Mind, Medicine, and the Mic:Two Powerful Paths to the Mic

In today’s episode, you’ll meet Great Voice students Rebecca Cherry and Tanya Wade.

Rebecca Cherry, MD is a pediatric gastroenterologist with a fascinating specialty: using clinical hypnosis to help patients of all ages manage conditions like irritable bowel syndrome. Rebecca shares how the power of the voice can literally change the way the nervous system responds by helping people learn, heal, and self-regulate more effectively. A lifelong lover of reading aloud and learning, she’s exploring voiceover as a fun, flexible sideline that fits beautifully alongside her medical practice.

Tanya Wade wears many hats: senior director of clinical operations at a community mental health center in Chicago, practicing therapist, and voiceover artist for Season 3 of The Great Voice Podcast show opener. With roots in acting, spoken word, and a lifelong love of voices, Tanya found her way back to performance through voiceover. She shares her powerful personal journey, including meeting her biological mother for the first time and discovering a shared vocal connection, and how creativity and voiceover have become an essential outlet alongside her meaningful work in mental health.

Listen in as Susan gives performance techniques for medical narration, audiobooks, and the nuances of commercial voiceover work.

Chapters

• 08:02 The Intersection of Medicine and Voiceover
• 11:50 Voiceover Performance: Medical Narration
• 22:07 Exploring Audiobook Narration
• 32:45 Bringing energy to Commercials
• 41:10 Learning to Act for Commercials