by Yolanda Spearman | Jul 8, 2025 | life
Let’s be real — AI isn’t tiptoeing in anymore. It’s sitting at your kitchen table, asking for the Wi-Fi password, and offering to plan your next vacation while it’s at it. So naturally, people start sweating: “Is a robot about to snatch my paycheck? Will my boss swap...
by Yolanda Spearman | Jun 9, 2025 | life, voiceover
Here’s the deal: voice actors live and die by their calendar. It’s their lifeline, their rhythm, their holy grail of scheduling success. You might think you’re just reserving a time slot—but to a VO talent, that calendar is sacred ground. And the number one...
by Yolanda Spearman | Nov 29, 2023 | life, voiceover
Today’s phrase for the day is: Kindness Matters. Recently, I attended a workshop in Los Angeles and one evening we had a networking event. I must admit – sometimes I feel like networking is a job. Engaging in conversations is all about finding the right timing...
by Yolanda Spearman | Sep 25, 2023 | life
Sitting in front of the camera during a Zoom meeting and being told that you were the only person left out on a new project, but “not on purpose”… that was my situation not long ago. As I sat there with that fake smile thinking a lot of things, I...
by Yolanda Spearman | Jul 26, 2023 | life
It’s true: sometimes things happen in our lives that hurt us so much that we feel as if the sun will never shine again. I felt like that as I watched my father die. I wanted to scream and holler as the world kept moving forward as if nothing happened. My father...
