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Your Voice And The Power Of Being Yourself
Nothing is as easy and as tough,as being yourself. What happens to your voice when you tap into the power of being yourself? Listen to this podcast and find out.
Best friends since the age of nine, it’s my pleasure to present to you this intimate conversation with poet Danusha Laméris. One of my favorite moments of this interview is when Danusha says “Every poet was a person who once felt they didn’t have a voice”.
We discuss how our lifelong friendship has helped us grow into powerful voice, how Danusha has learned to be herself in front of an audience, being feminine while feeling empowered, how taking oneself seriously doesn’t mean being serious, and how Danusha prepares to speak.
“Small Kindnesses”, by Danusha Laméris went viral during the pandemic. Danusha ‘Laméris’ poetry, uplifts the minutiae of the everyday to the gorgeous – worlds within worlds, as well as coaxing the redemptive from the darker aspects of our human lives.
In This Podcast About ‘The Power of Being Yourself’ You’ll Learn:
- How Danusha brings her whole playful self to a circle where ‘earnestness’ or ‘seriousness’ is emphasized
- The one thing you need to do to show up as yourself in front of people
- How to feel confident while speaking publicly
- You don’t need to fit into a box to be recognized for your voice and expertise
- Danusha’s version of taking yourself seriously
- What your audience really wants
- How you can be authentic when you have to present something that’s not your passion
- How Danusha prepares to speak before a presentation
- What to do when you’re feeling disconnected from your authentic self
Here’s a glance at this episode:
Introducing Danusha Lameris Poet!
The History of Our Lifelong Friendship
Helping Each Other Grow into Powerful Voice
Danusha on Being Herself in Front of an Audience
Danusha on Being Authentic, Being Feminine
Audiences Want to Connect, People Want to Connect
How Danusha Prepares to Speak
Preparing Your Instrument for Speaking
Every Poet is a Person Who Once Felt They Didn’t Have a Voice
Danusha Reads Her Poem “Berkeley” & We Discuss the Context
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About Danusha Laméris
Danusha Laméris’ first book, The Moons of August (Autumn House, 2014), was chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the Autumn House Press poetry prize and was a finalist for the Milt Kessler Book Award. Her second book, Bonfire Opera (Pitt Poetry Series, 2020), was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize and the winner of the Northern California Book Award in Poetry. Some of her poems have been published in: The Best American Poetry, The New York Times, The American Poetry Review, The Gettysburg Review, Tin House, Ploughshares, and The Sun Magazine. She’s the winner of the Morton Marcus Poetry Prize, and the Lucille Clifton Legacy Award. She lives in Santa Cruz, California and is on the faculty of Pacific University’s low-residency MFA program.
How to find Danusha
If you’d like to investigate being part of Danusha’s Hearthfire Writing Community which she co-hosts with James Crews, you can do that here: https://www.thepoetryofresilience.com
You can find her on her website: http://www.danushalameris.com
Buy her books right here: https://www.amazon.com/Danusha-Lameris/
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