Voice Lessons: Uncovering and Claiming Your Unique, Creative Voice
You're a writer, artist, singer, choreographer. Think Lady Gaga, Judy Garland, Prince. Hemingway, JK Rowling, JRR Tolkien. Picasso, Van Gogh. You're tired of trying to uncover your voice by imitating other artists. If you've peeled back the layers of your voice and think you finally recognize it as yours, do you have the courage to claim it? These are the questions we aim to answer during my biweekly podcast, Voice Lessons: Covering and Claiming Your Unique, Creative Voice.
Voice Lessons: Uncovering and Claiming Your Unique, Creative Voice
Sing Your Heart Out: How Kylene Terhune Harnessed Her Voice in Betrayal Trauma Recovery
I'm thrilled to welcome Kylene Terhune, a betrayal trauma recovery coach and classically trained singer, onto the show this week. Kylene specializes in supporting women who have discovered their husbands are porn or sex addicts. Her unique, holistic approach integrates physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing, utilizing functional lab work, nutrition, lifestyle adjustments, and trauma processing.
During our conversation, we discussed what being a betrayal recovery coach entails and Kylene’s personal experience that led her to this profession. She openly shares her emotional story of discovering her husband's hidden addiction and the subsequent impact on her mental and physical health.
Her path to healing, which involved functional health and therapy, ultimately helped her rediscover and reclaim her voice by reconnecting with her passion for singing. Getting back into a creative mindset significantly contributed to her healing and allowed her to regain a sense of groundedness and empowerment in her life.
Kylene's story underscores the therapeutic power of creative expression for healing from traumatic experiences. She explains the importance of tapping into one's creativity—whether through singing, writing, gardening, or any other medium—as a vital step in healing from trauma. By re-engaging with her true voice, Kylene found a way to blend her professional expertise with personal growth, ultimately leading her to help others in their journey towards recovery and self-reclamation.
Key Topics:
- What’s a betrayal recovery coach, and how did Kylene find herself in this line of work?
- Gaining an understanding of holistic and functional health
- How Kylene discovered her husband’s addiction and how it affected their marriage
- Seeking out healing to cope with the pain of the trauma
- How Kylene’s singing career began
- Authenticity is the most attractive quality in a creative voice
- Rediscovering singing as a way to help cope with a cancer diagnosis amidst the marriage trauma
- Creative outlets are key for getting out of fight or flight
- How to use creativity for healing
- How Kylene took back control of her voice through singing
- Landing her first singing role after getting back into her singing practice
- Experimenting with all forms of creativity to discover your own creative voice
Connect with Kylene online:
Instagram: @kyleneterhune
TikTok: @kyleneterhune
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Special thanks to LVDY for allowing us to use their song, Saltwater, in the intro and outro of the podcast!
