Who told you to be quiet? (finding permission to use your full voice)

Описание: Who is it that told you you shouldn’t make noise?
That you can’t be big, loud, or take up space with your voice?

In this very scrappy, very autumnal walk-and-talk, I unpack why so many of us hold ourselves back vocally — not just physically, but mentally — and how voice work can help us find permission to be loud again.

As I ramble through the forest, I also ramble through:

The hidden voices that tell us to be small
Why “be quiet” still echoes in our adult lives
How fear and shame show up in our vocal habits (even for me, a voice coach, as I am taking a course on video game voice overs)
The link between mental permission and physical freedom
What happens when you finally let your full voice out

🎭 I’m Alex Owen-Hill — a voice coach, performer, and researcher exploring voice, authenticity, and neurodivergence.

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⏱️ Chapters:
00:00 – Who told you to be quiet?
00:40 – Recording loud voices (and feeling self-conscious)
01:10 – Inherited beliefs about making noise
02:20 – Mental blockers vs. physical tension
03:40 – Shame and fear in the body
04:30 – How permission changes everything
05:20 – Why we hold each other back
06:20 – Finding spaces to be loud again
07:30 – Final thoughts (and a surprisingly tidy outro)

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