Say the Quiet Part Out Loud: Liberate Your Inner Changemaker

By Bina M. Patel

A love letter to the changemakers working tirelessly toward a more just future.

“I wrote this book for all of us, myself included. For everyone who is feeling defeated and about to give up — because I believe in us.

— Bina M. Patel

Perfect for leaders, changemakers, and teams, Say the Quiet Part Out Loud isn’t just a book—it’s a coach in your pocket. A reminder of your brilliance. A spark to reimagine what’s possible when we lead together.

Through bold storytelling and grounded insight, Bina invites readers to confront the unspoken truths about leadership, justice, and collective progress—and offers practical ways to navigate change with courage, clarity, and care.

  • "I am in love with this book!"

    Each beautifully considered page. Each thoughtfully crafted chapter. It is accessible and usable. The book fits perfectly in my bag so I can carry it’s wisdom with me; to read the unflinchingly honest, purposeful, and accurate passages, to take up the author’s invitations to pause and care for self (so as to care for the Collective) or to take time to reflect and complete one of many essential exercises within. I will always have something more to learn from this slender but generous book. Bina Patel is an intellect and a heart for our time. A great activist, teacher, leader, and healer.

    Martha Langa

  • "Healing is slow and not linear, but this book offers valuable first steps."

    This book is a guide through how to show up in challenging environments with choice, agency, power and purpose. Throughout its pages, this book calls readers to move with purpose because purpose makes intentional action more possible. Purpose can clarify what is and isn’t our work, who is and isn’t our people and can be an “antidote to overwhelm and fear” because “when we put focus first, speaking the truth feels powerful instead of causing anxiety or paralysis. Healing is slow and not linear, but this book offers valuable first steps.

    Shagufta Pasta

  • "A very real book about practical ways to change the world, a little bit at a time"

    I fell in love with the title of this book, but honestly, I didn't think it was written for me when I started it. I don't identify as a changemaker or a rebel or an activist... but I did identify with the fear and discomfort of saying the quiet part out loud…Thank you to the author for creating something that made me feel reassured about making small changes, and a little bit braver about saying the quiet part out loud.


    HelloDeana

  • "This book is unlike most books about best practices in the social impact community."

    While books of this kind are typically chock full of case studies, examples, and benchmarking, this one feels like a much-needed exhale. The format of the book reads as a conversation, a meditation, and an invitation to sit and reflect on your own journey as a changemaker.

    Charlotte Vitak

  • "Excellent Book! Highly recommend it!"

    “Truly enjoyed reading it and the workbook component built into it. Highly recommended.”

    Dion


  • "This book met me where I am."

    Where I am trying to understand new (but still old) fears, find my space, reconnect with my purpose. As I zoom out, as my vantage point shifts, as I go deeper - identity begs to evolve. But first within. And that is a confusing journey. This book offered the kind of support and validation that I have learned not to need or even want. It helped enough to influence my inner dialogue…at the right time.

    Soofia Mahmood

what’s inside:

  • Reflective prompts and personal storytelling

  • Coaching-inspired practices and micro-tools

  • Practical frameworks for inclusive leadership

  • Stories of resilience, resistance, and real change

  • Gentle encouragement + bold truth-telling

who this is for:

  • Leaders who feel called to do things differently

  • Changemakers on the edge of burnout

  • Teams ready to center equity and care in their culture

  • Organizers, facilitators, educators, and nonprofit professionals

  • Anyone committed to justice, longing for purpose, or needing a dose of hope

get your copy

let’s say the quiet part out loud, together

Engage your team, community, and organization with Bina in energizing and purposeful ways.

  • Bina can join your organizational or community book club discussions and debriefs. Get real-time coaching and encouragement while moving the book’s ideas and reflections into action. 

  • Focused on bringing STQPOL to life for audiences, this popular book talk is an experience! Looking for some encouragement, inspiration, and even a dose of love for your fellow changemakers — this is the right keynote for your audience! Deepen your purpose and unleash your inner changemaker!

  • This workshop creates space to dive more deeply into the practice and application of content in the book - particularly great for teams looking to be more purposeful and courageous in their leadership.