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The Transformative Power of Your Voice | Cynthia Zhai | TEDxHarkerSchool
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your voice is a magnificent gift it has
the power to change you and your life
you use your voice all the time and
never give it a second thought in my
word as a voice vote people would say to
me Oh Cynthia the voice a powerful voice
is a good thing to have a powerful voice
is more than a good thing to have and
voice is also beyond important voice is
powerful there is no other sound that's
more powerful than the human voice it
can start or stop a word make or break a
bond motivate or demoralize people it
stirs your thought and evokes your
emotion when you hear a familiar sound
of him from inner voice it may get you
into all kinds of reactions when I hear
a voice that sounded like my critical
dad it gets me all tensed up well when I
hear a voice that sounded like my mom I
hear more I feel more relaxed it is not
only the words we say through our voice
but also the pure sounds we make the
laughter of joy the cry of despair the
sigh of relief and the groan of pain
they all profoundly affect us and people
what most people know about voice is
only the tip of the iceberg
I hear people often say to me oh the
voice the tone of the voice is important
well when I talk about voice work it
goes way more than just tone of the
voice or tonality tone of the voice is
the kindergarten knowledge in voice work
when we work on your voice we work on
for example the placement of your voice
which is where you're projecting your
voice from and you will find out more in
this talk we also talked about the
alignment inside of you and the
congruence inside and outside of you
there is so much more you can also hear
in a person's voice for example we can
hear in your voice who you were who you
are and who you could become what else
can we hear in a person's voice well
here are some of the simple things that
you may know and you may be able to hear
in a person's voice the first one is
geographic origin and that's why people
from different places speak with
different accents and I speak with a
different accent from you and you will
know that we are from different origins
the other thing that we can tell from a
person's voice is the educational
background well since you are young you
may not have watched this movie which is
my fair lady and you can check it out it
is played by Audrey Halpern so in this
movie in the beginning she played an
character and the way she talked
reflected her own educated background
and later she was led on a way on
a to change the way she talked and of
course we can also hear experience
through a person's voice but these are
all very three simple things you can
hear in a person's voice we can also
hear your current state for example your
physical your mental your emotional
state when you are well versus when you
are sick you sound different and that's
why if you're not sick but you want it
to call in sick you must make sure that
you're sound different and when you're nervous
nervous
versus when you're calm you sound
different especially when you're nervous
your voice trembles your pitch goes high
and your voice was out of control
so voice reflects everything that is
happening in you which sounds scary
because sometimes when I talk about this
people stopped talking to me and you can
also tell your emotional state when you
are happy when you're angry when you are
sad you sound different
so this is a reflection of you the
current you but the voice can also
reflect what happened to you who you
were and that is your past all the
traumas all the wounds for example you
have experienced they are all stored in
your voice and they didn't go anywhere
they were stored in your voice for
example have you heard someone speaking
in this way when they're speaking as if
that the voice is not supported and the
voice sounds were joy this might be you
and that kind of voice also reflect some
of the wrong resolve issues or another
voice like this voice when someone is speaking
speaking
it sounds very normal right this voice
sound very normal but what impression do
you have when someone speaks in this way
and the impression you may have is this
person they're as closed is not willing
to engage so it also shows something
happened in the past or another voice
which is so common nowadays and it
happened probably I would say from my
experience happens to 80% of the
population worldwide and that voice is
this kind of voice can you hear any
difference from the way that I have been
speaking if you can hear the difference
not your head so I know that you can
hear the difference
thank you and what difference did you
hear this voice the pitch goes a bit
high and the quality is thin and this
voice you actually have seen that in so
many people and probably you are also
one of them and I cannot continue
because it doesn't feel comfortable so
that voice is the result of our success
driven Society and that voice what I
also call is the head voice because you
hear the voice is all in the head right
and the head voice is the result of
thinking doing analyzing leaving in your
head and you will find out more what
happened to that head voice or what
happened to the 80% of our population
worldwide but now you know that voice
reflects everything about you and even
if you try hard to hide the voice never
lies but don't be afraid to
and so that's how much you can tell from
a person's voice and the good news is
voice also shows you the doorway to
change that and the eighty percent of
the population living in the head voice
and that's why you'll notice that no
matter how much that we have achieved we
just don't feel fulfilled and the
happiness in almost every country the
rate is very low because when you are
speaking and living in your head you are
cut off from the whole you you are
literally cutting off from your own body
so if you can discover your whole voice
and reconnect with yourself the problems
would be solved and people living in the
ancient times they knew better they
understood the power of our voices when
people work together they send together
and when they send together
the power of unity kept them going well
now how often do we sing together it
perhaps happened when you're singing
national anthems but that brief moment
of singing together the power of unity
made you feel something ancient people
also used the voices to educate and
entertain they told stories to pass on
the history often without written words
in some of the American Indian tribes
even today they still not use the
written words because they believe if
words were written the power is lost
well nowadays would rather write or type
than speak if we can type we will not
speak if we have to speak we would use
abbreviations like oj pj MJ what else
take and in early ages in drama all the
actors they would war they would wear a
mask and we could only identify the
characters by listening to their voices
and that's where the word persona myths
persona literally is / through sound
persona which has personalities through
sound and that's why you will find that
no another person on the planet will
sound exactly the same as you well you
may be able to impersonal eyes some
people or some celebrities but when you
listen to the nuances in the voice there
is still a big distinction because voice
is representing who you were who you are
and who you could become voice is not as
something tripped from the back of your
mouth it is something that has every
essence of you and every possibility of you
you
so you see voice is not only reflecting
the past the present you but also it
reflects the possible the potential you
so voice is the doorway to help you
empower yourself and when you started to
develop the power you will find that you
feel different not only your voice will
sound different you will also feel
different and why is it that the ancient
people know better even with the
technology advancement we as the modern
people have forgotten about
the power of the voice well we have
mentioned a little bit just now because
nowadays especially over the past 20
years getting busy and busy and driven
by success after another success we have
been living in the head and in the head
there is analyzing thinking doing and we
have become more of more more and more
of a human doing instead of a human
being and when you are focusing too much
on doing analyzing thinking you lost
touch with the rest of your body you are
living in your head and that is showing
up in your voice as well your voice
becomes a head voice and that's also why
that people are not feeling fulfilled
even with so much success they have
achieved because you are disconnected
from yourself and when you are
disconnected from yourself you are
disconnected from people around you so
voice is the dual way to help you mend
the disconnection establish the
realignment and Bute congruence just
like most people I was also conditioned
in this success driven Society and I had
a pet voice as well I had a voice that
was disconnected was my whole self on my
journey to discover the solutions to be
more assertive to speak up
I accidentally developed my whole voice
and that's where I realized not only I
sounded more confident but also I felt
more confidence and my influence also
grew in self empowerment you realize
that most people have been working on
the mind to have a mind that strong resilient
resilient
persistent and we also work on our body
to be fit flexible and strong
heck we even work on our image to look
professional but how much attention was
given to the development of the speaking voice
unfortunately most voice related
programs are on singing the more I do my
work the more I felt a sense of
responsibility and I have taken on yet
as my mission to help you rediscover and
remember the power of your voice and
experience their transformation
it can bring to you so that your
confidence can sort your influence can
grow and you can live a life that's true
to yourself you can live a life that's
connected that's aligned and you most of
all you can live a life that's fulfilled
thank you [Applause]
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