Discover HeArt Speaking
Free your voice. Honor your potential. Make a difference.
We are dedicated to the study and practice of HeArt Speaking. HeArt Speaking raises the spoken word to a new level of consciousness and effectiveness by imbuing words with imagination, movement, sound, and breath.
HeArt Speaking
Our voice conveys our inner truths and intentions…our heart. In speaking, we connect with others allowing us to navigate - and effect change in - our world. Speaking is not only for imparting information, it is for revealing one’s truth and enhancing relationships. Was there ever a time when this was more important than now?
HeArt speaking, Creative Speech, empowers us to express ourselves in a much clearer and deeper way, allowing the listener to really live into the pictures, the movement, the LIFE which our words convey. Providing insight and practical tools to speak with confidence, warmth and purpose, the wisdom – and skills – of HeArt Speaking ensures enlivened communications!
The Art of Speech Collective is meant to ripple out like the waters of a pond - teachers to their students, expressive artists to their audiences, therapist to their patients, and all human beings in their conversations. Let us together spread the power of HeART Speaking into the world as a living model to contrast today’s noisy and unclear world of AI and virtual realities.
Practical Applications:
Clear Conversations
Classroom Management
Strengthen Communication Skills
Lesson Presentation
Become an excellent Storyteller
Artistic Teaching of Storytelling, Drama, and Poetry
Pedagogical Speech - Effective Voice of Teacher and Student
Gain Insights into Students and Adults through Heightened Listening
Options for Certificate in Pedagogical Speech
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Anthroposophical Therapeutic Speech (ATS)
I am delighted to announce that we will continue this ATS series! We are busy setting dates and confirming topics. Currently, we have the following dates:
October 18, 2026;
Summer dates to be announced; and
November 8, 2026.
If you’d like to be notified when spots are available, please register your interest, and you’ll be the first to know when these sessions go on sale.
*Be sure to tick the sign-up box to allow us to send you updates.Paths of Study
All who wish to enhance their use of voice for personal growth, healing, performing, or educating are welcome here!
Learning formats may include a variety of modalities such as one-to-one support, group lessons, self-study and/or live sessions, practical pedagogy, hands-on application, and offerings that honor the auditory, visual and/or kinesthetic learning needs of participants.
HeArt Speaking
HeArt Speaking brings insight into the mysteries of language and the world by molding, shaping, imagining, and breathing life into the spoken word.
The practice of HeART Speaking generates a conscious use of imagination, sound, breath and movement to enhance speech and its effectiveness, bringing life to the arts of:
Teaching
Conversation
Storytelling
Public Speaking
Drama
Poetry
Writing
The Four Pillars of HeArt Speaking™
I invite you to explore the four pillars of HeART Speaking. Learn how they as a whole create a vessel for communication in the human being, and open possibilities in the listener. Work with each pillar individually while also weaving them together to generate effective, conscious HeART Speaking.
- Imagination -
Open the doorway to the imaginative world and bring sounds, words, and images to life
- Breath -
Capture the life essence of sounds as they flow on the breathstream
- Sound -
Tune into the shapes and forms of vowels and consonants that enliven language
- Movement -
Generate sounds from an inner gesture to an outer gesture, emanating from an experience that becomes expressed
“ I experienced HeArt Speaking as building my confidence and feeling prepared to hold space in my interactions. In the classroom, this confidence translates to creating an atmosphere of safety and love where each child feels seen and understood. “
~Becky Taylor
FOUNDER + LEAD INSTRUCTOR
Debra Spitulnik
Pedagogical/Healing Speech Artist
“I bring enthusiasm and insight to my private speech sessions and support you in your growth as a student of HeArt Speaking. Each group of lessons focuses on your unique goals, and I’m there encouraging you along the way.”
The Art of Speech - a community spreading its wings to develop their own and others’ capacities to reach a higher level of communication and connection.
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