Book Review: Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

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Thank you Netgalley and Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster an advance copy of Speak:  Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to be by Tunde Oyeneyin. 

I love my Peloton and when I saw that Tunde had written a book and I could request it on Netgalley, I jumped at the chance.  I was so excited when I was approved for the advanced copy I was thrilled. 

On any given day, thousands of devoted people clip into their bikes and have their lives changed by Tunde Oyeneyin. From her platform in a Peloton studio, she encourages riders with her trademark blend of positivity, empathy, and motivational “Tunde-isms,” to push themselves to their limits both on and off the bike. Now, fans and readers everywhere can learn about her personal journey, and discover how they too can “live a life of purpose, on purpose” with Speak, a memoir-manifesto-guide to life inspired by her immensely popular Instagram Live series of the same name.

Taking us through each step of the SPEAK acronym—Surrender, Power, Empathy, Authenticity, and Knowledge—Oyeneyin shares the lessons she has learned about loss, love, body image, and how she has successfully created an intentional, joyful life for herself, offering an accessible blueprint for anyone looking to make a positive change in their lives.

Although Speak is not my typical genre, I was excited to see what Tunde had to say.  When I read the description I thought it would be a motivational self-help book, while there are plenty of phrases and steps to improve our life I found the book was more of a memoir. 

I loved reading about Tunde’s life.  I knew some of the things from taking Peloton rides with her but some things I did not.  I immediately could hear her saying everything she wrote out loud and loved that I could hear her voice while reading.  I connected to her especially when she was discussing body image.  I have struggled with my body image in the last few years, and I loved her take on what I should do and plan to use that going forward. 

Even if you have not road the bike to no where, I think you would enjoy this book. 

Have you read Speak?  If you like memoirs this book is for you.  You can preorder it for May 3^rd publication.