Story & Lesson Highlights with Dorothy Tannahill-Moran of Overland Park

We’re looking forward to introducing you to Dorothy Tannahill-Moran. Check out our conversation below.

Good morning Dorothy, it’s such a great way to kick off the day – I think our readers will love hearing your stories, experiences and about how you think about life and work. Let’s jump right in? What’s more important to you—intelligence, energy, or integrity?
If I had to choose between intelligence, energy, and integrity—I’d choose integrity, every time. Intelligence can impress, and energy can inspire, but integrity is what allows me to trust. Without it, everything else eventually unravels. For me, integrity isn’t just about being honest—it’s about alignment. It’s how I know someone’s words match their actions, that what’s spoken is real and safe to stand on. In my own work and relationships, integrity creates the container for everything meaningful—trust, safety, and the freedom to be fully authentic. Without that, nothing else holds.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m Dorothy Tannahill, founder of Aurras, where I create immersive sound healing and meditation experiences that blend neuroscience with the soulful art of sound. My work is rooted in the belief that sound isn’t just something we hear—it’s something our entire nervous system responds to.

Through curated sound baths, programs, and guided meditations, I help people release stress, restore balance, and reconnect with themselves in a deeply embodied way. What makes Aurras unique is how it bridges science and soul—using frequencies shown to calm the brain and regulate the nervous system, while also creating emotional and spiritual space for healing and reconnection.

My own journey began unexpectedly—I never planned to start a business—but after experiencing the profound effects of sound healing myself, I felt called to share it. Now I design experiences that are both emotionally resonant and neurologically restorative, helping people move from survival mode into coherence, calm, and wholeness.

Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. Who saw you clearly before you could see yourself?
The person who saw me clearly before I could see myself was my high school teacher—the coordinator of a special program that allowed me to work while continuing my studies. He recognized something in me that I couldn’t yet see. He nudged me toward opportunities I would never have chosen for myself, like entering a state speech contest that I ultimately won—and then going on to nationals. His belief in me back then was transformative, but what stayed with me even more was how our connection evolved after that. He became an adult friend and mentor who consistently reflected back my potential, long before I learned to trust it myself. His quiet confidence in me became a mirror that helped me see who I truly was—and who I could become.

When did you last change your mind about something important?
When I think about the last time I truly changed my mind about something important, it wasn’t so much a shift in opinion as it was a deep expansion of empathy. That came after I developed a vocal cord disorder—a rare condition that, for some, is profoundly life-altering. Mine isn’t as severe, but it still affects how I communicate and how others perceive me.

As I became part of a community of people living with this disorder, I began to see the quiet injustices they faced—being excluded socially, losing jobs, enduring insensitive remarks, all because their condition isn’t visible. It made me realize how easy it is for society to extend compassion when suffering is seen (although I now know that even then compassion is missing), but how often we overlook or misjudge what’s invisible.

That experience changed me. It deepened my understanding of what it means to live with dignity in the face of limitation, and it made me profoundly more empathetic toward anyone navigating disabilities or disorders that aren’t immediately apparent. It reminded me that every person carries something unseen—and that awareness now shapes how I show up in the world.

So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. What’s a belief or project you’re committed to, no matter how long it takes?
The belief I’m committed to—no matter how long it takes—is helping people connect with the healing power of frequency at both a physical and deeply emotional level. Many people don’t yet realize that sound isn’t just something we hear—it’s something our entire system responds to. The right frequencies can calm the nervous system, release emotional tension, and even shift how we process stress and connection.

My mission is to make that understanding accessible and practical. I envision a world where using sound becomes as natural as taking a daily vitamin or an aspirin—something people turn to not only for relief, but for maintenance and renewal. Every day, through my work with Aurras, I’m dedicated to showing others how sound can become a trusted ally for well-being—helping them feel more balanced, more alive, and more at home within themselves.

Thank you so much for all of your openness so far. Maybe we can close with a future oriented question. Are you tap dancing to work? Have you been that level of excited at any point in your career? If so, please tell us about those days. 
Yes—I am absolutely tap dancing to work. I’ve believed since I was a senior in high school that if your work doesn’t bring you joy, you owe it to yourself to find something that does. That belief started when I worked for a woman who made everyone around her miserable—she was so difficult that employees would quit after a single day. Watching that as a teenager was a revelation. I promised myself right then that I would never spend my life doing work that drained me or working for someone who stole the joy out of others.

And I’ve lived by that ever since. Every chapter of my career has been chosen with intention, and I’ve loved each one in its own way. But what I do now—sound healing—is on another level entirely. It’s the kind of work that fills me with wonder every single day. When I watch people visibly soften, breathe deeper, or find emotional release through frequency and sound, it feels like witnessing transformation in real time. That’s the kind of magic that makes me tap dance to work—not out of obligation, but out of pure, grounded joy.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.aurras.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dorothytannahillaurras/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DorothyTannahillMoranSoundTherapy
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DorothyTannahillMoran

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Dorothy Tannahill-Moran