Paul Robinson
Voice Coaching

Paul, thanks so much for all your help, guidance and generosity. It’s been a real pleasure working with you. I loved all your anecdotes and really appreciated your sense of humour. Your expertise and your advice about “inhabiting” the script, conveying emotion and sounding like you are speaking it rather than reading it have been really interesting and extremely useful.

I’ve been reading your blogs. I love them, some of them are so funny. I’ve laughed out loud so many times! Have you thought about stand-up comedy? Or maybe you’ve already done it? You’ve done so many really interesting and impressive things that have you brought you to teaching what you know.

Andrea W

I’ve been working with Paul on my voice and speaking, and the change has been remarkable. I came to him wanting to be calmer and more engaging in high-pressure presentations. What I’ve gained goes well beyond a few tips and tricks.

Paul has helped me build a completely different foundation: relaxed, diaphragmatic breathing, better posture and a sense of ease before and during presentations.

On top of that, he’s transformed the way I deliver content. Instead of rushing to get through a script, I now work with natural pauses, changes of thought, and a more conversational, recalling style. We’ve used everything from technical material to stories, eulogies, children’s tales and even Shakespeare to expand my range, develop variety in tone and pace, and make my speaking sound more natural and alive.

Paul is very patient, specific in his feedback (including providing helpful and detailed written notes after each session), and genuinely creative in how he teaches. He has a knack for finding tiny adjustments that make a huge difference, and he always ties the techniques back to real-world situations I face at work.

If you want to sound more like your best self – calm, clear, and genuinely engaging – rather than a scripted version of you, I’d strongly recommend working with Paul.

Edward S

Paul, despite being a celebrant for three years, no matter how much care and creativity I’d put into the writing, I felt that my presentation style was missing something. It didn’t engage the listener as much as I’d have liked, or me, in the delivery.

Since working with you, my perspective and scope in relation to celebrancy has totally transformed. You’ve helped me to add a quality to my delivery that I previously had no idea about. I don’t think I’ll even call it delivery anymore.

Someone who came to one of my recent funerals said to me “Were you reading that? Well, of course you were, you must have been; but it just didn’t seem like you were.”

To have such a marked change within a month is a massive testament to your teaching style – which felt informal, open, tailored to my needs and rooted in so many years’ experience that you have with voice and communication. The toolkit you’ve given me (which will keep me busy and improving for years to come) has given the whole celebrant journey a new layer to it. I feel more engaged in the art of presentation, storytelling and communing with the listener than before. Which in turn makes my work feel more personally fulfilling as I continue to grow within the role.

Areas I’d assumed which just came along with the package of the celebrant role are actually rich in their possibility. There’s a lot more to it than I’d even thought about before.

Thank you, I’ve been recommending you left right and centre, not just for celebrants but for anyone needing to present to others, at whatever stage of the journey they’re at.

Ali C

Ali Chapman