About the Book
What if your voice held more power, presence, and possibility than you ever imagined?
Your voice is more than a tool—it’s a living thread that weaves you into the world. Whether you're rallying your team, delivering hard truths, connecting to a prospective client, or even comforting your child, your voice is a vital component of every conversation.
In this surprising and deeply practical guide, vocal coach and songweaver Barbara McAfee invites you to explore The Five Elements Framework—Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, and Air—as a path to reclaiming your full voice. With humor, heart, and years of experience coaching leaders and changemakers, she helps you rediscover your natural range and presence—not just to sound better, but to connect more deeply, lead more effectively, and live more fully.
Through vivid stories, playful practices, and evocative songs, you’ll learn to:- Communicate with clarity, presence, and credibility
- Lead difficult conversations with emotional intelligence and care
- Infuse your messaging with creativity, authenticity, and impact
- Harness the expressive range of your voice to inspire and engage
- Reconnect with parts of yourself that deepen your leadership and your life
Whether you're a seasoned speaker, an introverted leader, a new manager, a creative professional, a team facilitator—or simply a human ready to come more alive—this book is your invitation to find your full voice—and let it change everything.
About the Author :
Barbara McAfee is a singer/songwriter, vocal coach, speaker, and consultant with over twelve years of experience in organizational change. She has studied with members of the Roy Hart Centre and recorded six CDs.as a voice coach, She's helped a wide variety of people - including leaders, coaches, consultants, physicians, shower singers, and teenagers -- to "find their voice," whatever that means to them.
Review :
This offering is perfectly timed. Many of us want to use our voice well as never before. We want to be in conversations not arguments. We want to give voice to our truth without creating problems. How do we use our voice to create possibilities rather than threats, to invite people to join us rather than retreat? How can we tap our voice to strengthen our leadership, relationships, and well-being? This delightful and trustworthy guide will support us in developing our voice in this way – and offers us songs of encouragement and inspiration as we learn.-Margaret Wheatley, author of 13 books from Leadership and the New Science to Restoring Sanity
This book opens a new pathway into personal healing. It offers a means to reconstruct our story about ourselves and our presence in the world. Barbara McAfee calls this practice vocal intelligence. She explains how our relationship to our voice offers a metaphor our life, which opens another avenue to reclaiming our wholeness. This is truly a groundbreaking piece of work -- in both its concept and its invitation to engage. Also, in the shape and form of this creation, Barbara reinvents the potential of this thing called an audiobook.- Peter Block.
Author and Citizen of Cincinnati
Barbara’s calling is your voice. In ways practical, expert, and skilled—and in ways spiritual and soulful—she will help you realize, share, and enjoy the fullness of your voice. Voice—not just sounds made richer but the expression of your own unique life in all its colors and experiences. You will live more fully, more alive, as you grow from her invitation to full vocal expression. - David O'Fallon, PhD; President MacPhail Center for Music (ret) and President, Minnesota Humanities Center (ret)
This audiobook is the perfect medium for Barbara McAfee's brilliance to shine through. She has taught thousands to discover the 'story of their voice,' and you will absolutely find yours—and much more—as you listen to her profound lessons on vocal intelligence. For leaders seeking to unlock their full potential and maximize their teams' effectiveness, this is essential listening. Download it today.- Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, Ph.D., CSP Author, The Introverted Leader: Building on Your Quiet Strength
In this creative and practical book, Barbara challenges us to find our voices and to think deeply about how they reflect and support our calling. This profound work connects us to one of our most basic human needs - finding our authentic voice and expressing our authentic selves.- Nick Nissley, President Northwestern Michigan College
Barbara McAfee shows leaders the power of discovering their full voice. Her vision is compelling: our voices can embody the qualities we most want to bring to ourselves and our teams. She’s discovered how to apply a growth mindset to the voice and shows how anyone can shape their voice through deliberate practice. -Kevin Majeres, MD, Co-Founder – OptimalWork, Psychiatrist – Harvard Medical School
