Voice Synergy News
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Musicality and your voice
We have just five days of Christmas 2020, thanks to the on-going Covid situation and having to maintain distance between ourselves and our loved ones. This year, why not take advantage of the lovely number five and use it to give your voice a five-part wonderful festive work-out as we approach the holiday season? Make…
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Does Accent Matter These Days?
We’ve been hearing plenty of accents through our various media channels these last few weeks especially via speeches made by US politicians, US reporters and UK media channels. During the nail-biting days, spanning the pre- and post- US election day where President Trump seems to have failed to win enough votes to hold off President-Elect…
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Has your voice changed?
How to look after your voice The summer has turned to autumn and with the beautiful colour of the trees turning to shades of copper, gold and red, but this time of year can bring issues that affect our voice. The voice box, or the Adam’s Apple, is situated in the larynx, at the top…
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Masking your speech?
Is wearing a mask to protect yourself against Coronavirus also stopping people from understanding your speech? We use our eyes to support our ears when we are listening to someone speak and wearing a mask takes away that extra help. People are finding they cannot understand what another person is saying if that person is…
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Be confident with your voice
It’s time to come out from under the duvet! Real conversations have started again, face to face, using words spoken directly to each other. One of the unlooked-for benefits of being locked down, then socially distanced (when we were allowed to begin to mix with others outside the home again), has been the renewal of…
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The Power of Voice Coaching
“I feel since we started these lessons it’s helping me a lot to relax… it’s so important… I’m getting so much out of it.” These words were spoken by one of my clients – an academic – last week. This person has been home-schooling primary-aged school children, preparing for university students return in September to…
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Celebrating a year of voice coaching in Bath!
Voice and accent coaching is busier than ever here at Voice Synergy in Bath! A professionally trained, speaking voice coach in Bath. Many people who used to work in offices in London, Bristol and Bath now work from home and this has created an upsurge in demand for training to ‘speak better and more clearly’.…
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Have you lost your voice in office meetings?
Are you able to communicate effectively during your virtual meetings with your teams via Skype, Zoom, Team or other apps? Since lockdown, there has been a huge surge in home workers needing to upskill their online communications. Many new Voice Synergy clients have asked for help with sounding more confident and to speak more clearly.…
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Shakespeare helps virtual meetings!
We hope that you and your loved ones are keeping well during this very challenging time. All around us, as we isolate, the most beautiful spring is bursting all around with delicate blossom, opal buds and garden birds singing their little hearts out. Unlike the free birds, we are enjoying spring this year by going…
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How to cope when you’re feeling anxious at home
I have recently made a relaxation recording for Bath Radio to help with feeling of anxiety as we are faced with isolation in lockdown. I though this might also be useful to you or any friends or family who are feelings anxious at this time. The relaxation exercise lasts for just over three minutes, so…