CEO SOUNDLAB
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Your Presence Changes Everything.
When You Speak, the Room Should Feel It.
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Dr. Jaclyn Normandie
Presence Mentor for CEOs, Founders & Visionary Leaders
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Retired University Professor • PhD
Published AuthorÂ
Somatic & Neuroscience-Based Leadership Guide
The Founder
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Dr. Jaclyn Normandie is an internationally-acclaimed presence mentor, voice specialist, and creative leadership coach, with more than 25 years of experience empowering high-performers to embody their voice, presence, and authority in boardrooms, on stages and beyond.
Core Credentials
- Retired university professor (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
- Six collegiate degrees including PhD
- CEO & Founder of Modern Conducting Academy and CEO SoundLab
- Certified in Yoga, Reiki, TRE, EMDR and Neuroscience of Communication
- Published author of The Mindful Musician
- Voice Specialist for SOS Talent Agency (working with Miss California and professional talent)
- Seasoned conductor, performer and teacher with 25+ years of high-level experience
- Black belt instructor (American Kenpo Karate)
The Challenge
In today’s fast-moving executive environment, presence isn’t optional—it’s vital. Leaders are expected to speak with clarity and authority, move with embodied confidence, and express their ideas with emotional intelligence. Yet so many leaders feel blocked on one of these areas.
In my sessions, we use a variety of modalities to unlock these blockages so your can show with absolute freedom and authenticity.
"Jaclyn combines her incredible theoretical training with a powerful, nonjudgmental space that made the process of empowering and exploring my voice feel fun and easy."
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Mia Lux
"This session was seriously so fun and enlightening ! I broke through a fear I have had my entire life, learned how to actually use my voice and even saw an improvement… all in one lesson! Thanks Jaclyn!"
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Dana Shilat
My Unique Approach
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At CEO SoundLab, I combine multiple integrated modalities:
- Vocal Science & Neuroscience — mastering breath, resonance, tone and projection
- Somatic + Embodied Presence — releasing blockages in the body, brain, and nervous-system to show up with authentic power from the inside out
- Connection and Empathy — understanding the needs of your audience and learning the acting techniques to project your inner message tot he outside word with clarity
My work transcends traditional “voice coaching” to become presence mentoring  and transcending the blockages holding you back.
Your voice is the gateway, but the result is a fully-embodied way of showing up in the world.
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Why It Works
This work is different because it integrates what most programs separate.
I draw from elite training in performance, movement, breath, and nervous system regulation to help you access your voice at its source, not just refine how you sound, but transform how you show up.
We don’t just practice speaking, we recalibrate the patterns underneath it.
The result?
Clear expression.
Unshakable presence.
Authority that is felt the moment you enter the room.
Signature Programs
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Choose the path that aligns with where you are...
and where you want to go.
One-On-One Private Mentorship
High-level, personalized coaching designed to recalibrate your presence from the inside out.
We refine your vocal authority, strengthen your communication under pressure, and reshape the patterns that define how you show up.
On-Site Team Intensives
Immersive workshops for leadership teams ready to elevate how they communicate, collaborate, and lead.
Blending voice, embodiment, and real-time application, these experiences create immediate, visible shifts in team presence and performance.
Private Costa Rica Retreats
A deep, restorative immersion designed to reset your nervous system and reconnect you to your authentic voice. Set in Nosara, these retreats combine breathwork, somatic practices, and vocal work to unlock clarity, confidence, and full-spectrum expression.
What You Will Achieve
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You don’t just improve how you speak.
You change how you are experienced.
- Speak with grounded authority, even under pressure
- Eliminate the subtle habits that weaken your presence
- Lead conversations instead of reacting to them
- Build trust, influence, and emotional connection instantly
- Walk into any room and be felt before you say a word
Never Stop Evolving.
My work is built on a lifetime of study across music, movement, martial arts, and voice.
Over time, one pattern became clear:
leaders who rely on intellect alone often lose access to their most powerful tools.. their body and their voice.
What I teach is the integration of all of it.
So you don’t just communicate ideas,
you embody them, own them, and move people through them.
Ready to Amplify Your Presence?
Apply to CEO SoundLab today and step into your full voice and embodied leadership.
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