There is a kind of speaking that informs. And there is a kind of speaking that changes the temperature of a room before anyone can say why. I work in both, but my favourite is the second kind.
I have been on a stage since I was eleven years old. There is no place I feel more at home. From singing to opening events in ritual, to sharing stories — the researcher in me loves to listen but the storyteller always feels the pull to the front of the room.
Through living story, voice activation, and the ancient understanding, I have learned that sound is not decoration — it is how humans have always moved each other. I bring something into a gathering that cannot be replicated by a slide deck or a motivational script. I speak from the voice of the land. The voice of forgotten magick and the future, trying to find its shape. Through sound, we can call back the community and connection we often crave.
Every room has a resonance waiting to be found. This is how we find it.
talks from the ground
Previous titles and circles
These are some of the talks and circles I have brought into rooms. Each one is shaped for the space it enters — the bones are always the same, the living of it is always different.
- Voice of the Land — A Live Activation.
- Story as Map: The Voices That Have Always Moved Humanity.
- What Makes a Voice Unforgettable — and It Is Not What You Think it is!
- The Hollow Bone: Becoming a Voice That Carries More Than Words.
- From One Voice to Many: How Story Becomes the Connective Tissue of a Community.
- The Year of the Voice: Speaking the Life That Wants to Be Lived
- Living the Myths - Stories of Magick and Fairytales for Abundant Adults.
- The Ancestor at Your Throat: Lineage, Voice, and the Words We Carry Without Knowing.
- The Rebel Tongue: Reclaiming the Power of Your Voice.
- The Voice the Algorithm Cannot Find - Are you a voice of our future?
- Voices from the Liminal Realm: Speaking Between Worlds.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
For festival programmers, event organisers, women's gatherings, leadership conferences, sacred circles, and anyone building a space where something true needs to be spoken.
I am equally at home in a tent on a hillside and a boardroom. The work adapts. The depth does not. If you are programming something that needs more than a speaker — get in touch.
Get in Touch with Charlie here
What i PROVIDE
A gatherings are often looking for resonance with its audience - this is exactly what I can provide
The Living Story Keynote
Voice of the land and ancestry - The voice of what has been forgotten and what is ready to return.
I always aim for a talk that moves. Not a presentation, we have seen enough of those. This is a living transmission. Drawing on myth, land, and the voices that have been waiting to be spoken, this is for audiences ready to be changed by what they hear. I have spoken on the muzzle of shame, the voice that is built for more than performance, and using your stories in a world of noise. Each talk is shaped for the room it enters — the bones are always the same.
Previously: Women in Business summit, festival stages, intimate gathering talks and event keynotes.
Format: 30 to 60 minutes. Adaptable for conferences, festivals, summits, and sacred gatherings.
Fee: From £500 (in person or online format available)
Voice Activation Workshop
Part activation. Part group work. Entirely living within the flow of the group.
For organisations, retreats, and events where the talking needs to stop, and the real work begins. This is not a workshop about voice — it is a workshop through voice. The goal is for people to leave with something shifted in their body, not just their thinking.
Adaptable for leadership teams, creative gatherings, women's events, and any space where authentic expression has become the missing ingredient.
Previously: Festival workshop facilitation, women's voice sessions, corporate group work.
Format: Half day or full day. In person.
Fee: From £800
