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| 2 |  +9No text... | 42 |
| 3 | Hey everyone 👋 Here’s something new.
Below are good examples of mental images! | 38 |
| 4 |  +5Hey everyone 👋 Here’s something new.
Below are good examples of mental images! | 1 |
| 5 | +9 No text... | 1 |
| 6 | 📚 A new article is now live on the blog!
Why Confident People Go Silent in Another Language
Many advanced English speakers think they need more confidence.
But confidence is often not the real issue.
In this article, I explore what actually happens when intelligent, accomplished people suddenly go quiet in English, and why the solution has little to do with confidence.
If you've ever felt like you have much more to say than you can express in English, I think you'll find this helpful.
Read the article HERE. | 97 |
| 7 | A client meeting in English: you just said it. You came prepared, and your arguments do make sense. You practiced at 8 a.m. in the kitchen. You're waiting for them to process and give you feedback.
10 seconds of silence.
People look confused.
Then a native speaker on your team says EXACTLY the same thing that you have just said, and everybody nods. Everybody now understands.
This is the cost of not investing in accuracy.
They repeated what you said. They also said it in English. But turns out, the English they used - matters.
They used slightly different wording. Structured the message differently. Sent precise mental images. And it all landed differently too.
Accuracy matters. It's not compliance. It's care.
I know you hate revisiting grammar, but it's not about drilling it again. It's about SEEing how your message lands and it why it doesn't.
Try seeing what they see as you speak, and you'll understand the price you're paying when you default to your autopilot speaking behaviors. | 123 |
| 8 |  "Most high-end professionals resist "English coaching" because they are insulted by the market.
The market wants to treat you like a student. It wants to give you idiom lists, teach you how to write emails, or force you into tongue-twisting exercises to "erase your accent" as if your heritage is a defect to be cured. It is patronizing, remedial, and a complete waste of your time.
Let us be completely honest: Your English does need refinement, but not to please a textbook. And please, no textbook!
When your grammar slips or your vocabulary flattens during a moment of high emotional pressure—like a heated disagreement with a co-founder or a raw conversation about your creative passions—it isn't an academic failure. It is an identity failure.
If your language lacks precision, your intellectual weight cannot land. If you cannot command the subtle nuances of English storytelling, your personal brand becomes generic by default.
Accuracy is not about compliance. Accuracy is an act of ultimate self-respect. It is the refusal to allow your message to be diluted by a tool you haven't fully mastered."
From a new article I'm working on (coming soon)
Meanwhile, If you recognize yourself in the writing above, I'm inviting you to join our Deep Dive into Accuracy. Apply here
If you are looking for confidential 1:1 coaching, send a DM | 83 |
| 9 |  +7I know you want to sound as smart and competent in English as you are in your first language.
You know that no language course will fix it.
This post is not to convince you to fix your English. I'm inviting you to start paying attention to how you're being received in English, and not only to the words you choose to say.
When you're focused solely on the "right words", you translate (to make sure the words are correct), and you don't have the capacity to pay attention to how they're received.
I teach the art of sending and receiving mental images because this is how you care about the connection you're wanting to build.
People who carelessly throw "correct words" at you care little about what you do with them. They're more occupied with their self-image. They want to be the one who said it correctly and beautifully.
I'm inviting you to see the perspective of someone who keeps receiving broken signals. They hear words, but they can't connect them into a meaningful story/request/statement. Can they even see what you mean? Is it easy for them to get what the point is or are they struggling?
Native speakers quickly disconnect from the conversations when SEEing what you mean is too much effort. Remember, they don't translate. They simply don't have another language to translate into.
The free digest: "Mental Images"
The recent blog post
The Practice Studio where you can train the skill | 60 |
| 10 |  No text... | 52 |
| 11 | I started writing on Substack. If you already use the app, let's connect here. It's more convenient for long-form content
https://substack.com/@nataliatokar | 60 |
| 12 |  +1This is why
1. I read out loud and help people read what they love out loud
2. Curate my own content
3. Translate the internal experiences into words - the external system that helps me connect writhe people who get me | 68 |
| 13 | The full video on being correct vs being clear.
Spoiler: clarity requires accuracy to be received.
https://youtu.be/_uhDXb3G-ok?si=RK-qe1si2Nfsx4IW | 60 |
| 14 | Would you rather be admired by strangers or admired by the people who know your flaws?
Being yourself in another language feels like being exposed. When you make mistakes in front of other people, you show them your flaws. and you have no control over whether they will stay or turn away.
That's why a lot of people who started learning English more than a decade ago sort of bought into the culture of "speak like a native speaker, or you're a fraud". A culture that trained them to perform perfect English instead of becoming themselves in English.
I've been changing this culture. Along with other individuals who also walk the walk and learn to speak the language of BEING rather than the language of perfectly translated words.
FLUENCY is never about the number of words you know. Besides, there's a lot more than fluency. What I teach is the art of being YOU and sounding like YOU - in English too. | 57 |
| 15 | https://youtu.be/md_1zMlaxlE?si=8Q5BeTJTLaANfUJf
A video to remind you that The Synchronization Exercise is GOLD
Do it more often. A collection of free exercises is here | 53 |
| 16 | ⬆️⬆️⬆️
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A new container for people who are ready to meet every week for an hour and practice SPONTANEOUS EXPRESSION.
The best way to practice spontaneous speech is to devote yourself to regular practice with people who will call you higher.
1. Spontaneous speech
2. Storytelling in the moment
3. Vibe, Energy, Inner State.
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Only 6 people!
Weekly meetings
YOUR situations are the agenda, the curriculum and the priority.
Expect to play the long game. 6 months +
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Leave a comment or DM @nataliatokar if spontaneous, unfiltered, authentic conversations in English is what you want to learn. | 75 |
| 17 | Voice message | 68 |
| 18 |  Read the blog post here - https://nataliatokar.me/blog/tpost/9jbyg5st21-learning-a-language-vs-developing-sponta | 60 |
| 19 | A new blog post on Mental Images with EXAMPLES is OUT
https://nataliatokar.me/blog/tpost/9jbyg5st21-learning-a-language-vs-developing-sponta | 58 |
| 20 | ⬆️⬆️⬆️ Again, another fragment from my REAL accent practice.
Listen to more examples of what spontaneous speaking practice sounds like here - on my telegram.
I’m not a native speaker. I built the way I speak through practice. Then I developed a method to help ambitious learners (who feel stuck ) to get to the level of authentic expression in English.
If you want to work on your American voice and get to new levels of fluency, send a DM and share your story to @nataliatokar
We have a community for people like you, and I’ll be excited for you to join and practice with us.
Learn the method here - for advanced learners ready for a NEW method-
Nataliatokar.me/themethod | 56 |
