Limit your Frustration with Speech There is an English speech vowel sound that causes frustration and communication breakdown. We’re going to suggest ways to repair this breakdown.  You probably encounter this breakdown whether you speak English as a second language or whether you speak English as your first language and communicate with people who speak […]

Start with Familiarity Do you know where to start to find out whether an accent specialist is RIGHT for YOU?  This article will equip you with 3 questions to help connect you with an accent specialist who’s right for you.  I was thinking of all of my clients as I was heading out of Indianapolis […]

Share your Story Do you know one way to engage and connect with your audience to draw clients to you?  Share your story.  Sharing your personal story that’s unique to you and only you draws your potential clients closer to you.  As a client of services yourself, think of the professionals with whom your energies […]

An Embarrassed Dalai Lama? Did you know that the Dalai Lama’s accent resulted in him being mistaken for saying an offensive swearword?  Accents don’t need to be embarrassing.  Have your accent ever caused you to make an embarrassing statement; a statement that you didn’t even intend to make?  You might have even felt like you’re […]

Research has shown that silence is uncomfortable for the human ear.  Wayne Dyer, Motivational Speaker and Author, has also alluded to the idea that to sit in a quiet room without thoughts filling our minds is an honorable goal that brings us closer to a higher power.  In this article, we equip you with 11 […]

Do you know where to start to find out whether an accent specialist is RIGHT for YOU?  This article will equip you with 3 questions to help connect you with an accent specialist who’s right for you.  I was thinking of all of my clients as I was heading out of Indianapolis towards Chicago after […]

The Power of Discomfort What makes you feel good?  Some would say a sense of comfort makes them feel good.  Others would argue that they’ve learned to feel empowerment in moving through discomfort.  D0 you know you can have BOTH?!  You can!  There is a paradox of the human spirit.  We are meant to continually […]

How to Sound Natural One of the questions that comes up often is “How do I make my English sound more natural to English listeners?”  This question is important.  It implies that communication is complex.  If you are a speaker of English who is searching and trying  to make your speech more easily understood, we […]

You Need More than Reading and Writing Most traditional English as a Second Language programs focus on reading and writing-not on speaking.  This usually results in being able to communicate better through writing.  This is a problem.  It is not your fault.  It is not the fault of the instructors.  It is not even important […]

What are Challenge Sounds? Do you experience “Challenge Sounds”?  Non-native Speakers of English sometimes encounter difficulty pronouncing specific English speech sounds. When accented speakers encounter this, for our purposes, we will call these “challenge sounds.”  These challenge sounds are English speech sounds that consistently give you trouble.  They are sounds that are not in your […]