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Top tips for voice confidence

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1. Give yourself space to breathe:
   Your breath is the beginning of your expression of a thought. If you feel lost, breathe out to the end of your thought. You will find that on the next in-breath you have found your thoughts again. Actors who forget their lines use this technique and it works!



2. Breathe out slightly before you answer:
   When nervous or flustered, we often take in far more breath than we need, and then hold onto it while we try to think. This survival instinct inhibits free-flowing thoughts and leads to panic - a vicious circle. The air gets trapped in the top third of the lungs, the voice is pushed out by the pressure of air, we make an unintentional sound or comment and panic sets in. Eliminate this pattern by breathing some of the air out. You don't need it, and the release of air will kickstart the new expression of your thought.

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