How to Love Your Podcast Voice

“I hate hate my voice.”

So many aspiring podcasters say this. But do they really hate their voice? Or is something else going on here?

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A few years ago, I was working with a client and we were doing a mission, vision, values strategy session. We're in a conference room, I’m writing on the whiteboard as ideas are flying. And I’m recording the whole conversation so I can review it later.

When it came time to listen to the audio, and this is before I started podcasting for myself, I felt so much dread.

I realized I wasn’t afraid to hear my own voice. I was afraid that I was going to sound stupid.

And when I listened to back, I was actually pleasantly surprised. Like, “Oh, I sounded smarter than I thought I did.” And you will, too!

Often when we say, “I hate my voice,” we're really saying, “I'm afraid.”

Listen to this week’s episode of Podcasting Step by Step for advice on how to love your voice.

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