want to feel free and we all know what it's like to feel "stuck!" That's why this episode of Free Your Voice, Free Your Life is guaranteed to resonate, wherever you are on your voice journey. Davin sits down in conversation with Mary Yoo, a UX Designer and recent participant in his group coaching cohort. In an AMA format, Mary brings Davin s…
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What Does Freedom Sound Like?
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Most voice lessons, coaching or programs invoke "freedom" as a part of their promise or aspiration, but what does vocal freedom actually sound like? What are really talking about when we talk about getting free with our voice and in our life? In this episode, Davin shares what he has learned with regards to freedom and functionality with the voice.…
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Loving Your Voice Exactly How It Is
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We all want more for our voice and want to be able to do thing with it that we currently cannot. But, what if I told you the path to change with your voice was learning to love what is? What if I told you your voice was perfect, right here right now and you didn't need to change a damn thing about it. Would you believe me? Make sure to subscribe to…
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Reclaiming Your Voice Dream
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What was the earliest dream you remember having for your voice? What were the specifics of it? When did you start to believe it wasn't possible? When did you give it up? In this episode, Davin explores why revisiting your earliest dreams for your voice might just unlock the energy you need to free your whole life. Make sure to subscribe to The Soun…
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Why You Don’t Have to Worry About Singing in Tune
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What if you didn't have to worry about singing in tune? What if worrying about singing in tune might be the reason you're singing out of tune? In this episode Davin shares some context around pitch and intonation and shares why pitch issues are always coordination issues... and why the first step in fixing them might be as simple as not worrying ab…
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Answering the Call of the Singer
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One of the requirements of the Free Your Voice, Free Your Life cohort is something called a "Singer's Date" modeled after Julia Cameron's "Artist's Date" from her book The Artist's Way. In this episode, Davin shares what the singer's date is and why taking yourself on one might just awaken within you The Call of the Singer. This call is simply to h…
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How to Know You’re Making Progress on Your Voice Journey
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Shoutout to friend and listener Leilani, who provided the inspiration for this episode in the form of a question: "How do I know I'm making progress on my voice journey?" A rich question this is, because with the voice it can be hard to know that you're actually getting better. However, in this episode Davin provides key technical insights on what …
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This Is Not a Pipe Dream
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In this mini episode of the Sound of You, as a source of inspiration, Davin shares a voicemail he received from a former client. She shares how she was singing in the car, singing and a sound came out that was 🤯. Davin expands upon her message and offers a reminder that this is possible for you, too, with your voice. So, what are you waiting for? M…
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How to Quiet the Critic and Free Your Inner Artist | Ivy Eld
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Carolyn Brown aka Ivy Eld is a singer-songwriter based in Asheville, NC. She recently released her very first EP, a triumph after many years of her inner critic and life circumstances getting in the way. In this episode, she shares about her journey as a singer, the origins of her album, and why grief in the midst of losing her brother was the ulti…
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How to Find Your Authentic Voice
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Recently a client sent Davin a clip from a reality television show that showed a singer whose singing voice sounded very different than their speaking voice, inspiring the discussion around "How to find your authentic voice?" In this episode Davin breaks down what we're really talking about when we're talking an "authentic voice" and he shares spec…
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The Joyful Sound of Transformation | Stephanie Zeller
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In this episode Davin welcomes his client, friend a colleague, Stephanie Zeller. Stephanie is a transformational coach and has been pursuing voice work as a part of her own journey of growth and transformation. Stephanie has a remarkable story of flipping the script on a life that was pointing her down a limited path. She shares how she took the ne…
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How Long Is This Gonna Take?
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"How long is this gonna take?" is a totally reasonable question! But, in this episode, Davin breaks down for you what the presence of this question might actually mean on your voice journey and why expanding your understanding around the timeline of your voice might actually be the most efficient path to finding more change in your voice. Make sure…
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So You Want More Control?
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What are the top three technical desires people have for their voice? A better handle on their breath, access to more notes... and more overall control. In this episode, Singer and Voice Coach, Davin Youngs breaks down for you what control really means with our voice and why we all want it. He also shares why control is a tricky word to navigate an…
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What’s It Gonna Take to Free Your Voice?
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Singer and Voice Coach, Davin Youngs is back to share with you some of his best observations about what it takes to actually move into your freest voice and freest life. In this episode he shares observations about clients who come to him in the midst of crisis or on the precipice of crisis and how that might just be a necessary catalyst for real c…
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To Know the Sound Is to Make the Sound
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In this episode, Singer and Voice Coach, Davin Youngs unpacks a quotation that has become very meaningful to him and the singers he works with on their voice journey. Using "To Know the Sound Is to Make the Sound" as he guide, he shares the functionality of making different types of sounds in our body and what it means to actually know certain soun…
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What It Means to Be a Singer
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Singer, voice coach and sound healing artist, Davin Youngs is back for season 2 of The Sound of You, his podcast on the magical mystery experience that is the voice! In this episode Davin shares a bit about how and why he is coming back to podcasting and how he learned to show up in this world more fully as a singer, and subsequently as a coach. He…
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It Comes Down to Self-Love | H. Steven Sims, MD
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In this bonus episode to finish out season one, the Doctor is in and he is delivering the medicine of truth. Dr. Sims is a treasure to the voice community, not only for his wealth of knowledge regarding the technical aspects of the voice as a body based instrument, but also for his ability to communicate with and treat the whole person. Having work…
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Getting Free | Rhiannon
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Few singers or teachers have done more to illuminate singing, and specifically improvisational singing as a tool in liberation, than Rhiannon. As a long time collaborator of Bobby McFerrin and a seasoned singer, performer and teacher, Rhiannon is a wealth of wisdom and wonder. In this beautiful conversation, she generously offers the story of her o…
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Beyond the Bluster | Andrew Kerr
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Andrew Kerr counts getting hit by a truck to be one of the best things that ever happened to him. In this conversation, the singer-songwriter shares how that fateful day pointed him down a path toward not only transforming his life, but freeing his voice.Door Davin Youngs
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Learning to Scream | Tim McIlrath
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Tim McIlrath has been singing and screaming with the band Rise Against for more than 20 years and despite the band’s success, Tim’s vocal journey has been complicated. In episode three, Tim tells how he learned to sing and scream in the 90’s punk and hardcore scene, what it’s really like to tour for so many years and the process of disassembling hi…
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When Things Fall Apart | Beth Kuhn
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Beth Kuhn had a dream of performing on Broadway, and when she had almost made it there, in her words, her voice “fell apart at the seams.” In this conversation, Beth generously shares her voice journey, from pursuing a career in musical theater to ending up living with her parents nursing her voice back to health to finally finding a freer, healthi…
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Coming Out Singing | Davin Youngs
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So, what's this podcast even about? In Ep. 1, Davin explains the origin of The Sound of You and what it means to tell the story of one's voice. He speaks specifically to being a voice coach for 20 years and realizing the problems people suffered in their voice often mirrored other areas of their lives. He then tells the story of his voice and how i…
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