Permission to Speak

Shawnta Valdes

Samara chats with the inspiring meditation facilitator about the inner work of using our voice – how we speak to ourselves, so we can speak well to others. Dropping this during the first week of #socialdistancing in the US, this episode is a chance to sit with our feelings and find calm during these wild times. Host: Samara BayExecutive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin &amp; Mark Cantin, Double Vision <a href="doublevisionprojects.com">doublevisionprojects.com</a>Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart teamTheme music: Mark Cantin For more on Shawnta Valdes: @sitwithshawnta on IG and <a href="shondaland.com/live/a23014424/jane-club-1-1536271423/">shondaland.com/live/a23014424/jane-club-1-1536271423/</a>For more on Jennifer Armbrust and Feminist Business School: <a href="sister.is/">sister.is/</a>For more on Alexis de Veaux: <a href="alexisdeveaux.com/">alexisdeveaux.com/</a>For more info on honoring native lands: <a href="usdac.us/nativeland">usdac.us/nativeland</a> For more info about this or future episodes, or to submit something juicy, visit <a href="PermissiontoSpeakPod.com%20">PermissiontoSpeakPod.com </a>or follow us on Instagram @permissiontospeakpod... and tell your friends Please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app! Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Permission to Speak is a fun and fiery romp through how we talk and what our voice says about us with Samara Bay, speech coach to the stars and public speaking adviser back when there was a public to speak in. Each week she interviews people who specialize in how we use our voice and people in the public eye who are USING it—what it took to find their voice, when it still wavers, the crap comments they’ve gotten for being too loud or too soft or too millennial or too anything because PEOPLE HAVE OPINIONS, and how to give ourselves permission to speak like we belong in rooms of power just as we are. Let’s destabilize the patriarchy together! Let’s talk about deep AF societal dysfunction and how it plays out on our bodies and voices, but, like, have fun doing it! Hi. This is for you.