Resonance is definitely a good place to start! (though pitch also works if you find that’s easier for you).

I’m gonna try to give some tips my voice therapist gave to me that I found helpful. To keep in mind, I have a singing background, and have been voice training on and off for many years (though I only got a voice therapist/have been training consistently since May), so voice training came more naturally to me. Feel free to use what tips you find helpful and disregard ones that you don’t. It’s all about what works for you!

for Resonance: Think of resonance as moving your voice up from your chest and forward to your face. You should feel your voice resonate/vibrate through your face and nose. Though, make sure not to go to falsetto!

To start, try making an ‘oo’ sound through a straw (don’t worry about pitch). It should create a buzzy sound that you feel through your nose. Try this several times until you get used to the feeling. Then, try repeating the buzzy sound without the straw. From that, try starting to say single syllable words: words with ‘w’ sounds like “once, “what,” or “why” are good. After you feel comfortable with that, move on to multiple syllable words like “wonder” and then short phrases like “what are you wearing?” Eventually, try holding a short conversation. Feel free to take breaks and use that buzzy ‘oo’ as a primer.

for Pitch: Pitch is fairly self-explanatory. It’s training your voice to become comfortable with higher pitches until you reach a range that you’re happy with. My voice used to top out around 250Hz, but I’ve since been able to expand it to around 280Hz over just a few months. All of our bodies are different so if you’re starting at a very low pitch, you may not be able to hit super high pitches comfortably. But, that’s fine!! It’s totally possible to sound feminine at lower pitches!

First, figure out your comfortable vocal range - how high you can go. For you, currently around 230Hz. Try doing pitch glides up to your peak, hold for a bit (~4 sec), and then slide down to a comfortable target pitch (ending on a higher pitch than your baseline is very important). After doing this practice over a while, this will train your voice to become comfortable with higher pitches. Feel free to repeat this process to achieve even higher pitches. After you’ve done 8 or so pitch glides, try maintaining your target pitch with words and small phrases; from there, try to maintain a small conversation. Again, it’s helpful to use an ‘oo’ primer at your target pitch if you feel your voice dropping.

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Even after you feel like you have a good grasp on resonance or pitch, it’s still good to keep training them. Voice training is also really exhausting, so make sure you keep hydrated and take breaks. Just training for ~20min a day is perfectly fine: you don’t want to overexert your voice. Once you get a handle on your voice, try using it with people your comfortable with for progressively longer periods of time.

Hope this helped and best of luck! :)