FOR THE MOMENTS THAT DEFINE YOU
Speaking is legacy work.
The pitch that closes the deal. The talk that changes the conversation. The moment where everyone's watching and you show up—fully, finally—and the room feels it and falls in love.
That's what we build together.
For over fifteen years, I've worked with business leaders, founders, creative powerhouses, rising superstars, and first-time candidates—on the presentations and public moments that define their career and shift our culture. The work is part communication strategy, part coaching, part co-creation.
Always high-stakes. Always deeply human.
Whether you have something urgent coming up or you're ready for something to fundamentally change about how you lead out loud—you're in the right place.
This is where it begins. Welcome.
This is where it begins. Welcome.
Ways to Work Together
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Two ways to work together when you need support soon.
THE POWER HOUR
90 minutes — $2,500One problem, one project, one question you've been circling for years. In 90 minutes together I can usually see exactly what's getting in your way, what to do about it, and how to stop your power from leaking.
You’ve got a specific upcoming moment you want to approach right.
Or a story you've been trying to tell your whole career.
Or an uplevel you sense is just out of reach.Get clarity, a gameplan, and a new sense of permission and power.
Sessions tend to be holistic, intense, full of revelations, instantly applicable, and surprisingly fun. You’ll receive recording/transcript directly after, so you can stay present during the session itself.
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THE CO-CREATION
Two weeks — $5,500 to $9,500 depending on scopeFor the talk, speech, pitch, or presentation that matters, you do not have to figure it out alone.
Over two weeks we meet four times and work together between sessions on a shared document: your words, your stories, your ideas—shaped and sharpened by a thought partner and strategist who’s ready to fall in love with your ideas and be ruthless about making them land.
Structure. Guidance. A champion to listen deeply and pull out your best ideas, stories, and messages. A collaborator and coach to turn them into something you’re deeply proud of and on fire to deliver.
Finally a place to build, refine, and practice till you’re truly ready.
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THE PERMISSION PARTNERSHIP
Three months to start—with the option to continueThis is the ride.
This is also the opposite of "count your ums"—traditional coaching that gets in your head and flattens your spirit. This is finally having the strategic partner who gets you, champions your ideas, and helps you translate your brilliance to any stage, any room, any moment.
For leaders who want an ongoing thought partner, advisor, and creative ally on everything speaking and leadership related. The recurring moments, the evolving narrative, the long game of how you hold power out loud.
Whole-hearted and holistic—nothing's off the table. Energy, clarity, what's going on in the world inevitably affect how you show up. A real-time sounding board for the big stuff and the small.
I work with only a few clients at a time so I can offer the support you truly need.
We start with three months and see from there. Most partnerships continue. The work tends to get more interesting over time, not less.
Reach out to talk about whether this is the right fit.
*I work in conjunction with comms teams or independently.
“I was expecting Samara to offer really great insights on things like word choice, big ideas, emotional messaging. But she went so far beyond my expectations.
she got me to think so much bigger and more precisely about my dreams, which was a wonderful revelation, and goes far beyond delivering any one particular talk or speech.”
— A client at Google DeepMind
Getting Started is easy
01 Choose what you want
Grab your Power Hour and a member of the Permission Inc. team will contact you ASAP to schedule your session.
OR get in touch with us using the button below to discuss a Co-Creation or Permission Partnership if you know you need more—more time, more opportunites to apply the work, and more ongoing support to make meaningful shifts in your whole approach to leadership out loud.
02 dream a little
You and I connect on Zoom to explore your speaking and leadership goals, and how I can best support your vision so it becomes real and soon.
03 FEEL THE Permission
We start our work together. You have the deft and dynamic support you need to reach your deepest and truest speaking and leadership goals.
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What people are saying…
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“Working with Samara was a total gamechanger as I began pitching my product to high profile retailers. 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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"You are truly a magical instructor and facilitator. You stretched us in the most productive ways. When the work felt a little too 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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“Samara is a true visionary. I worked closely with Samara to develop young women leaders running for office. Using the lens of public speaking and the value of our voice, she brought her own unique experience to lift up women from all backgrounds and help them with the tangible tools and radical vision to reimagine each woman’s unique ability to make change. Samara is not only brilliant. She is generous, dynamic, and magnetic. When she speaks, she is mesmerizing.”
– Sarah Jakle, Founder, DemocraShe
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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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"Thank you, thank you, Samara! That was perfect."
– Ricky Martin, Global Pop Star
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"Samara's energy and singular approach unlocked a hidden part of me that was aching to be exposed and seen. Her fresh perspective, filled with empathy, wit and wisdom, offered me a trusting hand, or more of an extension to it: a bungee cord safe enough for me to go out, challenge myself, and jump!"
– J.L., Entrepreneur
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“Samara taught me how to use my own voice— a voice that I’ve been unable to access on command for my entire life. I finished our time together with a stump speech that I was ready to deliver and have fun with. Samara blew my mind, and the best part, honestly, is that it WORKED.”
– C.B., running for US. Congress
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“What a fucking gift your Zooms are. (And there’s a sentence that is entirely new to the universe.)”
– S.N., corporate leader
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“Wow wow. I’ve hired copywriters and coaches but no one’s been able to listen to the random plot of my life and turn it into a STORY I can tell—about my values and my why. And Samara did it LIKE THAT. It was utterly mind-blowing and left me feeling not just better equipped to go into pitch meetings and podcast interviews, but also better seen.”
– C.K., Founder
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"I won a session with Samara in an auction and I can honestly say, it was more valuable than the guitar I once won signed by Dolly Parton."
– D.K., CEO
