Brienne Hennessy - Your Vocal Vitality

On knowing that you can take steps to keep your voice strong: "If you're speaking for a dense period of time and your voice starts to crack, starts to sound hoarse, you can't get through a workday, let alone a workweek, there has to be something more we can do."

We all use our voices on a daily basis.  As creatures that thrive on communication, we use our voices on the phone, giving speeches, chatting with friends and shouting for joy when our kid scores a goal.  But when was the last time you took some time to think about your voice, and the mechanics in your body happening to make sure your voice stays healthy?

Brienne Hennessy, founder of Your Vocal Vitality, joins us on the show today to discuss why her business was built, what we can do to prevent voice issues and how important it is to keep our voices strong.

Listen as Brienne gives us some tips to keep this often overlooked tool in tip-top shape so that the next time you need to communicate with someone, you have the voice you want.

Enjoy!

Visit Brienne at: https://www.yourvocalvitality.com/

Podcast Overview:

02:03 Increasing responsibility load & challenges in healthcare.

03:46 Talker owns need for vocal self-care

06:49 Some voices have personalities, can be grating.

11:53 Voice training incorporates exercises for vocal warm-up.

15:27 Skeletal muscle fatigue similar to voice fatigue.

18:57 Indications for lifestyle changes, allergies, acid, laryngologist. Comprehensive approach for untreated issues.

21:30 Helping restore sound and speech, with preventative care.

25:44 Challenging environment, struggling teachers, confident speakers.

28:40 Identifying nervousness and training for presentations.

29:56 Beliefs, perceptions, experiences shape public speaking.

35:05 Getting comfortable with uncertainty is key.

38:47 Improved audio quality signals clearer communication.

39:41 Great mentors have helped me build businesses.

42:32 Teams is a struggle, trust is important.

48:22 Task delay causes disconnect and tough decisions.

50:10 Understanding teamwork, maintaining momentum, and growth.

Podcast Transcription:

James [00:00:01]:

You have found Authentic Business Adventures, the business program that brings you the struggle stories and triumphant successes of business owners across the land. Downloadable audio episodes can be found in the podcast link found at draw in customers.com. We are locally underwritten by the Bank of Sun Prairie. And today, we're welcoming slash preparing to learn from Breanne Hennessy, owner of Your Vocal Vitality. And I'm excited because it's a podcast, and we chat a lot. Yep. So then let's start with what is your Vocal Vitality?

Brienne Hennessey [00:00:32]:

It is the business that I started with the mission of Empowering our voices. Oh. What that means is to me is that our voices are an expression of who we are, but also, I believe, a conduit To our well-being. And what do I mean by that? If you don't have your voice, you can't do what you need to do effectively. Interesting. And so that's the the idea behind it, and I go So about that in a few different ways.

James [00:00:57]:

Alright. And you've been in this industry for a while?

Brienne Hennessey [00:01:00]:

Yes. So my background is actually as a speech and voice pathologist, and I've done that, 14 15 years.

James [00:01:06]:

Wow. Okay.

Brienne Hennessey [00:01:06]:

Yeah. So that was that was the kind of core,