Josh: The Mafia had a gun pointing through a pillow jammed to my face. I muffled out a few incomprehensible words. Well, that’s at least an image to help you understand what I use to sound like in every conversation before I came across speech coach Carol Fleming.

It’s so hard to socialize if your voice is unclear, jagged, and plain boring – common vocal traits of shy people. A charming, resonant voice makes people listen to you.

This is a guest article from Carol, a friend of mine for two years. Carol runs her speech company out of San Francisco and is one of the best voice coaches I know. Read and most importantly practice what she has to teach in this article… … Click to continue reading →

Posted on Friday, January 21, 201111 Comments

Not enough time to exercise, boss pushing for work to be completed, children are loud, bills to pay, shopping to be done, housework to do, partner asking for your help. To top it all off you’re suppose to be nice to people by communicating effectively with them in a confrontation? Yikes!

Why It’s Hard to Communicate Well in Conflict When Stressed

If you’re like me, you find it hard to communicate in stressful moments. Scientifically, it is impossible to communicate well when under stress. The body experiences a primal response that agitates people in conflict. … Click to continue reading →

Posted on Thursday, March 19, 20097 Comments

This is a review of Carol Fleming’s The Sound of Your Voice, an audio program created to improve your voice.

What better way to improve the quality of your voice than to listen to a speech expert teach the skills she has learned for several decades. Since 1968, Carol Fleming, a doctorate in communication disorders from Northwestern University, has ran her private speech communication consultancy in the San Francisco Bay Area. Fleming has made her vocal techniques, gathered over years of learning and teaching, available in her entertaining audio program. … Click to continue reading →

Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2008No Comments