Observe: Mind into Motion
Today is Marathon Monday in Boston. All over this City bodies are in motion, but it is mindset that finishes a race this long. 26.2 miles. People are physically running this marathon but we are all of us in one.…
Today is Marathon Monday in Boston. All over this City bodies are in motion, but it is mindset that finishes a race this long. 26.2 miles. People are physically running this marathon but we are all of us in one.…
Humor can be a delight in public speaking. A good joke well-timed instantly makes the speaker seem more connected to the audience. At its best, humor allows us to transcend the ordinary and connects us more deeply to others. Humor…
It is a sunny morning in Boston and I am prompted to discuss openness and availability. As speakers, we are often stuck in our outward projection. What am I saying? Is it having an impact? Do they get it? Do…
Ah, the tongue. So useful, so often tense beyond neccesity. Frankly, I think it's bored. It has all of this functionality but do we use it? We do not. We don't chew enough to get it excited about taste, and…
Our stickiest habit is our mindset. You can work on all of the parts of voice and speech but if you don't believe in what you are saying, if you aren't clear about why you are saying it, it just…
Here in North America, Spring is trying to arrive. It can be seen in the odd flowers sprinkled around and the brave, early flowering trees here in the city of Boston. This brings up two very important aspects of vocal…
The fact is most of us will find ourselves in front of a room dead on our feet, hungry, sick, or any number of things detrimental to good communication. Most of the time, we will still have to muster the…
Have you ever had the experience of losing what someone was saying because they turned away? Of course you have. We all have, because voices are directional. Which doesn't mean that you can point your mouth like a nozzle and…
We don't seem to know what to do with our hands. Especially when at the front of a room and when other people are watching. Perhaps we worry about whether our hands are saying too much about our internal landscape.…
Americans are a tight-lipped bunch. We come by it honestly, I suppose, but the lips have things to do so we need to loosen them up. Lips are very involved in both, articulation of speech, and formation of facial expressions.…