The InFluency Podcast

What if the thing holding you back in English isn't actually your English?

In this conversation, I sit down with my friend Kara Loewentheil, bestselling author of Take Back your Brain and host of the UnF*ck Your Brain podcast, to talk about the thoughts, fear, perfectionism, and shame that can keep us from speaking up, even when we already have the language to communicate.

Learn more about Kara:
📖 Take Back Your Brain https://www.takebackyourbrainbook.com/
🎙️ UnF*ck Your Brain https://apple.co/4yRtiVK
Instagram: @karaloewentheil

Kara Loewentheil is the founder of The School of New Feminist Thought, the host of the internationally top-ranked podcast UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone (55 million downloads and counting), and the author of the instant national bestseller Take Back Your Brain: How A Sexist Society Gets in Your Head – and How to Get It Out, which made six bestseller charts including USA Today and The New York Times and has been translated into multiple languages.

Want to use English tenses correctly without stopping to think about the grammar every time you speak?

In this lesson, we'll practice common English verbs across the past, present, and future using the simple, continuous, and perfect aspects.

But we're not just learning the grammar. We're practicing how these structures actually SOUND when you speak English naturally.

We'll practice with three common verbs:
→ MAKE
→ GET
→ TAKE

Want more practice like this? Check out my Grammar Master training here: https://bit.ly/4o1PPdb

Want to improve your English pronunciation, intonation, vocabulary, and confidence? Read out loud with me!

In this episode, we're practicing with an excerpt from Dare to Lead by Brené Brown.

We'll practice together, break down useful vocabulary and expressions, work on pronunciation and rhythm, and shadow different parts of the text so you can practice sounding more natural and expressive in English.

Check out my other read aloud episodes here: https://bit.ly/4cFoiJV

You asked, we answered! In this Q&A, Christina and I answer questions from our Beyond community, Instagram, and YouTube audience. We got questions about pronunciation, fluency, confidence, creativity, and finding your own voice in a second language.

How do you pronounce the -ED ending in English?
In this pronunciation lesson, I'll break down the 3 ways to pronounce -ED endings in English and show you how to know which pronunciation to use.
We'll practice words like:
👉 needed, ended, decided, waited
👉 played, enjoyed, called, loved, cleaned
👉 worked, watched, washed, laughed, asked
You'll also learn what happens to these sounds in connected speech, how to pronounce difficult consonant clusters, and why dropping the final sound can sometimes make it sound like you're using the wrong tense