Your personal voice coach and trainer

Tina Guide, Voice Coach and Trainer

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago in a really nice town. It was quiet and safe and I couldn't wait to get out.

My most treasured childhood storybook was about a yellow-haired boy who traveled the world. The book had a medium-gray hard cover with the title written in crimson red and a simple red line drawing of the boy. I was fascinated by that book and read it over and over. As he made his travels, I went with him, traveling to South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. The food was different, the animals were different, the native dress was different. The people wore unfamiliar hats and used different transport to get around.

My life has been a series of adventures. Some deliberate, most of them unplanned dives into the unconscious. You learn interesting stuff and pick up unexpected skills riding Life's rollercoaster by the seat of your pants. My relationship with the universe is what makes me tick.

I am first and foremost an artist. Do you know what the first most essential attribute of the artist is? It's being able to see. Whatever the undertaking, I look at and into it. And be with it. Being an artist informs everything I do.

This is how I work with my clients. I look at them. I see them. I listen to them. I hear them. And I work with them to unlock their hidden and underused potentials.

To get really good at something, we need to understand how it works. Years of working with foreign learners struggling with English-speaking, feeling their pain and frustration of not being able to produce clear and compelling spoken language led to the development of my proprietary method Sounds of American English. It uncovers the hows and whys of the mechanics of speaking, explaining how speaking works at its most fundamental. It’s an excellent tool to grow your speaking skills, too.

I use all that I’ve learned along my personal and professional journey to help you grow your presence and command. As a teacher, trainer, and learner of languages, as a former expat completely immersed in a foreign culture for 13 years, and as an artist and illustrator who works in visual and conceptual communication I bring a spectrum of knowledge, experience, and understanding to help you find your way to yourself to better express yourself. I help you achieve your dreams of showing up as an empowered communicator. I share with you what we take for granted, illuminating topics that simply aren’t talked about much. Let's open up your world together.