Chapter SixteenFind Your Full Sound

Ayoung woman named Brenda who attended one of our seminars headed home excited that she had learned how to unlock the power of her voice. She told her husband about an exercise she had participated in, in which everyone was asked to stand tall, breathe deeply, and say their names with clarity, power, and a strong intention. While Brenda was demonstrating the techniques, her six-year-old twin daughters were in the background taking it all in. Suddenly they stood before Brenda and her husband, and these two young girls began saying their names loudly and clearly!

“I have never heard them speak with such power,” Brenda said, “owning their names with such pleasure and force.”

Smiling proudly, she said to her ...

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