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Do you want TO HELP CREATE a world where people are passionate about their work, INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP HELP team members REALIZE THEIR GREATNESS, and capitalism thrives while serving the highest causes? Me, too. The Working on Purpose program is a thought leadership engine that ENLIGHTENS AND INSPIRES listeners with insights from ELITE business leaders and novel subject matter experts. Together, we’re WORKING ON PURPOSE TO STEWARD the future of work and BUSINESS to elevate us all. Working ...
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Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice
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Year THREE of short daily episodes to improve the quality of your speaking voice. Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build your confidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection and projection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mic techniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a career spent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start a podcast, or have had one for a while - download every ...
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How exciting is it to listen to a podcast about your home? If you live in California, this show might pique your interest. Here at SoCal Voices, we take a deep dive into the beauty of the southern region of the state, as well as the inspiring stories of those living there. Each episode features candid conversations exploring news, culture, and politics that impact the people living in the region. See how these things affect your well-being, community, and financial capabilities. Discover the ...
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Creating CoPOWERment® Radio shares other body-mind-spirit practitioners' work and interconnects listeners with people actively working to make the world better. The show was created by myself and my producer and publicist Rich Fahle of Astral Road Media and Bibliostar.TV. We record and broadcast roughly two episodes each month. Creating CoPOWERment® is a phrase that I coined to describe the empowering and inspiring interactions that take place when people going through life transitions come ...
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2023.06.08 – 0889 – Studio Claustrophobia Claustrophobia Sitting alone in a home studio booth with several screens, a mic and a mixer, but no air conditioning, recording a voice-over session for an hour, or an audiobook for even longer, may be enough to make anyone feel odd. If you feel a need to break out and run away, it may not be down to nerves…
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2023.06.07 – 0888 – Studio Depression If it’s not nerves, stress or anxiety, it may be something else Let’s not just stick with ‘feeling nervous’, there are other feelings and emotions which may arise in and around a studio and affect your voice, sometimes these are temporary feelings, and sometimes they can last a long time. Here we look at other …
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John Platt: In Search of The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
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When you visit the World Wildlife Fund’s list of critically endangered species, the first animals named are large, beloved mammals like the African Forest Elephant and the Eastern Lowland Gorilla. While these majestic creatures tug at our heartstrings, there are also a lot of smaller, more unsung organisms that are in grave risk of extinction, like…
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2023.06.06 – 0887 – Studio Anxiety Anxiety is persistent and may not be linked to a specific situation. The intensity may ebb and flow, but it never completely goes away, and with ongoing feelings of unease or dread, anxiety can prevent you from doing something you enjoy and make it difficult to focus and go about your day. Persistent anxiety has l…
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2023.06.05 – 0886 – Studio Stress Stress may be seen as ‘extreme nervousness’. It too is triggered by a ‘presenting situation’ and is usually short-term. If controlled appropriately, a rush of chemicals in your blood can lead to a heightened state of awareness, and a more powerful performance: a stressful person may be loud and energetic, seemingly…
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2023.06.04 – 0885 – Studio Nervousness Nerves, stress and anxiety Nervousness, stress and anxiety are part of the same bodily reaction of fight-flight-freeze which we’ll look at in a bit more detail later, and because they have similar symptoms it can be hard to tell them apart. Here is a rough, non-expert guide. Nervousness may be triggered by a s…
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2023.06.03 – 0884 – Mic Fright "The actor's nightmare", “…what it must be like to give birth" Laurence Olivier, on stage fright INTRODUCTION Do you want to express yourself, but it feels like a boa constrictor gets hold of your throat?[1] In this section, we look at powerful mind shifts that can help you get a better broadcast, podcast and voice-ov…
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2023.06.02 – 0883 – Self Massage Self-massage · Put your first and forefinger together on each hand. Gently at first and then with stronger pressure stroke by stroke, draw your double-fingers in a diagonal line down the side of your neck from just behind your ear across to where your throat starts, just short of your ‘Adam’s apple’. This massages t…
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Strengthen Your Leadership Intelligence with Eight Leadership Essentials to Maximize Impact
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You’re up – don’t wait for someone else to step in or fix things. You can be the leader you want to become by strengthening your leadership intelligence. “Leadership is not about having a certain title or performing a particular role. Leadership is about the power to influence others,” explain authors/guests Lennick and Wachendorf, who remind us th…
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0882 – Vocalisations of Different Voice Sounds
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2023.06.01 – 0882 – Vocalisations of Different Voice Sounds These are sometimes described different, with different words and terms[1]. Ok let’s go for this: · Aphonic – a whisper · Biphonic – two pitches at the same time · Breathy – air in the voiced is heard · Creaky – the sound of friction between surfaces · Flutter or bleat – like the bleating …
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According to the International Energy Agency, over 14 million electric vehicles, or EVs, are expected to be sold globally in 2023. If this is accurate, EVs would account for about 18 percent of total car sales for the year, a 35 percent increase over 2022. The EV revolution is upon us, and here to help Sea Change Radio listeners decide where to plu…
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2023.05.31 – 0881 – Surgery And The Voice Surgery If you are given anaesthetic, it’s likely you will be intubated, that is have a tube put down your throat and past your vocal folds, to help you breathe. This process can cause: · Dislocation of your vocal folds - or more specifically the cartilage that attaches to them · Injury to your vocal folds …
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2023.05.30 – 0880 – Vomiting And The Voice Vomiting We’ve mentioned this a few times in terms of acid reflux and alcohol consumption. Let’s take a second to look at it a little more closely. (Ugh!) Vomiting is extremely damaging to the voice and it’s not surprising, as the stomach contents flows ‘the wrong way’ into the pharynx and larynx and poten…
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2023.05.29 – 0879 – HPV And The Voice HPV The Human Papilloma Virus can be sexually transmitted but can also be shared in other ways not fully understood. It causes many different diseases, often in the cervix and also in the throat sometimes leading to head and neck cancer and sometimes ‘recurrent respiratory papillomatosis’ which causes warty gro…
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2023.05.28 – 0878 – Alcohol And The Voice Alcohol It’s unlikely you’ll be having a drink just before a broadcast show, podcast recording or studio session, but what might be the damage to your voice if you’ve had one (or several!) the night before, or for serval nights before? Alcohol can: · Contribute to dehydration of your whole body – and drier …
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2023.05.27 – 0877 – Steroids And The Voice Steroids These might be used to reduce swelling in the body, in our case, the vocal folds, perhaps caused through misuse, which may then return to a more natural size and vibrate more efficiently and so make you sound like your real self. They should of course only be taken under professional medical super…
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2023.05.26 – 0876 – Vaping And The Voice Vaping This trend is too young for there to be hard and fast stats on how it may affect the larynx and voice, and that’s probably good enough reason in itself to be wary of taking up the habit. Personally, I’d not want a cocktail of vegetable glycerine, poly-ethylene glycol, nicotine, and flavourings, pyrazi…
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Riding the Wave of Technology to Elevate Innovation and Individual Distinction
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Travis James, a long-time tech entrepreneur, celebrates the genius of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, natural language processing, IoT, and the recent splash, ChatGPT. In this episode, he shares his work on creating a technology platform that helps individuals control and manage their own medical records and how ChatGPT can make…
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2023.05.25 – 0875 – Cocaine And The Voice Cocaine While smoked cocaine will have a similar effect to smoking marijuana, snorted cocaine will damage your nose and nasal septum (‘nasal deformity’) and so affect the nasal resonance of your voice. As well as that think of this (it’s a bit gross). You know when you have a cold and sniff and then are abl…
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2023.05.24 – 0874 – Marijuana And The Voice While soft and hard drugs use is quite common in society, it’s even more prevalent in the entertainment business. It could be because of the amount of money some of the stars earn, the relaxing effects of some of the drugs or the social aspects. So how do both these drugs affect your voice? Marijuana When…
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Wood Pellets: The New Coal (re-broadcast)
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Back in the 16th century, when England began to run out of trees, it started burning coal. And by 1700, most Brits were using coal as their main source of fuel. But then coal became scarce. To come full circle, today England is burning large amounts of wood again – much of it in the form of wood pellets from the US. Wood has somehow been designated…
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2023.05.23 – 0873 – More Cures For Summer Allergies · Antihistamine or steroid nasal spray or antihistamine pills – although they can have a drying effect · Something to suck on – lozenges and pastilles can promote the production of saliva which, when swallowed will help calm the urge to cough on a scratchy throat. Sweets with natural sweeteners an…
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2023.05.22 – 0872 – Cures For Summer Allergies Trouble is, you have to balance drying out the mucous and not over drying the folds[1]: · Hydration - the mucous will be less thick, and the drying from antihistamine meds, less pronounced, if you drink more! · Steaming – a plain-water steamer (no unnecessary synthetic oils or perfumes which can be an …
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2023.05.21 – 0871 – Your Pitch and Post Nasal Drips We already know about the ‘post-nasal drip’, a lovely term that refers to the secretions from your nose and sinuses which can drip into the back of your mouth and down your throat (think what you do when you have a cold…). With seasonal allergies such drip-drip sinus drainage (especially at night)…
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0870 – Pollens and Blossoms: Summer Allergies and Your Voice
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2023.05.20 – 0870 – Pollens and Blossoms: Summer Allergies and Your Voice We all love the lazy, hazy crazy days of summer, right? Well not if you have a seasonal allergy, and by ‘seasonal’ I mean anything from early spring to late summer, with various pollens having an effect on breathing and sneezing, and therefore your voice as well. Allergies (p…
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2023.05.19 – 0869 – Your Voice in Winter - 4 8. Let Your Mic Do The Work If you’re on stage in a show, MCing an event, turning on Christmas lights, remember the difference between volume and energy (loads on this from episode 323). You have a mic for a reason, to make yourself louder, so there’s no need to shout into it and hurt your voice. If you …
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Developing Your Y.O.D.A. to Make Better Decisions that Elevate Your Whole Life
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Did you know we each have our own Y.O.D.A.? - Your Own Decision Advisor, which is the inner voice that guides our choices? Anxiety, depression, loneliness, hopelessness, and fatigue are all capable of sabotaging a person’s Y.O.D.A. In this episode, an author shares how to build and strengthen our Y.O.D.A. skills, enabling us to make decisions that …
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2023.05.18 – 0868 – Your Voice in Winter - 3 6. Prep and Pacing Packed public transportation as people rush to prep, humans hurrying from one side of the city/county/planet to the other for the holidays, re-cycled aeroplane air, closed windows on buses and trains, big parties in small rooms, plus throw in mixed age groups, holiday hugs and mistleto…
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Adam Woltag: Designing Sustainable Spaces
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They say home is where the heart is, and it’s also where our story begins today. This week on Sea Change Radio, we talk to two people doing their best to make everyone’s home a happy one. First, we speak to architect Adam Woltag to discuss how sustainability factors into newly constructed buildings. We learn about a high-end luxury apartment buildi…
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2023.05.17 – 0867 – Your Voice in Winter - 2 4. Be Careful of Rich Food and Reflux Party and holiday food can be rich and creamy (think chocolates, fried or spicy finger food, plus carbonated soft or alcoholic drinks) which can lead to potential gastric or reflux issues (that we’ve looked at elsewhere, episode 755), so be careful how much you eat a…
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2023.05.16 – 0866 – Your Voice in Winter - 1 Winter can be a challenging time for your voice. To quote the song, “the weather outside is frightful” with cold air, there’s warm dry heated air inside, and if the season coincides with Christmas and New Year (depending on your hemisphere[1]) there’s bugs picked up from socialising and travelling, holid…
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2023.05.15 – 0865 – Coping With Covid Coping with long covid A small percentage of people who have had Covid-19 continue to have symptoms after 12 weeks, but because of the huge number of people who have had the disease, that’s a large actual number of people. This is known by health professionals in the UK and many other countries as ‘post covid s…
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2023.05.14 – 0864 – Don’t Forget Your Ears Ears You need to know what you sound like so you can adjust your voice or your mic, and make some sometimes subtle changes in pitch or timbre. You may be asked to imitate a certain style of voice or personality, so attuned ears will help you hear, interpret and reproduce the subtleties. And of course, you …
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2023.05.13 – 0863 – Eye Exercises And a few exercises: Pencil Push-Ups Hold a pencil at arm’s length and focus on the tip. Move it closer and continue to focus. Repeat, moving it back and forth forcing your eyes to work-out. The Figure of Eight Pick an imaginary point on the floor or across the room, about 10 feet away. Focus on it and with your pu…
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2023.05.12 – 0862 – Don’t Forget Your Eyes Your eyes and ears Most voice trainers overlook these critical body parts and the role they play in helping you get a better voice, but let’s spend a few moments doing just that here and now with a few considerations. Eyes Without stating the obvious, and with acknowledgement to the awesome voice actors wh…
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On Coaching Men to Greater Connection, Success, and Happiness
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In a world where women are making increasing strides in their education, career, and finances, how are men moving forward? Culture dictates that men be strong and provide for their families. But society is changing, and so are men, if Dr. John Schinnerer has anything to say about it. He is coaching men to understand and manage their emotions, more …
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Bibi Pirayesh - Educational Therapy, Learning Disabilities & Social Justice
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Bibi Pirayesh is an educational therapist based in Los Angeles. For 15 years her work has focused on helping children, families, and schools better understand the unique needs of kids with learning disabilities. More recently, her work has shifted toward the fight for the learning rights of kids in LA, where children's educational experiences are d…
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0861 – Feeling Attractive vs. Sounding Unobstructed
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2023.05.11 – 0861 – Feeling Attractive vs. Sounding Unobstructed Even though Connie was a radio presenter, she always came in immaculately dressed. Fitted suits, or tight jeans or blouses that left little to the imagination. The problem was that Connie couldn’t get to the end of even a moderately long sentence without having to take another breath.…
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Sasha Buchert of Lambda Legal: The Case For LGBTQ Equality
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The passage of time has generally moved us in the direction of increased dignity and rights for members of the LGBTQ community in this country, with marriage equality officially recognized in 2015. But since then, the US Supreme Court has taken a sharp turn to the right, and we are now looking at the erosion of some hard-fought gains. This week on …
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2023.05.10 – 0860 – Tight Clothes, Tight Voice What else will affect your vocal performance? Clothes What won’t help, anything that causes constriction or discomfort Tight dresses, trousers, blouses and shirts. Belts done up a notch or two more than absolutely necessary Tight shoes worn more for style than comfort. That could be footwear that pinch…
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0859 – Myth 5: Dark-coloured Pee Means You Are Dehydrated
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2023.05.09 – 0859 – Myth 5: Dark-coloured Pee Means You Are Dehydrated Myth #5: Dark-coloured pee means you're dehydrated Pee is dark because of the concentration of various elements in it, but that doesn’t of itself mean you need more water. It’s actually more accurate to look at the concentration of sodium in your blood, but as that’s not usually…
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0858 – Myth 4: Drinking Water Can Help You Lose Weight
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2023.05.08 – 0858 – Myth 4: Drinking Water Can Help You Lose Weight Myth #4: Drinking water can help you lose weight OK, maybe if you drink a few glasses before a meal, you’ll eat less[1] but that’s not the case for everyone[2], although obviously if water is replacing a sugar-rich fizzy drink then sure, you’ll be taking in fewer calories. [1] http…
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2023.05.07 – 0857 – Myth 3: We Need ‘Sports Drinks’ Myth #3: We need sports drinks to replace salt and other electrolytes There’s usually no need to reach for the expensive coloured water after a work-out as you can usually replace lost salt by consuming more basic and cheaper, although not as trendy, food and drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/…
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0856 – Myth 2: Caffeine Makes You Dehydrated
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2023.05.06 – 0856 – Myth 2: Caffeine Makes You Dehydrated Myth #2: Caffeine makes you dehydrated The effect is almost miniscule and the 1928 research the claim is based on[1] doesn’t hold up to todays’ more rigorous research. NPR says “Essentially, with the exception of higher alcohol-content beverages like hard liquor, all liquids count towards hy…
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0855 – Myth 1: You Need To Drink at Least Eight Glasses of Water a Day
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2023.05.05 – 0855 – Myth 1: You Need To Drink at Least Eight Glasses of Water a Day H2O No-Nos – Busting 5 Myths About Water and Hydration[1] Myth 1: You need to drink at least eight glasses of water a day Nope: After all, how big are the glasses, how big are you? Have you done any exercise or need more water, or eaten a ton of watermelon and need …
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