Find Your Healthy Voice and Improve the Way You Communicate ~ Blog No. 3

5/10/2023

Hello dear readers! It has been an overwhelming week, so I decided to use the Way Back Machine, and share an EzineArticles.com article that I wrote for them as an Expert Author, back in October 13, 2008.

Do you feel self-conscious when you speak? How do people react to your voice? Is the sound of your voice helping or harming your ability to communicate effectively? What kind of impression do you want to make when you speak?

Your voice is your most powerful tool in connecting with people by phone, teleclass, recording, radio, or podcast. It's your second most powerful tool when communicating in person or by visual media.

Your voice is a key element of your identity, of how people perceive who you are.

Many people spend thousands of dollars on how they look, yet don't spend a dime on how they speak.

Ironically, several studies show public speaking as people's number one fear!

Have you ever heard a recording of your voice and thought, "Do I really sound like that?"

What can you do? Is it even possible to change your voice?

Try meowing like a cat... [Meow!]

You just changed your voice!

The sound of your voice can alter instantly with a different mouth shape, breath, body position, tone focus or emotion.

Many people adopt unhealthy habits (including postures and diets) that can make their voice sound distractingly tense, scratchy, breathy, nasal, or muffled.

Vocal distractions get in the way of important messages to our clients, friends, family and relationships. These unhealthy habits can also make people lose their voices, and potentially lose income for professionals such as life coaches and public speakers.

How can you find your healthy voice?

With the help of effective voice instruction, your healthy, powerful and resonant voice can become as easy as a cat's meow.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/1580645

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Karen Lyu (she/her) is a bisexual Korean-American Holistic Voice Coach + Eclectic Jazz Singer/Songwriter/Speaker/Actor and former ESL teacher, who has taught over 1,000 students from 11 countries to transform their voices, since 1997. Her nickname is "Karey Poppins". She happens to be an eHow.com YouTube voice expert and EzineArticles.com expert author who has earned IMIA, CCHI, TNAOC, TESOL, and New Science of Singing certifications, and studied with 15 respected voice coaches, including Berklee School of Music voice professor, Roberta Davis (RIP). Due to her love of jazz, Karen earned a BSS in Jazz Studies, Vocal Performance from Cornell College. She was recently Co-Chair of the Voice and Speech Teachers Association (VASTA) BizCore Committee, and is currently a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). In Minneapolis, MN during the 2000s, she was the Voice Department Head and the Executive Director of the legendary West Bank School of Music. Karen’s honors include a Minnesota State Arts Board grant, a $10,000+ arts patron sponsorship, a MusiCares grant, a Samsung sponsorship, and being a judge for Hmong Idol USA. Karen has sung in over 40 musical styles and dozen languages with 13 bands, since 1993. Karen has ADHD and mental illness (like Selena Gomez) - which has made her a more compassionate and creative voice coach and artist. She is a digital nomad who was born in Seoul, South Korea, and has also lived in CA > TX > MN > IA > MN > Nashville, TN > spent 11 years teaching ESL part-time in Korea > Chicago, IL > currently traveling > and is on her way to Atlanta, GA next! Also, Karen enjoys board games, food, travel, nature, animals, comedy improv, books, movies, art, yoga, salsa dancing, history, computers, and more.

This is Karen's very first time creating a board game.

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