Recently, I received a phone call from a young man who asked if I was hiring. I am not hiring; however, were I looking for help with my business, this man would definitely not be on my list of candidates. He sounded like a wimp; […]
A surprising number of people suffer vocal abuse and are unaware that it is a problem which will not go away on its own. There are no drugs or medications which will end your suffering because the abuse is being caused by misplacement of your […]
Most people are unaware that they can improve their speaking voice and that the techniques for doing so are simple and basic. And while good voice training will actually improve many other aspects of your life, not all those who teach voice understand the two […]
What does your handshake say about you? Confident, diffident, overbearing, wimpy? Does the sound of your speaking voice match the grip of your handshake? In teaching voice improvement, I have found that those whose speaking voices are weak or wimpy very often follow through with […]
I had a most interesting phone call recently in which a woman, who I’ll call Sharon, asked me if I teach color and inflection in a workshop. Her voice was just loud enough that I had to move my cell away from me because the […]
I cannot tell you how many people complain to me that they are losing their voice by the end of the day. When this occurs, often they have little, if any, voice the following morning. And, it is not just happening to those on the […]
Are you plagued by a voice that cracks, quivers or just isn’t there when you need it? Often occurring at the most inopportune times, all three problems are usually caused by stress on the vocal folds (cords). Because your vocal folds are an organ, it […]