About Me - Simone Laraway

I founded The Vocal Bureau after years of working across the creative marketing services sector, SaaS companies, start-Ups, Universities, and all kinds of organisations, helping people communicate clearly, confidently, and in a way that actually feels like them. I work with businesses, teams, and individuals to build confidence in the moments that really matter: pitching, outreach, cold‑calling, meetings, and public speaking.

Before all of that, I trained and worked as an actor and singer, so performance, presence, and handling pressure are ingrained into how I teach. I know what it feels like to be “on”, and I help people find a voice that feels natural and expressive rather than rehearsed or strained.

I’m also a trained health coach and voice-gym practitioner, which means I take a whole‑body approach to voice, breath, posture, dentistry, nervous‑system regulation, and the health issues that can shape how you speak and how you show up. A lot of my work involves supporting people through stress and burnout, helping them rebuild confidence, calm, and clarity so their voice works with them, not against them.

And because I’ve spent years in new business myself, pitching, cold‑calling, building pipelines from scratch - I wrote The Holistic Guide to Cold‑Calling to help people approach outreach in a way that feels human, sustainable, and actually effective.