Renée's Blog

Let's talk about habit forming. Something I hear all the time from many students is "I want to practice but I find it really hard to establish a new habit in my life." Habits require three things to form: they need a cue, an action, and a reward. The cue can be anything! It can be the time of da...

In my last video, we were talking about masculinizing or feminizing inflection, and you might be wondering, "How do I practice this?" I usually advise students to start with sentences that they use all the time like "How do you take your coffee?" or "How did you sleep?" or "Has the dog eaten yet...

If you've been working on your trans voice practice for a little while, maybe you've found a sound you like that you're able to make in short bursts. Maybe you tried the "Big Dog Little Dog" exercise from a few weeks ago and now you're probably wondering, "How do I go from making a sound that I l...

I'm 35 years old, and I've been identifying as nonbinary for about ten years. But, well before that, when I think back to being 18 years old, there were some signs that I was nonbinary early on. I want to share one of those signs with you. When I was in university, right out of high school, I us...

One of my dreams came true this week - I was interviewed on Gender Reveal! If you don't already listen to this podcast, you're about to find your new favourite. Host Tuck Woodstock has interviewed scores of incredible trans people and the conversations are always illuminating, interesting, and no...

You might not be aware of this, but I am an avid reader. I love reading! I wanted to share with you my three favourite queer books that I read in 2022. Watch this blog post as a short video above. 1. She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan This book has everything! It's got various flav...

Recently, I had the pleasure of being interviewed on Leah Roseman's podcast, Conversations with Musicians. In this 90-minute podcast, we discussed my music education and early music life, being trans and disabled in the music industry, my pivot to the trans voice space, and so much more! There a...

Hello trans voice pals! I am taking a few weeks off from content creation for the holidays, so you won't see any blog posts or videos from me until January 9th.  Of course, I wouldn't leave you empty-handed though! Click the video above for some bloopers from the last year of tiktoks 🤪 See you...

This will probably not come as much of a surprise to you because I'm a very introspective person, but I love reflexive journaling in both my life and my voice practice. It's something that I encourage my students to do all the time. If you've never tried reflexive journaling, all you have to do i...

In my last blog post, I mentioned that habits and environment design are a big part of running my business. I don't usually talk very much about the ins and outs of running my teaching business, but recently, I was asked by Kajabi to help other creators learn about how they, too, can turn their p...