Project Your Voice Effortlessly
Have you ever had to use a lot of efforts to project your voice in order to be heard? Have you had to shout for a bigger audience or in a noisy environment, which made you lose your voice the next day? If so, you are not projecting your voice. Voice projection should never be hard […]
Voice Is Power?
Voice is not power until you uncover the true voice that has been residing in you, that connects your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual self, and that has the potential to transform your life in multitude ways. That true voice has the potential to empower you to believe in yourself and all that you do in […]
Changing the Raspy Voice
In our last-month voice workshop, the participants were all ladies! In preparation for the workshop, I was expecting soft voices and voices with high-pitches. Interesting enough, we had a few with low voices and one with a raspy voice. The lady with the raspy voice was often thought to be a man during her communication […]
Get Your Confident Voice with This Smallest Change
You’ve heard many people speak in this way. You probably also speak in this way. In fact, it is so common for people to speak in this way that you thought it’s a trend and it makes no harm, as one of my clients told me. What is it? It is your tone going up […]
The Simplest Secret to Balance
Last month, as I was rushing through all the morning washing and brushing before leaving for a speaking session, I suddenly realized my breath had come to my upper chest. I then paused to slow down and let the breath go deep. I knew exactly what made that happen. Breath is susceptible to what’s going […]
Give Full Care to Your Voice
I gave talks to 3 different groups last month. The most often asked question was, “I often strained my voice after speaking for a while. How can I prevent that from happening?” To prevent straining your voice, you need to take care of your voice Before-During-After: Before: Don’t drink coffee, tea and milk. Coffee & […]
The Most Overlooked Secret to Overcoming Nervousness
Nothing is more fulfilling than you helping others progress to a higher level. Early this year, I was working with a young lady on her nervousness, or rather stage fright. Even though she had done a few presentations, she was still so scared of presenting in front of a group that she kept on stumbling […]
Voice & Body
Most people have little idea about how their body is affecting their voice. A well projected voice requires a relaxed and aligned body. If your body is not open and tensed up, there’s no way for you to project a rich and full voice. Ask those who have to stand in front of a group and […]
Where Is Your Center of Resonance?
(Download) Our initial voiced sound from the vocal folds (vocal cords) is modulated by the resonance in different cavities in our body. For a speaking voice, there are two major centers of resonance: Head Center & Heart Center. Most people in this overwhelmed society end up with a voice that mainly resonates from the Head […]
The One and Only Secret to a Great Speaker
You’ve probably seen the speaker who was introduced as the expert rushing through as if the speech or presentation was taking up his/her precious time. Or have you seen a speaker who is funny and humorous and even able to make you laugh a lot, but somehow you feel a distance with him/her? Let alone […]