

The InFluency Podcast
Hadar Shemesh
The InFluency podcast is your go-to resource for learning, speaking and teaching English.
Hadar Shemesh is a pronunciation expert and fluency coach with thousands of students around the world, though she herself was an intermediate speaker of English once.
In this podcast she will share her best strategies for learning English, speaking English with confidence and mastering the American accent.
Discover how becoming fluent has everything to do with acquiring the right mindset, setting goals and learning how to overcome challenges.
Hadar will also share her teaching philosophy and techniques to support English teachers looking to help their students become fluent.
Hadar Shemesh is a pronunciation expert and fluency coach with thousands of students around the world, though she herself was an intermediate speaker of English once.
In this podcast she will share her best strategies for learning English, speaking English with confidence and mastering the American accent.
Discover how becoming fluent has everything to do with acquiring the right mindset, setting goals and learning how to overcome challenges.
Hadar will also share her teaching philosophy and techniques to support English teachers looking to help their students become fluent.
Episodes
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Jan 20, 2023 • 23min
287. Real Stories About What's Possible | Interview with Piotr
My students and community members are truly inspiring. In these What's Possible episodes, I'll have a conversation with them about their journey, and in particular what has worked for them and led them to change the circumstances in their lives (for the better!). In this episode, Piotr, an amazing student of mine, shares how joining my program New Sound has helped him to like his voice in English and to take action and really get on his English journey with joy and confidence. Now, he forms friendships, does Karaoke, dabbles in acting and much more – all in English! Watch the video version of the interview here: https://bit.ly/3kvD5j9

Jan 17, 2023 • 19min
286. Why is speaking English with people so freakin' hard?!
Join my 30-day mindset training and transform the way you feel about your English: hadarshemesh.com/mindset If you lack confidence, feel anxious or nervous, or you're just ready to feel more CONFIDENT when you speak English, this is for you! Confidence and mindset are something we have to practice if we want to feel better about our English. It's just like with grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, and sometimes, it's even more essential. In this video, I talk about 5 different aspects you can work on to overcome your fears and become a more confident speaker in English. But I have identified 30 elements that hold you back from expressing yourself in English, and I created a 30-day audio training called My English Mindset, which is designed to help you transform how you feel in English and what you believe is possible for you. Read more about it here: hadarshemesh.com/mindset

Jan 13, 2023 • 35min
285. Real Stories About What's Possible | Interview with Brenda
Join my new mindset training! 30 days of audio trainings designed to transform your confidence and mindset in English hadarshemesh.com/mindset My students and community members are truly inspiring. In these What's Possible episodes, I'll have a conversation with them about their journey, and in particular what has worked for them and led them to change the circumstances in their lives (for the better!). In this episode, Brenda, a scholar and a professor in the field of Physics, shares how changing her mindset helped her to let go of the limiting belief that she was not qualified enough to teach, this mindset shift allowed her to get the position where she is today! Watch the video version of the interview here: https://bit.ly/3IN1mvc

Jan 10, 2023 • 23min
284. Practice English with Wednesday Addams | Shadowing Sounds & Intonation
Join my new mindset training! 30 days of audio trainings designed to transform your confidence and mindset in English hadarshemesh.com/mindset Download my shadowing analysis from the hit Netflix show Wednesday: https://hadarshemesh.com/shadowing-with-wednesday-freebie/ Shadowing is a great way to practice your pronunciation, prosody, grammar and so much more, but the key is knowing what to focus on. When you focus on EVERYTHING, you focus on NOTHING! Today, I'm going to teach you how to shadow intentionally, using a scene with Wednesday Addams from the Netflix show Wednesday I also prepared for you a free PDF with the shadowing analysis and notes so you can practice this speech on your own. Here's the PDF with analysis again: https://hadarshemesh.com/shadowing-with-wednesday-freebie/ Learn more about the R with these videos: https://bit.ly/3X0uovA

Jan 6, 2023 • 30min
283. Real Stories About What's Possible | Interview with Ekaterina
Join my new mindset training! 30 days of audio trainings designed to transform your confidence and mindset in English hadarshemesh.com/mindset My students and community members are truly inspiring. In these What's Possible episodes, I'll have a conversation with them about their journey, and in particular what has worked for them and led them to change the circumstances in their lives (for the better!). In this episode, Ekaterina, a student of mine and an ambassador in my signature program New Sound, shares how her English speaking skills have evolved since she decided to make English a daily habit and find new ways to challenge herself as well as inspire others. Watch the video version of the interview here: https://bit.ly/3jXOhEY Want to know more about New Sound? Get on the waitlist and be the first to hear when doors open in 2023! https://hadarshemesh.com/join/

Jan 3, 2023 • 14min
282. When you're not where you want to be in English
Join my new mindset training! 30 days of audio trainings designed to transform your confidence and mindset in English https://bit.ly/47wXuYD What can you do when you're not where you want to be in your fluency? As we go into a new year, you might be looking back at last year and feeling like you didn't accomplish what you wanted to in English. No doubt, this is a discouraging feeling! But have you ever stopped to ask yourself what exactly is holding you back from achieving your goals and being where you want to be? Or, maybe you have improved this year but you haven't realized how much progress you've made! No matter where you're at, today, I'll walk you through four different stages that could be causing this gap between where you are in your English, and where you want to be. Here are the four stages I discuss in today's episode: Have you set high expectations that are unachievable? Have you shown up for your English and created a practice habit? Have you practiced, but not improved because you fell into the illusion of learning? Have you improved, but you can't see it? Which of the stages do you identify the most with? Send me a DM on my Instagram and let me know! https://www.instagram.com/hadar.accentsway/ Get resources for each stage on my website: https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/gap-in-english/

Dec 30, 2022 • 22min
281. Real Stories About What's Possible | Interview with Gabriel
Join my new mindset training! 30 days of audio trainings designed to transform your confidence and mindset in English hadarshemesh.com/mindset My students and community members are truly inspiring. In these What's Possible episodes, I'll have a conversation with them about their journey, and in particular what has worked for them and led them to change the circumstances in their lives (for the better!). In this episode, my student Gabriel shares his journey in English, from feeling not good enough and avoiding speaking in public to making videos and actively joining conversations in English. Watch the video version of the interview here: https://bit.ly/3PY0C82

Dec 27, 2022 • 14min
280. How did you do in 2022? | A Year in Review
Join my new mindset training! 30 days of audio trainings designed to transform your confidence and mindset in English hadarshemesh.com/mindset How was your 2022? What are you wishing for yourself in 2023? In this episode I'm going to ask you 5 questions to reflect on to review 2022 and set the right intention for 2023. I'll also share with you my review and reflections! I invite you to share with me your wins, regrets, hopes, dreams, and resolutions in the comments or on my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hadar.accentsway/ Happy new year! Check out the video version of the episode here: https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/a-year-in-review-2022/ Join our safe and thriving InFluency Community with over 30000 people from all around the globe https://hadarshemesh.com/influency-community/ More end-of-year episodes: 10 Amazing tips That Will Skyrocket Your English Fluency: https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/english-fluency/ End of the Year 2020: https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/finally-fluent-in-english-1/

Dec 23, 2022 • 23min
279. Real Stories About What's Possible | Interview with Dharshini
My students and community members are truly inspiring. In these What's Possible episodes, I'll have a conversation with them about their journey, and in particular what has worked for them and led them to change the circumstances in their lives (for the better!). In this episode, Dharshini, a student of mine, shares about the shift she has made in her life. Dharshini used to avoid speaking in English because she didn't want to make any mistakes. But having gone through New Sound, she realized that she had to embrace her mistakes if she wanted to become more fluent. Watch the video version of the interview here: https://bit.ly/3FOfKQv

Dec 20, 2022 • 40min
278. Mistakes
Join my new mindset training! 30 days of audio trainings designed to transform your confidence and mindset in English hadarshemesh.com/mindset Are all mistakes in English equally important? What does that even mean to make a mistake? And who decides what IS a mistake ANYWAY?? In this episode, I discuss my holistic yet unconventional approach toward mistakes in English, and why I think the way we currently address mistakes is often the reason why people are struggling to see progress. The idea for this episode came from receiving MANY comments on a recent video I created calling out other YouTube creators for their content. It made me realize that we all need a decent shift in how we think about mistakes, and to recognize the complexity of speaking and owning any language. Listen to it here: https://hadarshemesh.com/podcast/268/


