This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2595.
Do you find yourself loving English?
Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times.
Are you feeling stuck with your English?
We 'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection,
not perfection, with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS whiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer.
Coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.
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What are the things that you feel compelled to do?
And what is the difference between saying you have to do these things?
Find out the answer and learn how to speak more precisely in English.
You in your native language?
Confident, funny, opinionated.
Now, who are you in English?
If you feel smaller, quieter, or less expressive, that's not because you're bad at English.
It's because fluency is tied to identity.
When you're unsure, you hold back.
And when you hold back, people don't see the real you.