Where voice meets healing. Voice Notes is the podcast that meets singers, performers, and creatives right where their voice went quiet—and helps gently turn the volume back up.
With anonymous voice notes from real, creative humans, Somatic Voice Coach, Educator and Artist Mentor Elise Besler responds with grounded, soulful guidance to support voice liberation, nervous system healing, and the kind of truth-telling that sets you free.
It’s “big sister, I see you” energy meets voice liberation science—for a groundbreaking path to being loud, proud, and deeply regulated on stage and in life.
This is voice work for deep feelers and cycle-breaking creatives.
Healing. Wholeness. No shame.
Taking The Mic Back From Your Inner Critic: Reclaiming Your Voice From Self Doubt
Elise Besler discusses silencing the inner critic and overcoming self-doubt to share one's voice, exploring the connection between perfectionism, fear of judgment, and the nervous system.
4 Jun 2025
Uninvited Comments: Body Shame and Finding Your Voice Again
Elise Besler examines the impact of body image and shame on self-expression, discussing how to reclaim your voice and find belonging in a world that encourages shrinking; this is an interview episode.
21 May 2025
The Truth About Performance Anxiety: What Singers and Creatives Need To Know
Why does your voice disappear when all eyes are on you?This episode explores the deeper roots of performance anxiety—not just as fear of being seen, but as a survival response shaped by your nervous system, trauma history, and unspoken expectations.
Elise responds to three vulnerable voice notes:
A singer who cries every time she sings (but it’s not emotional).
A speaker who freezes just before corporate presentations.
A chronic over-preparer who can’t stop rehearsing for fear of getting it “wrong.”
You’ll walk away with a new lens on your performance fear—one that’s rooted in compassion, embodiment, and voice liberation.
What We Cover
The biology behind stage fright (not just psychology)
Why over-preparing is often a trauma response, not perfectionism
How voice work can re-pattern old shutdown habits
What to do when your body reacts before you can stop it
🎤 Leave an anonymous voice note for future episodes HERE 🌿 FREE "Find Your Voice" audio training HERE 🎧 Grab the Performance Anxiety Toolkit for $7 HERE 🛜 Check out Elise's website HERE 👯♀️ Follow Elise on IG HERE
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7 May 2025
Why Vulnerability Feels So Risky - How To Find Your Voice In Relationships
What if vulnerability isn’t weakness ~ but the moment your power actually returns?
In this episode, we explore the tender territory of having vulnerable conversations and choosing to stay with yourself in personal relationships. You’ll hear two honest voice notes from folks navigating emotional exposure with partners and possible partners.
You’ll also hear Elise’s soulful responses rooted in nervous system wisdom combined with that "Big - Sister - I - See - You - Energy" AND... get a first listen of her debut track “I Got My Power” from her upcoming album, Affirmation Jams.
🎤 Leave an anonymous voice note for future episodes HERE🌿 FREE "Find Your Voice" audio training HERE🛜 Check out Elise's website HERE👯♀️ Follow Elise on IG HERE
If you want to listen to I Got My Power again, revisit this episode OR, head over to Elise's YouTube Channel HERE and spin it on repeat! If this episode resonated with you, please consider leaving a 5-star ⭐️ review and sharing it with someone who might need to hear it. Your support helps bring this work to more people reclaiming their voice.
23 Apr 2025
The Weight of Generational Silence: How To Reclaim Your Voice
Why does your voice shake when you try to speak up? This episode explores how silence can be inherited ~ and how learning to use your voice can become the healing your entire lineage needs. You’ll hear two powerful voice notes from folks looking for support with this very thing, 2 soulful and supportive responses, PLUS, a healing ancestral chant to help you reconnect to your sound.🎤 Leave an anonymous voice note for future episodes HERE 🌿 FREE "Find Your Voice" audio training HERE 🛜 Check out Elise's website HERE 👯♀️ Follow Elise on IG HEREIf this episode felt supportive for you, please consider leaving a 5 star ⭐️ review on this platform and sharing it with a friend or loved one that could benefit from hearing this message. Your support helps this work get to the people who need to hear it most!
21 Apr 2025
Welcome to Voice Notes! (Trailer)
What if the thing you needed most wasn’t advice…but someone to say, “Hey ~ I see you. You’re not crazy. You’re just carrying a lot.”
That’s the heart of this show.
Welcome to Voice Notes ~ the podcast for anyone who’s ever lost their voice in a high-stakes moment, spiralled after speaking up, or felt their whole body panic at the thought of being truly seen.
Each episode, somatic voice coach and nervous system educator Elise Besler responds to anonymous voice notes from real people navigating the tender, messy space between silence and self-expression.
We talk about:
Why your voice disappears when it matters most
What performance anxiety actually is (hint: it’s not in your head)
How people-pleasing, freeze, and fawning show up in your sound
And how to come back to your voice ~ without abandoning yourself
You’ll hear responses that weave together applied neurology, somatic wisdom, and spiritual truth… all grounded in compassion, real talk, and zero shame.
This isn’t self-help. This is self-return.And if you’ve been craving a space where your voice can be messy, honest, and whole ~ you’re in the right place.
🎤 Got something to say? Leave an anonymous voice note at the link below and Elise may feature it in a future episode.
🔗 [Drop an anonymous voice note here]
🌀 [Check out Elise's website here]
🎧 [Get the FREE "Find Your Voice" Training here]
🙋🏼♀️ [Follow Elise on Instagram @elisebesler]
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