Most of us learn from listening to people. We love listening to speeches even if they’re introducing a speaker, live on a podcast, addressing a meeting or watching the news.
Any top voice-over artists will tell you that having a good voice is a skill like any other. You can get better at it with practice. Here are a few tips to improve your vocal delivery so that others will find listening to you a pleasure:
Use Simple Language
Aim for short sentences, this way you don’t have to pause to catch your breath. Keep your story short, concise and to the point.
Record Yourself
It is easy to record yourself. You can record your voice on your phone and replay. Most people hate listening to themselves. Try to overcome this by asking a friend to listen to your recording, offer suggestions and encourage you to continue to practice your technique.
By listening to yourself, you can see if your cadence is strong and you can test your voice before the speech. You can also test to see (or hear) if one way of delivering a phrase sounds much better than another.
Don’t Forget to Breathe!
Learn to breathe by pushing air out from your stomach. This way your voice will sound deep and you can control your pitch. As opposed to a shallow chest breath where you will have to pause because you have run out of air.
Learning how to breathe correctly is a learned skill. It’s a good idea to invest in voice coach if this is what you do for a living.
Slow and Articulate
Slowing down gives you a chance to articulate your words. Emphasize on the words that matter most for your audience. Shorter sentences can convey something dramatic and exciting.
Read Your Speech Out Loud
This will help you become familiar with the words and the tone. Even better still, stand in front of a mirror and record yourself speaking. I know this is a difficult process, but it will help you see how you come off to your audience. You are your best critic. Being at ease with your delivery will enable a smooth speech. Almost like you are conversing with your audience.
Take Manuka Honey Before You Speak
Manuka Honey keeps your vocal chords moistened and lubricated. If you use your voice for a living consider having Manuka Lozenges or Honey handy before you go in front of your audience or a classroom.
If you do decide to soothe and protect your voice with Manuka Honey, remember that not every product out there is authentic. Indeed, many Manuka Honey products are in fact packaged outside of New Zealand to bypass NZ regulations, the precise reason Pacific Resources International (PRI) always labels each jar with the batch number of the New Zealand beekeepers where its honey is produced and is certified authentic Manuka Honey.
That’s transparency at its best!
Those who have it, know how difficult psoriasis is to both manage and live with. As there is currently no cure for psoriasis, those who have been diagnosed with this autoimmune disease not only have to endure internal & external pain but also live with skin lesions that can make them feel self-conscious. If you are one of the over 7 million people in the U.S. affected by psoriasis and want to learn more about how manuka honey can help, along with other management tips, click here.
If you want to know more about what psoriasis is, read on!
Like many autoimmune diseases little is known about the cause of psoriasis however, enough is understood about our immune response to understand how & why it manifests the way it does. When you have psoriasis your T cells, which normally help your body protect against threatening foreign substances, are overactive. This overactivity causes them to attack not just disease-causing substances but also healthy skin cells.
Everyone’s skin cells are constantly dying and regrowing, a process that would normally take about a month. For someone WITH psoriasis though, this takes only a few days causing painful, red, itchy, scaly patches of build-up on the skin.
This cycle doesn’t tend to stop without some sort of treatment and can be more or less severe depending on many factors. These factors are different from person to person but can include stress, change in the weather, cuts, burns or scrapes, seasonal allergies, and dryer weather such as in dry desert climates or during winter.
While there are not many studies directly related to the use of Manuka Honey on psoriasis, it is thought to have great promise in treating psoriasis lesions. Unlike other honey, Manuka contains a unique component known as MGO; MGO has been shown to be a great aid in anti-inflammatory & antibacterial treatments. In addition to this, there is an overwhelming number of anecdotal reports on the effectiveness of Manuka Honey in reducing the severity of psoriasis outbreaks (by regular internal use) and the management of skin lesions/ external pain (when applied externally).
Manuka oil is shown to have many of the same benefits when used externally. Additionally, both the oil and honey have been shown effective against Staphylococcus Aureus, which has long been associated with atopic dermatitis.Given there are no known side effects from using Manuka oil or honey in conjunction with other treatments or on their own, why not give it a try and see if it can be beneficial to your symptoms? In fact, here is a special code just for you for 15% off any PRI Manuka Honey or Oil with the code SKINHELP.
Here are some great and easy ways to incorporate manuka products into your routine:
And, make sure to catch some sun! Ultraviolet B rays have also been shown to reduce the symptoms of psoriasis and as little as 10 minutes in direct sun can be enough.
Resources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7694078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5562472/
https://www.psoriasis.org/scalp/
The source is the answer for clean high quality products. Hidden in the southern most region of the southern hemisphere New Zealand is a sanctuary for harvesting the highest quality products for the world to enjoy. New Zealand continues to answer the call with products found nowhere else in the world. Pacific Resources International has over 30 years of experience in importing only the very best New Zealand products and will continue to fill that role with top quality honeys, bee products, kosher and organic naturally dried gourmet sea salts and proper crisps.
New Zealand’s small population and remote position in the South Pacific allows it to retain one of the cleanest environments in the world. Unlike other areas in the world that continue to struggle to keep bee populations healthy and thriving, New Zealand’s clean country sides with unique flowers and trees have become a paradise for bees to thrive and be healthy.
Pacific Resources only works direct with beekeepers that have been in the bee keeping business for at least three generations and have shown the desire to give the bees the very best sustainable resources to stay happy and healthy. These beekeepers work hard alongside their bees to produce the highest quality bee products and honey that only comes from a joint effort. The Bees are only feed their own honey over the winter months while waiting for the sweet spring bloom to start and during the dry summer months when there may not be enough flowers to sustain them.
With these beekeepers, it is all about the bees because they are the bread and honey of the business.
With more than seventy items to choose from Pacific Resources has developed Special honey products using the popular healing honey Manuka Honey in Chocolates, hard candies, cough and cold and body care products for consumers seeking a healthy lifestyle. The new Manuka Honey Mints are as simple as the bees that make the honey. Just three ingredients. 99% cocoa, Manuka Honey and mint. They are just that simple and just that good.
For those that are serious about a healthy lifestyle, Pacific Resources also imports Pacific Sea Salt that is one of the last true sea salts harvested from the clean southern seas surrounding NZ and dried for 13-22 months to retain all the natural trace elements in perfect balance (parts per million). Sodium Chloride on its own has been shown to cause weight gain and high blood pressure. But with the true balance of trace elements Pacific Sea Salt can help reduce high bold pressure and promote healthy sleep. It is so clean it tastes sweet when compared with other so called sea salts. No anti caking or free flowing agents in Pacific Sea Salt. Only ingredient, Clean New Zealand Sea Salt.
Why does your face break out more during the holidays?
It’s annoying, frustrating, and, well, a little bit our own faults - helloooo cookies! But here’s the thing - you should TOTALLY eat those cookies. There are many contributing factors as to why most people experience more inflammation and acne in the winter and, especially, during the winter holidays and most are external factors that can be naturally managed or even prevented entirely.
One of the main reasons is simply that your skin produces more sebum in the dry winter weather. What is sebum you ask? Sebum is oil your skin glands produce and, while they help to keep your skin soft & supple they sometimes overproduce causing the cells to stick together and clog your pores.
Most sebum glands reside in the infamous “T-zone” aka your forehead, nose, and chin. The dryer it is, the more sebum your skin produces.
Add to this the other factors that come along during the holidays such as:
Remember: Trying to overly restrict your diet can oftentimes lead to increased stress. Instead, go for balance, give yourself a little grace, and use manuka honey to help decrease the chance of breakouts and easily, naturally, treat any pimples that do arise.
Here are a couple of ways you can help stop or reduce holiday breakouts before they start:
If you do get any breakouts, help them disappear faster by:
There really is nothing like a hot toddy when you’re feeling under the weather and need to get in a good snooze. It’s not just an old wives tale either, recent studies show that the ingredients in a hot toddy mimic the effects of OTC products like NyQuil… Though, if we’re being truthful it’s actually NyQuil that mimics a hot toddy right?! So why not go natural?
Our Hot Toddy is a riff on the classic with the addition of Sencha Naturals Green Tea + C for those extra antioxidants and vitamin C, PRI’s Manuka Honey & Propolis Cough Elixir for the extra cough soothing effects and some extra Manuka Honey to further support the immune system, help reduce bad bacteria and further soothe that sore throat.
If you are looking to help reduce your risk of getting sick in the first place, simply remove the cough elixir and enjoy one before bed. Keep in mind, whiskey is shown to be a great decongestant but stick with just one & make sure to keep fully hydrated!
Instructions:
Pour one pack of Green Tea + C into a mug. Then pour in ½ cup of hot water. The mixture will foam up, so stir until the foam disappears and then pour in the remaining ½ cup of hot water. Stir until well combined. Next add in 2 tsp of the cough elixir and 1 tsp of manuka honey. Stir well again. Next, add in the juice of half a lemon and 1 shot of whiskey. Give it a good stir and then drop in a cinnamon stick and place a lemon wedge on the rim for garnish. Stir well before consuming and enjoy!
There are many reasons to love this beautiful country. At Pacific Resources International we have developed our mission around these four important components.
New Zealand is one of the very few countries that have strict regulations for GMO. The Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO Act) regulates research into all living organisms that do not already exist in New Zealand, including those that are genetically modified. The HSNO Act applies to anything that can potentially grow, reproduce and be reproduced, whether or not it is also food or medicine. This is why New Zealand’s small population and remote position in the South Pacific allows it to retain one of the cleanest environments on the planet.
Let’s face it, we are all worried about our children eating too much candy during Halloween. But, not all candy is bad for your kids. There are so many new options for a healthy holiday season.
Manuka Honey is a superfood that is widely believed to be beneficial. The better news is that there is a line of healthy snacks all with this amazing honey from New Zealand.
Here are a few ideas for happy Trick or Treating.
Propolis & Manuka Honey Lollipops
Who doesn’t love lollipops? So much fun to eat! Add these Better Nutrition award-winning lollipops to your arsenal of healthy candy. Great for children of all ages and adults too! They have the benefits of Propolis rich in Bioflavonoids, Manuka Honey 10+.
Get these in bulk and share them with your whole family. Who said only kids go trick or treating? Manuka Honey Nuggets are the perfect treat made with Manuka Honey 5+. They come in three fantastic flavors: Manuka Honey, Lemon & Honey and Ginger. Try using them to sweeten a hot beverage!
Hummmm, dark chocolate, and Manuka Honey? Shall we give these to the kids? Or keep them for ourselves? Either way, let’s enjoy! They are All Natural, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, and Kosher, with NO artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives. Best of all, they are produced right here in the USA.
Everyone’s favorite! Mouthwatering deliciousness and healthy to boot! Old fashioned soft chewy caramel with all the benefits of Manuka Honey, a better spin on a classic treat! These all-natural soft caramels are made with real butter and pure vanilla and then blended with genuine Manuka Honey from New Zealand and Organic Flaky Pacific Sea Salt to create the ideal sweet treat.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 🎃
