This is where
leaders become
brilliant speakers.
This is where leaders become brilliant speakers.
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What if speaking in public FINALLY felt good?
If you’ve been yearning for a trusted advisor for deep support on your communication and speaking engagements, you’re in the right place.
I’m Samara Bay and i’m here for you.
Light up your audience. Drive real change.
Light up your audience. Drive real change.
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In to speak
Samara Bay, Founder and CEO, Permission Inc.
LIGHT UP your audience.
DRIVE REAL CHANGE.
If you’re like most of my clients, you're fine in small groups—but you struggle to translate that ease into public speaking and really own your leadership out loud. Maybe you're following old advice that doesn’t fit or feeling demoralized and depleted when you have to present. Maybe you’re quietly avoiding opportunities that could advance your career or mission because of the nerves.
And you’re quite sick of feeling stuck.
As a behind-the-scenes advisor for speakers across industries, my approach offers a safe container where you can meet the heavy “shoulds” with a sense of mischief instead of fear. So you’re free to let down your guard, remember your spark, and feel as powerful as you are.
And once that permission is flowing, we'll bridge the disconnect between your expertise and how you communicate it. So your speaking engagements transform from the thing you dread to true connection and the impact of your dreams.
“Samara is a brilliant, compassionate and masterful storyteller and cheerleader who's helping women find and/or reclaim their power in all facets of their lives.”
– Shannon Watts, Founder of Moms Demand Action
#1 Bestseller
in women in business & public speaking
Permission to Speak is an invitation to reimagine what power sounds like. Part practical guide, part love letter to your voice, it gives you the tools to make public speaking feel natural, joyful, and powerful.
Academy Award-nominated actress and client Rachel McAdams calls it "funny, surprising, stirring, and so important!"
Now available in 15+ countries and 5 languages.
seen and heard…
Recent conversations WITH COOL PEOPLE
What people are saying…
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"Samara's session had the highest rating over our two-day Lead On Conference. Attendees used words like 'valuable, relevant, inspirational, and energetic.' I would add 'entertaining'! Samara gave us a real user’s manual on how to be heard."
– Fred Cook, Director, USC Annenberg Center for PR
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“Extraordinary. The most fun I’ve ever had prepping for anything, but also the easiest. I felt so relaxed, Samara—you sprinkled some dust on me!”
– Rachel McAdams, Oscar-nominated Actress
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"Samara’s unique perspective was eye-opening for our employees that do not speak English as a first language. Her magnetic gift for storytelling really takes you on a self-awareness journey that makes you want to listen with more intention and pump up your own volume.”
– Georgianne Ocasio, Sr. Director, Corporate & External Affairs, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
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“Working with Samara was a total gamechanger. I went to one of the best business schools in the country. But you know what they don’t teach? How to show up in a pitch meeting with a story that reveals your heart. Or how to own your voice. Or how to speak so investors lean in. Samara’s coaching was an essential piece of my company’s success story.”
– Hannah Diop, Co-Founder, with Issa Rae, Sienna Naturals
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“Samara was incredible. We hoped she would help a cohort of corporate climate influencers develop confidence as speakers. But what she actually did was show us how to mute the self-doubt and imposter syndrome, and teach us to relish the elements of our communication that make us unique and authentic—the kind of qualities that we want from our leaders.”
– Lucy Piper, Director, WorkforClimate
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"Samara’s workshop truly got 125 colleagues buzzing. Her framing on public speaking and on using our voices better is inspiring, fresh, instantly applicable, and literally exactly what the world needs now. One of my favorite AHA moments: Samara suggested that what matters when we speak is caring out loud. We all need to bring that approach to work."
– Andrea Rothschild, Strategic Advisor, Hill+Knowlton Strategies Global
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“Samara’s session was so insightful and uplifting. The feedback from our Women’s Group was outstanding! We’ve had many speakers –internal and external over the last 18 months–and this was by far the most well received!”
– Cheryl Dooley, Vice President, HR, Thyssenkrupp
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"You are truly a magical instructor and facilitator. You stretched us in the most productive ways. When the work felt difficult, you would hold up a mirror for us to be able to see ourselves—reminding us of things we had said or written, as a way to stoke the little fire burning inside our bellies. I love the work you are doing. And I love that I get to continue to float around in this shared, sacred, solar system with you."
– Alina Caceres, Healthcare Leader
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“I walked away from Samara's workshop with clarity: when we stand before investors we bring more than ideas; we bring a revolution. Our pitches are not serenades of conformity, but roars of defiance. We are the mischievous minds presenting solutions to big problems. We are humanizing.”
Isabell Springer, Founder and Psychotherapist
