Find Your Voice and Use It.
A five-stage method to move from fear to freedom — anywhere your voice needs to be heard. In the boardroom. On the stage. At the dinner table. In the mirror.
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- Recognized by TIME Magazine
- Carnegie Hall performer
- Ed.D. & former Chief School Administrator
- Stevie® Awards finalist
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"The voice you've been hiding is the one the room has been waiting for."
You know the feeling. The meeting ends and you rehearse what you should have said on the drive home. Someone else gets credit for the idea you swallowed. The moment passes, the room moves on, and you promise yourself next time.
You were not born quiet. Somewhere along the way you learned it — in a classroom, at a dinner table, in rooms that made it clear whose voice was welcome and whose was not.
This book is how you unlearn it.
Five moves. Any room.
At the heart of the book is the VOICE Method — five practical skills anyone can learn:
- ValueBelieve your voice deserves the room.
- OpenDismantle the inner critic and the old silencers.
- InstrumentTrain your breath, body, and sound.
- CouragePlan your moment — and take it.
- EchoLet your voice open doors for others.
Inside: the Trinity planning tool for getting clear before you speak, scripts for meetings where you're talked over, a guide to the hard conversations you've been postponing, and a 30-day on-ramp that starts smaller than you think it needs to.
Dr. Wilma Ann Anderson
Ask Dr. Wilma Ann what she does, and she'll tell you she helps people find the one thing they were almost talked out of: their own voice. She learned the work the hard way — as a frozen child soloist, a quiet "brainiac" who kept her hand down, and later a grown woman hiding behind her achievements.
The road back ran through more than fifteen years in education, rising to Chief School Administrator; a doctorate in education; co-founding Mahogany Baby, the parenting magazine that led TIME Magazine to recognize her as a parenting expert; and a lifetime of music as a Cornell-trained jazz vocalist who has performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Choral Society.
She wrote this book for the quiet ones — the brilliant people who keep their hand down. Her message is direct: your voice matters. Now go use it.
More about Dr. Wilma Ann →What readers are saying.
Find Your Voice and Use It is a reminder that our voice has value, even when we doubt ourselves. As an educator and entrepreneur, it encouraged me to be more intentional about speaking up for my vision and purpose. I'd encourage anyone who's hesitant to use their voice to read it — you never know who needs to hear what only you can share.
I have always had difficulty speaking in public. This book helped me realize that pleasure is the key. Use your voice to share, teach, perform or sell. As long as it brings you pleasure, it will be a good experience.
Not ready for the book? Start with the workbook.
The free VOICE Method Workbook walks you through the first exercises from the book — so you can hear the difference in your own voice this week. Readers who use it move faster and take the next steps needed to use their voice.
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Paperback · 126 pages · ISBN 979-8-951604-00-2