Renée's Blog

If you've ever taken the New York City subway, ridden the AirTrain at Newark Liberty, or commuted between Philadelphia and South Jersey on PATCO, you've heard Bernie Wagenblast's voice—likely multiple times a day, without ever knowing her name. Bernie is a voice actor, journalist...

If you've spent any time in trans voice training, you've probably heard it a hundred times: warm up before you practice. And it's true! A daily voice warm-up builds habit, develops body awareness (also called proprioception), and helps you get comfortable with the frankly ridiculo...

You've been working on your trans voice, but you're not sure where to find reliable, free tools to support your practice. Maybe you need help tracking progress, getting feedback on your technique, or understanding what's actually happening when you speak. As a gender-affirming vo...

What if accessing gender-affirming care, whether that's top surgery, voice feminization training, or a chest binder, didn't require years of saving money? For over 30,000 trans and gender-diverse people, Point of Pride has made this a reality. In the first episode of Speaking Fre...

Have you ever noticed that your voice sounds different when you switch languages? Maybe you're higher in Spanish, deeper in English, or your whole vibe shifts when you code-switch. And now you're thinking: "Wait, if I'm training a new voice for gender affirmation, do I have to do...

You're working on masculinizing your voice—lowering your pitch, darkening your resonance, maybe flattening your expression a bit—when suddenly you realize something troubling: to keep this up, you have to avoid being expressive entirely. But that doesn't feel right because you're...

Have you been told a million times that "resonance is THE thing you need to master to change your voice," but when you try to practice it, you honestly can't tell if you're changing your resonance or just changing your pitch? If your brain feels like it's short-circuiting every t...

When I look back at 2025, I see a year that exceeded every expectation I had for my gender-affirming voice teaching practice. This was the year I finally made the leap to YouTube long-form content, expanded my public speaking work, increased my community giving, and experienced pr...

I'm turning 38 on December 28th, and after nearly two decades of running my own business, learning Spanish in my thirties, and maintaining a seven-year plan to run a marathon while managing chronic pain, I've learned a thing or two about setting and actually achieving goals. Whet...

Voice dysphoria sucks. But it turns out that science agrees with us and it's not just a bad feeling. Voice dysphoria can have a measurable, quantifiable impact on your quality of life and ability to use your voice, particularly in work settings. As a gender-affirming voice teach...