Does a Deeper Voice Make You Sound like a Man?
This is a two-fold question. For my male clients, they wanted to develop a deeper voice so they could sound manly, with more bass sound. On the other hand, my female clients were concerned that with a deeper voice, they would lose their femininity. The answer is also two-fold. First, you need to ask the […]
That’s Not Voice Projection
When you are asked to speak “louder”, how do you do that? In my recent speeches, some of the audiences claimed that they had no difficulty projecting their voices. And it turned out that what they claimed as projection was raising the pitch and even shouting. That is not only the wrong way of projecting your […]
Mindful Leadership through Voice Work (III)
3. Letting Go The opposite of not letting go is clinging. It is clinging to a result, clinging to something being in a certain way, or clinging to someone being or behaving in a desired manner. Clinging results in a fixated perspective and mindset, an unnecessary and painful attachment, and a forceful and controlling approach. […]
Does Hillary Clinton need to change her voice?
I’ve been in the States this week and was asked frequently to comment on Hillary Clinton’s voice. Have you heard Hillary speaking, be it on television or youtube? Were you engaged and stayed till the end of her speeches, provided that you are in a neutral position, not for or against her? A female participant asked […]
Voice Training: 3 Easiest and Best Exercises for a Powerful Voice
To have a powerful voice is not achieved by forcing your throat to get the sound out, neither does it come from shouting. A powerful voice is the result of a relaxed body and allowing the best sound to come out. Thus, voice projection does not need you to exert effort. To help you achieve that, […]
Have you heard a story lately?
When was the last time that you were so drawn to a book that you couldn’t stop but finished reading it in one go? I had the experience last Sunday. I was so enthralled by a book and finished reading it in 4 hours. We’ve often heard that stories would keep your audience engaged. I […]
Mindful Leadership through Voice Work (II)
2. Non-Striving In today’s business world, we keep our focus on doing whatever it takes to get things done, to meet a target and to hit a profit point. We believe if we strive, we will achieve. If we don’t, we’ll try harder. Is it really so that we’ll achieve it by trying harder and doing […]
Mindful Leadership through Voice Work (I)
[Introduction] In my past almost 7 years of working with clients from 35 countries across 5 continents, I’ve been emphasizing to them the attitudes they needed in working with their voices, attitudes as allowing, letting go, awareness, etc. I hadn’t known these were exactly the attitudes in mindfulness until I started studying more about mindfulness, so […]