Singchology

This is a concept that comes up all through my whole life - be it putting myself out there as a singer-songwriter back in the days, or coaching vocals to my students over 2 decades. It can come up as: - not wanting to present certain looks (eg. without makeup on social media), or sounds/concepts ("is this really what i want to let the listeners hear and feel about me? The secret ugly part of me") - looking into a mirror (straight on to our singing faces) - feeling the cringe