🎤 Voice Note: Speaking Takes More Energy Than You Think

Two days after Christmas. Completely fried. Spent yesterday watching Dirty John and being silent.And it got me thinking about something most people don’t appreciate: how much energy it takes to speak.Not just making sound — but pulling up vocabulary, forming sentences, anticipating confusion. It’s exhausting. Especially when you’re already depleted.In this voice note, I’m talking about:→ Why the holidays wipe me out (and probably you too) → The foundation: sleep, food, water — and why most people are malnourished → Why bouncing matters for your energy (lymphatic system) → Finding articulate speakers to model (and why I loved Christopher Hitchens) → What makes someone a great speaker — and a red flag I watch for → Why speaking well is a skill that can be learnedAlso: Would you want these voice notes as a podcast? Let me know.💙 Bella🎤 Work With Me 1:1 → Book a session: https://calendly.com/hello-bellapayne/75💙 Join the Community Live sessions, Courage Circles, and a space to heal your voice. → https://the-healthy-voice-community.circle.so/untitled-page📖 Singing Through the Shadows My memoir in essays and songs. Chapter 1 is FREE. → www.thehealthyvoicewrites.com✨ Unsilenced 52 weeks of journal prompts to reclaim your voice. → Get it - $22: https://rawveganbella.substack.com/p/unsilenced-a-year-of-journaling-back Get full access to The Healthy Voice Writes at rawveganbella.substack.com/subscribe