Mira Lindqvist

Mira writes about the voice: pace, pitch, pauses, and what a listener hears before they weigh the argument. She also writes on Medium, Substack, Quora and X.

Articles

1. The Pause Is Punctuation the Audience Can Hear
2. What a Monotone Voice Costs an Audience
3. The "140 Words a Minute" Number, and Why It’s the Wrong Target
4. Why Lower-Pitched Voices Sound Like Leaders (and What That Means for You)
5. The Curse of Knowledge Is Why Experts Explain Things Badly
6. How Much Can a Listener Hold at Once?
7. Why a Room That Likes You Argues With You Less
8. What "Um" Tells Your Audience
9. What Video Calls Do to a Speaking Voice That a Room Doesn’t
10. The Speech Pattern That Undercuts You Before the Argument Does
11. Loudness Is a Delivery Choice, Not a Fixed Trait
12. What the breath does