How to Create a Loving Voice

Lynda Stucky February 14, 2023 Develop Your Voice

What’s a loving voice? We all know what an irritated, impatient voice sounds like.  No, that’s not love at all.  When we hear this tone, the voice is very animated, the rate is fast and the rhythm is short and staccato; perhaps the volume has increased, too.  (Think Lisa Simpson.)  It’s so identifiable, isn’t it? And it’s not a good feeling to be on the receiving end of it.

If irritation and impatience are easy to spot in someone’s voice based on a few characteristics of speech, language and voice, what characteristics are present when you hear a friendly, warm and loving voice?  Is it just the opposite of the impatient voice?  Well, let’s take a look…..