Episode 19: Finding your true voice with Hattie Voelcker

Hattie Voelcker went from being a barrister to retraining as a performance coach, working particularly with singers. She’s so wise and inspiring! And great fun too.

In this fabulous interview we cover:

Why Hattie made the change from barrister to performance coach
The similarities between the two professions
The beauty of transferable skills
The power of understanding people’s wants, needs and vulnerabilities
How being a family law barrister helps her coaching practice now
Moving from a very high-powered career to a new and different role
How people of all levels suffer from impostor syndrome
How the real fear we feel when stepping forward is looking stupid, both for men and women
How our desire for perfection can hold us back
Vulnerability and courage as two sides of the same coin
Empathy starts with ourselves
How it’s OK, in fact, normal, to be nervous when stepping forward
It’s fine to be just OK and to be you, and in that is perfection
Life is an infinite series of nows
How fun is vital to life
The importance of pausing in midlife
SMOG, WELL and WISE words
Getting rid of the word should from our vocabulary!