by Lisa Leonard | Jan 16, 2025 | Personal Growth, Rotary, Social Media, Uncategorized, Voiceover, volunteering, Wellness
I attended two funerals last week. At each of them, people shared how the deceased person touched their lives. Some stories were funny. Some were touching. All made me wonder why we don’t say this kind of stuff to each other when we’re still alive!...
by Lisa Leonard | Feb 21, 2024 | Business, Personal Growth, Uncategorized
I have a complicated relationship with networking. Meeting new people and finding possible business connections is exhilarating! But sometimes the shyness that plagued me as a child consumes my body and I just want to stand alone in a corner. Thankfully, at most...
by Lisa Leonard | Nov 6, 2023 | Business, Health, Personal Growth, Social Media, Uncategorized, video production, Voiceover
In 2003, I started my own company: Lisa Leonard Voiceworks, LLC. (You can read the original anniversary blog post here.). To mark the occasion of my 20th Anniversary, I booked time at Main Line Studios in West Chester where producer Eric LaCasse interviewed me about...
by Lisa Leonard | Oct 5, 2023 | Business, Personal Growth, Rotary, Social Media, Uncategorized, Voiceover, volunteering
I’ll always regret not seizing the moment in the 1980s. Seeing the lead singer of my favorite band, REM, alone on a Manhattan street, and not approaching him. I chickened out. I could have met my idol, had a chat, maybe even gotten an autograph, but none of that...
by Lisa Leonard | Mar 15, 2023 | Business, education, Personal Growth, Uncategorized
“It’s much more than just having a good voice.” That’s something I always say to young people when they ask about my life as a voice actor. “You have to be a good reader. You need to understand the intention of the script. Are you...
by Lisa Leonard | Sep 15, 2022 | Personal Growth, Voiceover
How do you persevere when faced with challenges? I’ve never been into sports but agreed to go to the archery range with my friends in the Poconos. “It’ll be fun!” they said. In the span of an hour, most of my arrows fell to the ground or stuck...