Alexa is joined on The Singing Teachers Talk podcast by Carrie Garrett, who is a BAPAM registered SLT and vocal rehabilitation coach, singer, and co-founder of the company VitaVoice. Through VitaVoice, Carrie and her team produce daily food supplements to support voice users in vocal health and the prevention of voice issues. Carrie has over 25 years of experience as a singer and singing teacher, and she is on the podcast to discuss physical well-being and optimised products for singers.
KEY TAKEAWAYS

Carrie views well-being as encompassing comfort, health, and happiness. When it comes to vocal health, these are the ultimate goals for singers and individuals undergoing voice therapy. The aim is to ensure that individuals are comfortable and healthy enough to achieve everything they desire with their voice, while also finding happiness in the process. 
VitaVoice is a daily, food supplement capsule designed to support your wellbeing, health, and maintain your voice. Their product includes key vitamins, minerals, and botanicals including Lion's Mane, Ashwagandha, and Ginseng.
If you have a healthy lifestyle and good diet, you generally don’t need to take supplements. However there are other factors which impact this, such as the lack of sunlight in the UK at certain times of the year. This can lead to people lacking in vitamin D. As singers we also live irregular lives, often on the road where it’s hard to eat healthy. 
Adaptogens are a class of plants and herbs that help your mind and body adapt to a wide range of stressors (physical, mental, emotional & environmental), helping you to restore balance and function at your best. Adaptogens can boost your energy levels naturally, giving you sustained energy levels throughout the day.
The term ‘Nootropics’ refers to substances which have a positive impact on mental skills such as memory, creativity, motivation, and attention. They increase the blood circulation to the brain, providing increased energy and oxygen flow.

BEST MOMENTS‘The Singing and the Actor course completely opened my eyes to what vocal anatomy is’ ‘Well-being is not just the physical side of things’ ‘If you want to look after your vocal health then live well and everything else will fall into place’‘I wanted people to maximise their body function for creativity’ ‘You don’t need a multivitamin if you’re getting everything you need’
EPISODE RESOURCES Website:

www.thesingersclinic.com 
www.vitavoice.co.uk

Social Media: 

@carrie_voice_slt
@vitavoicehealth

Relevant Links & Mentions: 

Vocal Process (Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher): https://vocalprocess.co.uk/
Declan Costello: https://www.voicedoctor.co.uk/
Singing Teachers Talk Podcast: Ep. 87 How to Manage Allergies and Upper Respiratory Infections with Laryngologist Declan Costello
The World Health Organisation: https://www.who.int/
Tim Ferriss: https://tim.blog/
Podcast: Feel Better, Love More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee 
The work of Jessie Inchauspé 
BAPAM: https://www.bapam.org.uk/
BVA: https://britishvoiceassociation.org.uk/
Singing Teachers Talk Podcast - Ep.25 The Performers Health Starts from the Inside with Nutritionist Stephanie Moore
Singing Teachers Talk Podcast - Ep. 60 The Best Nutritional Do’s and Don’ts for Singers with Stephanie Moore
Singing Teachers Talk Podcast - Ep. 100 The Truth About Singing and Dairy with Nutritionist Duncan Rock
Singing Teachers Talk Podcast Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/basttraining?utm_source
VitaVoice Contact Email: info@vitavoice.co.uk 

ABOUT THE GUEST Carrie is a UK based HCPC registered health practitioner working in the field of Voice. She is a BAPAM Registered SLT and Vocal Rehabilitation Coach and has over 25 years’ experience as a singer and singing teacher, adding to her skillset when she qualified as a Speech & Language Therapist in 2012. With a wealth of knowledge in diagnostic and therapeutic interventions related to her specialist field, she splits her time working in independent voice therapy practice, is cl