No-one knows more about voice than Samara Bay. This is a brilliant user-friendly guide to speaking up. I love it. -- Viv Groskop, author of How to Own the Room This is a warm-hearted and inspiring read for anyone who wants to speak up in a changing world. It's also infinitely practical and full of golden nuggets of insight you can take away and use immediately. It's a gem of a book. -- Caroline Goyder, author of Gravitas Samara's brilliant expertise helps us understand that when we find our permission to speak, we are able to step into our full power as women. She encourages us to abandon our formed habits that are almost always serving someone else, and shows us what it means to use our narratives to be the heroes that change the way we are heard in the world. -- Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play A totally beguiling and richly informative primer for anyone who struggles to say what they think out loud. -- Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

Samara Bay is a voice and dialect coach based in Los Angeles, California. She has coached a number of high-profile film, television and theatre actors, and prepared clients for UN speeches, awards shows, academic talks, tech pitches, and political campaigns. Her clientele include Michelle Obama, Penelope Cruz, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Brene Brown. She also hosts a regular podcast, Permission to Speak.