Welcome to this on-air with Ella minisode, a little bite-sized boost to your day, always quick,

always thought-provoking, and always under 10 minutes. Let's go. I think every woman should

speak authentically, physically, and mentally. But when you learn to speak physically in an

authentic way, the rest of it can flow from that.

Once I show them where their beautiful, authentic voices are, what happens is confidence grows.

And then they can step into their work a whole lot better, a whole lot more easily, a whole,

you know, with great, great passion.

You talked about confidence. I believe that you and I are perfectly aligned here, that we are talking about people

tapping into their most resonant voice and the one that can create for them the most

amount of confidence. Is that fair? That's dead on. When we start to work on finding authentic voices,

for a lot of women, they adopted or never lost that girlish sound, that breathy sound,

because back in their childhoods, that served them well. Either it got them through a dysfunctional

family or it got them through some sort of

relationship with a person in authority, their father or their mother, or it had something to do

with their romantic partners. And then when they get into the professional arena, they just don't

know that they have a voice that can command so much more respect. It's so much more authentic

that people turn around and they're willing to listen. So some real simple tricks to access

your most beautiful voice from the bottom of your diaphragm. The very simplest form of putting

your body into the place where your beautiful voice can most

be accessed has something to do with a body part that you don't think about has anything to do with

your voice. And that body part is your shoulders. Look, where do we carry stress and tension,

anxiety, in our shoulders, right?

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