Vocal Care On the Go

And when I was thinking about what I wanted to talk about today, I was just thinking about how crazy things have been and how life happens.

We have busy, crazy seasons in life.

I want to give you some ways to take care of your voice when you are on the run.

The first two things I'm going to say are going to seem so basic, but you always say them all the time because they ring so true.

Number one, stay hydrated.

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

And that is hard when you are driving across country and then turning around and driving back another 10 hours.

It's hard to hydrate like crazy because then, if I may say, you pee all the time.

But it is worth the risk, right, of having to stop more.

For our vocal folds, for the function of our voice, we just can't overstate the importance of hydration.

And then number two, sleep.

Sleep when you can.

Sleep is hard in crazy times of life, especially if you are in random hotels and then camping out in a random town home.

You know, whatever it is, sleep can be tough.

But doing what you need to do, knowing your body, knowing kind of what routines work to prioritize sleep, to prioritize taking breaks.

Another example of taking breaks is vocal rest.

I want to rock out the entire drive.

Luckily, I had a 10-year-old with me in my drive, so I didn't sing the whole time or he would be like, you have got to stop, mother.

So I took real breaks where I'd listen to a podcast or listen to an audio book or just gave my voice some breaks, tried to give my body some breaks, my mind some breaks, and then try to prioritize sleep as much as you can.

And then when it comes to vocal exercises when you're on the go...

One of the things that's important to me is you don't have to have a keyboard.

You don't have to have accompaniment.