Kendra Wormald, B.A., M.Sc (S-LP), Reg. CASLPO

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How Stress Affects Your Voice

You’re in the middle of a big presentation. Your throat feels tight, your voice cracks, and suddenly projecting your words feels harder than usual. Sound familiar? Stress, anxiety and nervousness don’t just live in your mind, they live in your body too. The success of communication, whether at work or in everyday life, is closely tied to your thoughts and emotions. This article outlines how stress can impact your voice and how to take back control.

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Overall Tone: When Words Aren’t Enough

Have you ever said and truly meant the phrase, “thanks a lot, I’m fine, it’s okay” but the listener didn’t believe you? It’s likely not due to what you said, but rather how you said it. This article highlights how tone of voice plays a key role in communication and why we can’t rely solely on the words we use to fully and accurately express ourselves.

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Reframing Conflict As Collaboration

If you’re reading this, you may be trying to figure out how to approach your coworker or partner or even your parents about a disagreement. As a society we’ve pushed the unproductive narrative that conflict is a bad thing and should be avoided. This article will address why avoidance happens, the negative impact of it and how to approach conflict with assertiveness and confidence.

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Accent Vs. Identity

Your accent is a reflection of your identity, culture and personal history and deserves to be respected and valued. In this article, you’ll learn what accent modification actually is, the ethics behind it and what success actually looks like.

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Stuttering, Redefined: From Fixing Speech To Honoring The Speaker

Definitions, language and common beliefs around stuttering, albeit helpful at times, may also be harmful and limiting. This article aims to give voice to stuttering-inclusive and empowering language and challenge outdated notions and stigma surrounding fluency. This article is for anyone impacted by stuttering: individuals who stutter, their listeners, and the professionals who support them.

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Sleep Well, Speak Well

Just like they say ‘you can’t outrun a bad diet’, you also can’t outperform poor sleep. Your brain requires quality sleep to function optimally, for daily tasks such as: social and professional communication, learning, attention and memory. This article outlines the negative implications of an unrested brain on cognition and successful communication.

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Bilingualism And The Better Brain

A constant perspective I hear from bilingual individuals, particularly those whose first language isn’t English, is that they feel inferior. That having an accent and speaking another language puts them at a disadvantage for building connection, respect and growth as communicators both personally and professionally. This article will demonstrate why that is not true. It will demonstrate that you as a multilingual speaker are at an advantage – even when it doesn’t feel like it. In this article, the term bilingualism will be used to embody both multilingualism and bilingualism.

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ADHD: Perspectives From A Neurodiversity-Affirming SLP – Part 1

ADHD, also referred to as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, is a neuro-developmental condition which has been a more recent buzzword across various social media platforms and social conversations, the last couple of years. This article aims to educate, clarify and evoke reflection of personal bias and ableist behaviours, as well as address ways ADHD can be limiting.

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What to Expect: Initial Consultation

A collaborative approach focuses on bringing different professionals together from diverse backgrounds to achieve a common goal. In consideration of a clinical healthcare setting, a collaborative team is a group of unique healthcare professionals from various fields that support a client’s care and plan (Taberna et al., 2020).

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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Speech Therapy: Part 2

Part 1 of this series reviewed what artificial intelligence (AI) is and a broad overview of its role in speech and language therapy. This entry will focus on how specific populations can optimize on AI and how AI can be incorporated throughout the client life-cycle. To note, here at WELL SAID,we do not offer a specific artificial intelligence program such as Jessica. However, we do intentionally aim to optimize on the artificial intelligence systems that you may already be interacting with on a daily basis.

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Communication and Authority

Authority in communication can be seen in two ways, speaking with the quality of authority and speaking to an authoritative figure. Both focus on bolstering confidence and demonstrating clear, crisp and succinct communication. But how do we acquire these skills and put them into practice?

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Back To School Challenges

Within your academic career you will likely be required to speak in front of a group of people, whether for a presentation or answering class questions. One of the most frequent challenges I hear from clients is that their fear of public speaking keeps them from being successful socially and in the classroom.

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Concussion And Communication

There is a broad range of communication impairments that can occur as a result of a concussion which may last long-term such as with Post-Concussion Syndrome. Challenges with cognitive skills such as attention, memory, organization, reasoning and executive function all impact your communication.

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