New YEAR New OPPORTUNITIES, Holiday Health Hacks, Surface Hydration Research, and PYV!
Enjoy some educational & inspiring blog reading & be sure to roll your shoulders & focus on allowing full-body breathing as you do! Make it a GREAT day. YOU are worthy and YOU (and YOUR VOICE) are BEAUTIFUL. #DONTFORGETIT 
NEW YEAR, NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Hope you‘ve ALL been having a WONDERFUL start to the NEW year. 
What a BLESSING it is to be ALIVE another year--to HONOR the year passed & CELEBRATE ALL of our POSSIBILITIES in the new year ahead! It is important to realize the POWER WE HAVE TO DECIDE HOW OUR LIVES WILL EVOLVE THIS YEAR, & to take full ownership over the things we CAN control--like attitude, mindset, goals, & mission(s)...like the ways we treat others, the LIGHT of ours that we allow to SHINE, & the ways we STRIVE to make a POSITIVE difference in this world.
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And if you haven’t set 2025 GOALS for yourself, NOW is a perfect time to go ahead and WRITE THEM DOWN. Make a point to CHECK IN with your goals once a week at a SPECIFIED TIME…and also remember that goals CAN be met, modified, and re-created as YOU keep evolving. Just KEEP on keepin on and making the MOST of the time you’re given. Onward, upward, forward.. but take time to smell the roses along the way. Commit to the DIRECTION you want to move towards, and find those steps that get you there (however small they may seem—they are NEVER insignificant). Progress is not perfection, progress is PROGRESS towards becoming YOUR best self. But YOU can become SO MUCH BETTER by not “drifting” and letting life happen TO you, and instead deciding to recognize that the life YOU create can happen FOR you.
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Also, recognize the POWER in the prefix “re”… REset. REdirect. REfocus. REpeat. REaddress. REtry. REstart. The only thing stopping you from the verb on the other side of “re” is YOU. Don’t be the only one standing in your way. It’s never too early. It’s never too late. YOU are capable of anything.
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THOUGHTS to ponder:
2024— What am you GRATEFUL for? What lessons have you learned?
2025:
-PRACTICE GRATITUDE every morning.
-Words have POWER. What are you telling yourself everyday? Become the BOSS of your mind with AFFIRMATIONS and mastering the art of POSITIVE THINKING.
-What are my top 3 voice goals?
-What are my top 3 professional goals?
-What are my top 3 personal goals?
-What day and time will I check in with these goals on a weekly basis?
#dreambigger
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There is SO much POWER in goal-setting, making plans, writing down your “dreams”, and MAKING PLANS to achieve all three. 
There is also POWER in SLOWING DOWN TO THE SPEED OF JOY (check out the book by Matthew Kelly.. it’s a life changer).
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Visualize your BEST VOICE & your BEST SELF & START the journey of showing up for what you VISUALIZE & DESERVE! It starts with YOU. CHEERS to 2025, to PRIORITIZING YOUR VOICE this year, & to choosing JOY.
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Holiday Health Hacks!!!
(Check out the fun video above!!!)...
The holidays are SUCH an incredible time of the year
… But it’s important to PRIORITIZE keeping yourself in GREAT health—physically, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually, and VOCALLY!!
What are YOUR favorite HOLIDAY HEALTH HACKS?! Check out the video and read below for some of mine:
Moisturize
Wash your hands
Use a nebulizer with 0.9% saline solution for immediate and direct hydration to the VFs!
Nasal saline rinses (I do it every morning! Nasal hygiene prevents illness)
Go see the Christmas lights
Vitamins and supplements 
Bundle up
Drink TONS of WATER
Have fun outside
Read/grow/learn (never stop!!)
Make a PLAN to PRIORITIZE YoOUR VOICE
Mariah Carey Christmas (always a classic and good decision)
Believe
Go workout—CLIMB
Nebulize before lots of talking (or holiday parties!)
Go workout—LAGREE
Get scoped (if you notice a change in your voice lasting longer than 2 weeks)
Go on adventures
Watch out for static electricity
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Sleep/rest (…and use mouth tape! I do it every night and it makes a world of difference!) 
Bundle up and watch football
Strengthen your core—PLANK!
Prioritize your voice (duh!)
Steam
Protect your voice from the cold
Respiratory muscle training (condition your foundation!)
Snuggle
Take time to enjoy the beauty of nature… practice mindfulness and gratitude (change your thoughts change your life!)…
Stretch
Eat healthy #foodismedicine 
Go workout—Take classes! #movementismedicine
Sing/jam out in the car 
Eat healthy—get your protein
LOVE your VOICE
Forgive
Positive affirmations
MERRY CHRISTMAS #voxfit fam! -- Prioritize your voice!!
I could go on more but these HOLIDAY HEALTH HACKS will definitely get you started!! MUCH LOVE MY FRIENDS. #prioritizeyourvoice 
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SURFACE HYDRATION
Extensive past research demonstrates that increased surface laryngeal hydration prevents & manages voice problems in professional & occupational voice users. A recent study (Supreetha & Jayakumar, 2024) looked into the effects of surface hydration on the voice quality of speech pathologists (via the use of nebulized saline solution) using thermal, acoustic, & self-perceptual measures.
30 SLPs were divided into 3 groups… group 1 had no voice usage at all, group 2 read aloud for one hour WITHOUT any surface hydration, & group 3 read aloud for one hour WITH surface hydration for 10 minutes. The measures (thermal, acoustic, & self-perceptual looking into perceived phonatory effort & perceived vocal tiredness) were taken for all groups pre & post vocal loading tasks.
The comparisons revealed that thermal measures showed significant increases in group 2 & a significant decrease in group 3. Acoustic measurements & self-perceptual measurements showed a significant increase in group 2 compared to group 3 & the between-group comparisons in the post-test setting showed a significant decrease in many outcome measures in group 3 compared to group 2.
All of these results support that SURFACE HYDRATION SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCES THE VOICE QUALITY of occupational & professional voice users as related to a vocal loading task (& it is widely known that vocal loading is very common in these populations). It was also quite interesting that this study confirms the benefits of this surface hydration (using nebulized saline) in speech pathologists!…
Hopefully this encourages ALL SLPs & ALL occupational & professional voice users to MONITOR vocal loading tasks & CONSIDER 10 minutes of nebulized saline intermittently between them. LOVE when research proves that “surface hydration preserves vocal quality compared to those not hydrated during vocal loading” AND encourages SLPs to PRIORITIZE THEIR VOICES!! Andddd love when we KNOW this applies to ALL occupational & professional voice users!
What are YOU doing to PRIORITIZE surface hydration today?!
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PYV: Anddd of course, always REMEMBER to PRIORITIZE YOUR VOICE! ...
How are YOU prioritizing your voice today? And everyday? As an OCCUPATIONAL VOICE USER, it SHOULD be one of your top priorities!
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What do you need to know to keep your voice healthy? You should understand how the voice works, how to protect and care for your voice, and how to use your voice and entire vocal mechanism in the most efficient, effective, and dynamic ways possible.
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I’m super PASSIONATE about this population of voice users (I’m one and most of you are too!), and am HERE TO HELP! Reach out with any questions, concerns, or if you’d like to work together. Email me at [email protected] or DM me on @voxfit_ ...
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