
Julie invites you to master a stronger, more confident voice through structured chapters, practice exercises, techniques, videos, PDFs and audio downloads, quizzes, and Q&A support.
Explore the four body systems behind voice production: respiratory, phonatory, resonatory, and articulatory, and how breath, vocal cords, resonance, and articulation shape a clear, confident voice.
Develop a strong, clear voice through daily vocal warm-ups that target the upper body and face, respiration, resonance, phonation, and articulation to improve breath control and range.
Master diaphragmatic breathing through respiratory exercises to build breath support, then practice controlled exhalation with s, sh, f, and th sounds, counting in one breath for conversational voice coordination.
Discover how to safely boost voice volume with diaphragmatic breathing and controlled exhalation, not throat squeezing, through seven respiration exercises like the yawn-sigh, s and sh patterns, and paced counting.
Hum to strengthen the resonatory system, fostering nasal buzz and facial vibration, then use forward, relaxed m and n sounds to sustain resonance for an easy, rich voice.
Eliminate vocal fry (glottal fry) by resonant humming and forward voice training, using diaphragmatic breath and bottom-pitch exercises to smooth the voice for clarity and confidence.
Learn phonatory exercises to help the vocal cords vibrate more easily and more efficiently, improving airflow and voice quality through the OO vowel and other sounds.
Learn semi-occluded vocal tract exercises (sovt) with a straw and cup to balance vocal cords, improve tone, and reduce fatigue through easy, abdominal-supported vocal training.
Learn cup phonation as a sovt exercise to buzz with a sealed cup, using breath support and abdominal engagement to produce a high, forward-focused voice without throat tension.
Learn practical articulatory exercises to enhance speech clarity by training lips, tongue, jaw, teeth, and nasals through guided warm-ups, facial massage, and progressively challenging tongue twisters.
Your voice is a big part of how people hear your confidence. A clear, strong voice helps you be heard in meetings, in class and on calls.
In this course, I show you how your voice works, from your lungs to your lips, and then give you guided exercises for each part of it:
Respiration: breathing and breath support
Phonation: your vocal cords
Resonance: vibration and a fuller sound
Articulation: clear speech
You'll also learn daily vocal warm-ups, with downloadable audio so you can follow along anywhere, and how to reduce vocal fry.
The lessons are short, so you can fit the exercises into your day, and you can use the warm-ups again before a presentation, a class or an important call.
Who this course is for
People who rely on their voice at work, like teachers, leaders, performers and voice actors
Students and working professionals who want a stronger-sounding voice
People who speak too softly and want more volume
People whose voice sounds nasal, high-pitched, rough or squeezed
Your teacher
I'm Julie Cunningham, MA, CCC-SLP, a licensed speech-language pathologist and voice coach. If you have a question about a lesson, post it in that lecture's Q&A and I'll answer it.