The InFluency Podcast

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!
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Today's episode is a bit different. That's because today, I am going to talk to you about the 10 reasons why I ABSOLUTELY LOVE being a non-native speaker.
From having multiple personalities and voices in different languages, to the personal development journey that language learning truly is…this episode is not about pronunciation or grammar. Just the truth about what it means to speak more than one language.
If you've ever felt embarrassed about your accent, guilty about making mistakes, or like you're "not enough" compared to native speakers, this episode is for you.