Today I had on Samara Bay, a successful speaker, sought-after speech coach,  and author of the book, Permission to Speak.  Samara is a highly accomplished woman, her journey to become a speech coach is fascinating having once lost her voice for months without speaking. She is now a coach to many public figures, candidates for U.S. congress, and many people in Hollywood. She’s been hired by everyone from Marvel to Netflix to help movie stars integrate good acting with good accents. Some of her clients include Gal Gadot, Pierce Brosnan, Penelope Cruz, Ricky Martin and the list goes on. Her work on rethinking the sound of power has been featured in The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, CBS Sunday Morning, Tamron Hall, Slate, and many more. We spoke a lot about the concept of changing the sound of power, how our voices and the way we speak affect the way we are treated. Our voice stories vs our personal stories. How giving authentic power to our voices with a focus on those of women and minorities is helping shift power within companies and how that affects business as a whole. The thing is, you don't have to be a public speaker or CEO to see the immense value that bringing power to your voice can have.  This is just as powerful to a parent of a teenager as it is to someone speaking to an audience of ten thousand. If you like the show, please share it with a homie, tag me on social and definitely subscribe. It truly means a lot to me.  Enjoy the show! Show notes as a general guide below. Somewhat in order and not written in perfect grammar because we want you to actually listen to the show! Samara’s last oh shit moment  Why voice? Samara tells us about the correlation between how we sound and how we’re treated Samara talks about her book, Permission to Speak Can our voice change our mindset? Samara’s advice on how to be your authentic self Seb and Samara talk about how our voice story is different from our personal story Samara talks about how business can improve if women and minorities have a powerful voice The significance of a good speaker and communicator  The most outlandish thing Samara has heard from speech coaches Samara shares 2 things that can help anybody become a powerful speaker  Samara shares her top two traits that a conscious leader must embody today.   Check out Samara Bay Connect with Samara Connect with Sebastian on Instagram SebastianNaum.com