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What can leaders learn from broadcasting, voice work and performance?

Melissa Thom, founder of BRAVA, has written for SME News about the relationship between breathing, communication, leadership and workplace culture.

Melissa Thom recently joined John Darval on BBC Radio Bristol to talk about something that affects every professional every single day, and yet most of us have never been taught to do it properly.

Our voice expresses who we are. It is an expression of our truth and creativity. But voice isn’t just sound, it’s also about connection. And beneath every authentic voice lies the breath that sustains it. Breath powers our voice and it is to breath that we must always return. But for many, this can be challenging. We are living in a constant state of distraction. Breathwork reminds us that how we breathe reflects how we live: rushed, shallow or half-present or open, steady an