It’s amazing how much our voices can convey, and not just in words. Tawny Platis draws on years of experience as a voice actor to show how even the tiniest shift in inflection, tone, or pace can change how a person is perceived.

In a clip shared to her social media accounts, Platis dons professional headphones and stares straight into the camera. “So I’m a full-time voice actor, and my job is to literally make people feel things with my voice. Whether that’s trust, excitement, urgency, comfort, power, or literally anything else you can think of,” she says.

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She shares how to apply this in everyday life. “What kind of voice you have actually matters zero percent,” she says. “It’s what you do with your voice that makes a message effective. Your tone, pace, and even the pitch of your voice triggers psychological responses. We’re wired to respond emotionally, even before we process the words.”

How to be taken more seriously

For the first scenario, she explains, “So we’re gonna start with what to do if you want to be taken seriously.” She shares, “People perceive lower voices as more........

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