
Outspoken
Why Women's Voices Get Silenced and How to Set Them Free
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Veronica Rueckert
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A big think, conversation-changing book, full of practical advice, about how women can learn to claim the power of their voices in the workplace and at home, and what needs to change so they can finally be heard.
From the Supreme Court to the conference room to the classroom, women find themselves interrupted much more often than their male counterparts. Worse, a 2015 Yale University study revealed that women executives who spoke more often than their peers were rated 14 percent less competent, while male executives who did the same thing enjoyed a 10 percent competency bump. And a 2016 study from USC found women account for only a third of speaking roles in top US movies.
It’s undeniable: women’s voices aren’t being heard - at work, at home, in every facet of their lives. The fault lies not with women, but in a culture that seeks to silence women’s voices. However, there are skills every woman can harness to understand her own voice and learn how to use it with confidence.
With Outspoken, Veronica Rueckert - a Peabody Award-winning former host at Wisconsin Public Radio, trained opera singer, and communications expert - teaches women to speak with the confidence, clarity, and authority that will get them heard. Outspoken provides listeners with the insight, guidance, and encouragement they need to use their voice to successfully communicate in meetings, around the dinner table, and during future political debates.
Written with a warm and engaging tone, brimming with practical advice and accessible stories, Outspoken is a substantive yet entertaining analysis of why most males - and many females - don’t grant women the power to speak. Most importantly, it includes solutions for change. Positive, confident and supportive, this welcome and much need guide will help reshape the world and make it better for women - and for everyone.
©2019 Veronica Rueckert (P)2019 HarperAudioListeners also enjoyed...
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Do you spend more time worrying about problems than solving them? Do you let unexpected difficulties ruin your day and do "what ifs" keep you up at night? Sounds like you need to Calm the F*ck Down. Just because things are falling apart doesn't mean YOU can't pull it together. Whether you're stressed about sh*t that hasn't happened yet or freaked out about sh*t that already has, the NoWorries method from "anti-guru" Sarah Knight helps you curb the anxiety and overthinking that's making everything worse.
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Highly enjoyed this book
- By Brandi S on 01-04-19
By: Sarah Knight
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Single on Purpose
- Redefine Everything. Find Yourself First.
- By: John Kim
- Narrated by: John Kim
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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The author of I Used to Be a Miserable F*ck, The Angry Therapist, now teaches you how to prioritize your relationship with yourself and live a more meaningful life, whether you’re alone, dating, or with a partner. Single. On Purpose. is for people who have never been involved, people who have jumped from partner to partner, and those who have lost themselves in their current relationship - anyone who needs to learn that there’s more to life than who we choose to love.
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Relationship junky!
- By Emily Braun on 01-27-21
By: John Kim
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She Minds Her Own Business
- Design a Life and Business You Love
- By: Krystel Stacey
- Narrated by: Jill Young
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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"She" is an entrepreneur who pursued her goals, designed her life, and loved every inch of it. She wasn’t worried about what “they” were doing or how they defined success. She didn’t listen to what they had to say, because she wasn’t doing it for “them”. She set her own standards and priorities. She pursued her goals and lived life to its fullest potential. She kept her head in the clouds and her feet on the ground. She stayed focused on the joie de vivre, celebrating the joy of life with each and every tiny victory.
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Easy Listen
- By Ilona C on 01-25-24
By: Krystel Stacey
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After the Rain
- Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self-Love
- By: Alexandra Elle
- Narrated by: Alexandra Elle
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
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In After the Rain, celebrated self-care storyteller Alexandra Elle delivers 15 lessons on how to overcome obstacles, build confidence, and cultivate abundance. Part memoir and part guide, Elle shares stirring stories from her own remarkable journey from self-doubt to self-love. This soulful collection is filled with illuminating reflections on loss, fear, bravery, healing, love, acceptance, and more.
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Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
- By Anonymous User on 08-05-21
By: Alexandra Elle
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Women & Power
- A Manifesto
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Mary Beard
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
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At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack and demean women the world over, including, very often, Mary herself. In Women & Power, she traces the origins of this misogyny to its ancient roots, examining the pitfalls of gender and the ways that history has mistreated strong women since time immemorial.
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Short and fabulous
- By André C. on 03-13-20
By: Mary Beard
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Healing the Soul of a Woman Devotional
- 90 Inspirations for Overcoming Your Emotional Wounds
- By: Joyce Meyer
- Narrated by: Jodi Carlisle
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
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Healing the Soul of a Woman delved deeply into Joyce Meyer's personal story and the journey of healing for all women. Despite suffering from years of abuse, abandonment, and betrayal by those closest to her, Joyce firmly believes a woman who has been deeply hurt by life's circumstances can be healed, heart and soul. Now, in this companion devotional, Joyce will guide you through 90 daily devotionals to encourage you through whatever obstacles may be holding you back from finding your true destiny. God can heal your pain, and He wants to do this in you.
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Total blessing!
- By Amazon Customer on 12-03-19
By: Joyce Meyer
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This Is Your Brain on Birth Control
- How the Pill Changes Everything
- By: Sarah Hill
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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This paradigm-shattering book provides an even-handed, science-based understanding of who women are, both on and off the pill. It will change the way that women think about their hormones and how they view themselves. It also serves as a rallying cry for women to demand more information from science about how their bodies and brains work and to advocate for better research. This book will help women make more informed decisions about their health, whether they're on the pill or off of it.
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Alright.
- By brenda on 01-18-20
By: Sarah Hill
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Fear Is My Homeboy
- How to Slay Doubt, Boss Up, and Succeed on Your Own Terms
- By: Judi Holler
- Narrated by: Judi Holler
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In Fear Is My Homeboy, author Judi Holler has a message: It's time to stop letting fear boss you around so you can start leveling up personally and professionally. This is a book for people who believe that they deserve more. Holler focuses on helping the listener shut down self-doubt so they can start taking action. After listening to this audiobook Judi promises that you will get braver, bolder, and more confident in your natural-born badassery.
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Not a fan
- By Swanky on 11-24-21
By: Judi Holler
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Keep It Shut
- What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing At All
- By: Karen Ehman
- Narrated by: Julie Lyles Carr
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Kind, encouraging, and humorous, Karen Ehman helps us learn the essential practice of using our words more effectively - alleviating heartache and regret, reducing relational tension and conflict, lessening our stress levels, and growing our relationship with God. From Bible times to modern times women have struggled with their words. What to say and how to say it. What not to say. When it is best to remain silent. And what to do when you’ve said something you wish you could now take back.
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Horrid
- By Becky on 07-31-15
By: Karen Ehman
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A Gentle Reminder
- By: Bianca Sparacino
- Narrated by: Lynn Bradford
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
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A gentle reminder for the days you feel light in this world, and for the days in which the sun rises a little slower. A gentle reminder for when your heart is full of hope and for when you are learning how to heal it. A gentle reminder for when you finally begin to trust in the goodness and for when you need the kind of words that hug your broken pieces back together. A gentle reminder for when growth hangs heavy in the air, for when you need to tuck your strength into your bones just to make it to tomorrow.
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The narrator r of this was amazing
- By debbie on 12-03-22
By: Bianca Sparacino
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The Mastery of Love
- A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship
- By: don Miguel Ruiz
- Narrated by: Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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In The Mastery of Love, don Miguel Ruiz illuminates the fear-based beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships. Using insightful stories to bring his message to life, Ruiz shows us how to heal our emotional wounds, recover the freedom and joy that are our birthright, and restore the spirit of playfulness that is vital to loving relationships.
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An amazing book!
- By Luda S on 10-13-06
By: don Miguel Ruiz
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All About Love
- New Visions
- By: bell hooks
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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“The word ‘love’ is most often defined as a noun, yet we would all love better if we used it as a verb,” writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love. Here, at her most provocative and intensely personal, renowned scholar, cultural critic and feminist bell hooks offers a proactive new ethic for a society bereft with lovelessness--not the lack of romance, but the lack of care, compassion, and unity. People are divided, she declares, by society’s failure to provide a model for learning to love.
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A vocabulary about love
- By Jess on 04-13-24
By: bell hooks
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Set Boundaries, Find Peace
- A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
- By: Nedra Glover Tawwab
- Narrated by: Nedra Glover Tawwab
- Length: 8 hrs
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Healthy boundaries. We all know we should have them - in order to achieve work/life balance, cope with toxic people, and enjoy rewarding relationships with partners, friends, and family. But what do "healthy boundaries" really mean - and how can we successfully express our needs, say "no", and be assertive without offending others? Licensed counselor, sought-after relationship expert, and one of the most influential therapists on Instagram Nedra Glover Tawwab demystifies this complex topic for today's world.
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Your Opinion is the Only Valid One
- By c on 05-13-21
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- Treena
- 07-04-19
Wonderful exploration of the sound and the politics of our voices
Veronica Rueckert does an amazing job using her very own voice to tell her own story and help us learn to use ours. She is a amazing teacher. She made me fascinated about my voice, my habits, and ways I may more fully embody it. Her book and her voice are super fun to listen to and made me laugh. I want to learn more and practice using my breath and voice to it’s fullest. This book provides so many fun allusions, so much relevant “trivia” and data, and ways to practice exploring ways to breath, be, and speak. Thank you Veronica!
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- KerriMae
- 07-26-23
Overall a beneficial book to read, just not my style
The wisdom and information and experiences presented in this book are really good. I did find myself zoning out a lot over some parts that were not as interesting to me…some things were pretty cookie cutter, or presented in a way that was really basic (kind of cheesy sometimes too). To me, often it sounded like AI reading me a book (because the authors voice is so professional). But to each their own! I think it’s a good book overall even if I didn’t love all of it/presentation. I learned many things, and I have yet to find out how these new learnings will imprint on me, and perhaps change my course on this wild journey!
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- SME
- 10-07-19
Educational, entertaining and enlightening
Outspoken by Veronica Rueckert is educational, entertaining and enlightening.
The book is part research, part stories (for inspiration) and part helpful tips - a satisfying combination.
It is validating to read about the studies that demonstrate that women are interrupted much more often than their male counterparts (for example). Though validation can be a double edged sword (“I thought so…but now what?”), this book empowers the reader with very specific tips for how to be better heard (and interrupted less) and how bring power to your voice.
And instead of feeling bogged down with the sad fact that women’s voices are not fully being heard – Rueckert seasons the book with inspiring stories of women finding their voices and implements a dexterous writing style that leaves a smile on your face.
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- Diana
- 01-06-24
Feminist crap
I’m in chapter 3 and can’t continue. It’s all poor me or poor whomever she’s using as an example- we’re marginalized because of this or that. Oh boohoo, put on your big girl panties and be professional.
She does eventually provide some speech lessons to improve your dialect or other voice concerns. Unfortunately, way, way too little compared to the excuses and victim hood.
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