I like to say that I help you find your authentic voice.
I don't change you.
I don't give you a persona.
I don't.
And especially for women, women don't
tend to use their lower register, which
sits down in their diaphragm, because one reason is,
our voices don't change in puberty, as boys do.
So our vocal cords are the size that they were when we were 12.
So we don't know, whereas men do, because their voices change.
Ours don't.
However, there is, all women have a more authentic, natural
pitch that sits lower in the diaphragm,
and some women don't know how to access it.
And sometimes it's a physiological thing,
but, Javanka, more often it's a sociological, psychological,
familial thing.
There was something that happened back
in their childhoods that made them hold on
to a little girl voice, or the breathy voice,
or the sexy voice.
Yes, yes, yes.
And that got them through what they needed to get through.
But, all right, if you're now speaking in front of people
and you're trying to develop an authoritative demeanor,
well, that can't be through a little girl's voice now, can it?
So that's one of the things.
And I didn't think, going into this,
that I would find 15% to almost 20% of the women I work with
have a background that has made it difficult for them to access.
So I have learned to ask questions carefully,
and I am engaged in their lives, and I care about them,
and I want them to succeed.
And sometimes I'm the only person who
says, I give you permission to step into the voice
that you're meant to have.