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1.1. Your voice and you

Is your voice under-achieving?

Your voice could be one of your greatest assets, and if you’re not currently using its full potential then you’re not reaching your full potential. Your voice forms a vital bridge between you and the world. It’s not just about transmitting information; how you do that, and how you sound, are major factors in how others evaluate you as a person.

If you rely on your voice at work then you’re in the communication business – just like actors, broadcasters, politicians and other public speakers. Yet while these communicators see voice work as an important part of their career development, voice production in other careers is often ignored.

This course gives you the opportunity to give your voice the attention it deserves, so that it can do its best for you.

Is your voice coping?

If you have to use your voice a lot at work then you may have come to see voice problems as inevitable: an occupational hazard. But they are a signal that something is wrong. A correctly produced healthy voice can cope with the demands placed on it.

Voice problems are not only damaging in themselves: there is also often a link to upper respiratory tract infections. If your voice is under strain you are more likely to have problems when using it, which makes you stressed, which in turn depletes your immune system, which then makes you more vulnerable to infections that give you voice problems. So you go round the cycle again, and again…

The worst-case scenario is that your voice fails completely – and sadly that does happen – leaving you unable to pursue your career.

Even if your voice is coping at the moment, you may well be producing it in a way that is storing up problems for the future.

How you can develop and protect your voice

This course will give you way out of both of those problems. Part One contains:

  • Details of a technique for producing your voice without strain, that can prevent future problems and even heal previous damage.
  • Simple graded voice exercises, supported by explanations of why they work, to develop your voice, maximise its attractive qualities and enhance your communication skills.
  • Support for your voice and general well-being, through exercises on natural breathing and posture, as part of Better Voice’s holistic approach.

We hope you enjoy the journey.

Unit 1 Contents

Unit 2 Contents

Unit 3 Contents

Unit 4 Contents

Unit 5 Contents

Unit 6 Contents

1.1. Your voice and you

Is your voice under-achieving?

Your voice could be one of your greatest assets, and if you’re not currently using its full potential then you’re not reaching your full potential. Your voice forms a vital bridge between you and the world. It’s not just about transmitting information; how you do that, and how you sound, are major factors in how others evaluate you as a person.

If you rely on your voice at work then you’re in the communication business – just like actors, broadcasters, politicians and other public speakers. Yet while these communicators see voice work as an important part of their career development, voice production in other careers is often ignored.

This course gives you the opportunity to give your voice the attention it deserves, so that it can do its best for you.

Is your voice coping?

If you have to use your voice a lot at work then you may have come to see voice problems as inevitable: an occupational hazard. But they are a signal that something is wrong. A correctly produced healthy voice can cope with the demands placed on it.

Voice problems are not only damaging in themselves: there is also often a link to upper respiratory tract infections. If your voice is under strain you are more likely to have problems when using it, which makes you stressed, which in turn depletes your immune system, which then makes you more vulnerable to infections that give you voice problems. So you go round the cycle again, and again…

The worst-case scenario is that your voice fails completely – and sadly that does happen – leaving you unable to pursue your career.

Even if your voice is coping at the moment, you may well be producing it in a way that is storing up problems for the future.

How you can develop and protect your voice

This course will give you way out of both of those problems. Part One contains:

  • Details of a technique for producing your voice without strain, that can prevent future problems and even heal previous damage.
  • Simple graded voice exercises, supported by explanations of why they work, to develop your voice, maximise its attractive qualities and enhance your communication skills.
  • Support for your voice and general well-being, through exercises on natural breathing and posture, as part of Better Voice’s holistic approach.

We hope you enjoy the journey.