The InFluency Podcast

Who am I? That was the question Glenda kept asking herself when she first moved from Costa Rica to the US. She was not able to communicate and felt terrified to even answer the phone or turn on her camera in a video call.
In this conversation, my student Glenda shares her journey from feeling powerless and dependent on her husband for everything, to building her own dog training business, hosting conversation groups and book clubs, and now raising her daughter… all in English :) 
I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did ♥️
👉 Join our Beyond community for English learners (Glenda is there too!): https://bit.ly/4nrfM5N

These Sprints are designed to set yourself up for success using daily articulation and speech exercises to make your pronunciation effortless and to be more clear in English!

Do this 10-minute pronunciation practice every morning before you start your day, or before an important meeting, and you'll feel the difference.

And if you want 30 daily Sprints just like this, get full access in my course, Sprint Master: https://bit.ly/419T61z

Get ready to read Atomic Habits Chapter 2 by James Clear out loud with me!

Follow along and improve your vocabulary and pronunciation with an excerpt from Atomic Habits!

Personally, I love this book. It's such a great book all about building habits that last (and these tips are great for language learning too!)

Check out Chapter 1 here: https://hadarshemesh.com/podcast/464/ 

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The R is one of the hardest sounds in English…but it doesn't have to be after this episode ;)

In American English, there are two R sounds: the strong R (red, around, crazy) and the soft R, or R vowels. That's when the R appears AFTER a vowel (car, here, first). 

In this focused practice session, we're working through the 5 key R vowel sounds together.

For each sound, I'll give you words and example sentences to follow along with. 

By the end, these tricky words like world, work, word, girl and first won't feel so scary anymore.

Want to go deeper into pronunciation? 

Join my FREE Pronunciation Masterclass! A full hour of everything I know about sounds, prosody, intonation, rhythm, and stress, so you can stop putting so much effort into speaking English. It's completely free, and it's going to be fun. → https://bit.ly/4cUif4r  

Check out these other R videos to keep practicing: https://bit.ly/4vMcltM

If you've ever felt funny, smart, and expressive in your first language, but timid, or smaller the moment you switch to English, this conversation is for you!
In this interview, I spoke with Valentina, a longtime student of mine, to talk about something almost every English learner feels but rarely has the words for: the gap between who you are and how you show up in English.
We get into the difference between the language gap (knowing more than you can say) and the identity gap (not feeling like yourself), why your English behaves differently depending on the room you're in, and how letting go of who you "should" be is the thing that finally sets your voice free.
This one is tender, honest, and full of permission. I loved every minute of it. 💛
To join our community, check it out here!
Beyond Community → https://bit.ly/4nrfM5N