Maren Montalbano: Slowing Down & Living in the Now -TSMP 11

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SHOW NOTES:

Today, we have mazzo-soprano and creative coach Maren Montalbano coming to the show to discuss topics on the importance of slowing down and living in the now, how to be resilient during this pandemic as a musician and creative person. How to overcome our perfectionism tendencies, and a lot more.

Connect with her:

Website :https://marenmontalbano.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/supermaren/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maren.montalbano

Slowing down.

  • Slowing down can help communication to be more effective 

  • We can listen to things faster, but we can’t download life that way

  • Living like a plant. 

  • Remember why we are doing the project and connect it with your heart. 

  • Her BIG WHY - Mission as an artist, a coach, and a person:

    • to elevate and uplift women’s voices.

Resilience.

  • Pivot by starting podcast and by focusing more on coaching

    • Perform and reach to people safely.

  • Biggest challenge: Believe in herself/Imposer syndrome. 

    • So much resistance to change

    • Voices about not good enough

    • Admit that she has a lot of demons inside to battle.

    • But deep down she does believe in herself.

  • How do you want to be featured:

    • Bodice ripper project: sexy, silly stories wrote at the backstage at the opera. 

      • It’s going to lead into the one-women show as a digital event in October. as part of the Philadelphia French Festival.

    • One on one coaching, & boot-camp.

  • For showing the resilience, you have to allow yourself to be vulnerable

    • Acknowledge there is fear./  we don’t know what’s coming around the corner.

    • when we name the fear, they lose its power. Understanding about ourselves

      • that where coaching comes in.

      • It’s harder to see the reality, our feelings. 

      • It’s huge to reflect back. But it’s important to have a third person kind view. 

    “Live your life like you are building a sand castle. Enjoy it while you are making it. But let it go when the waves wash it away”


“Life is too important to take it too seriously.”

Resources:

BOOKS MENTIONED IN THE INTERVIEW:

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

https://amzn.to/2ELMkqg

Essentialism by Greg McKeown
https://amzn.to/31CT6b1

TRANSCRIPTION COMING SOON

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Amy Wang-Hiller

Amy Wang-Hiller is a violinist, educator, and disability advocate whose career was reshaped by her own journey with complex neurological conditions, including craniocervical instability (CCI) and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). As Founder and Executive Director of the InclusiVibe Foundation, she transforms lived experience into inclusive concerts, research partnerships, and storytelling that bridge healthcare and the arts. Her work unites disabled artists, medical experts, and communities to advance equity, visibility, and systemic change.

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