Beyond the ACCENT: Speak Without Limits, with Keri

• Who Do You Think You Are? Between Languages, Between Selves: a Conversation with Aviya Gavriel, Accent Coach & Psychology Mind

  What happens to confidence when your voice crosses languages?In this episode, Aviya Gavriel, Israeli-born accent coach and psychology student based in Los Angeles, joins me to talk about the space between our native and adopted selves, and what it takes to feel at home in both. We trace her story from a small Israeli village and Orthodox schooldays to an LA adolescence of “matcha and drama.” Aviya shares how she first became fascinated by speech after silently watching a professor’s mouth move, and how studying psychology later helped her understand the link between ego, learning, and voice. Together, we talk about:• why slowing down can change not only how you sound, but how you feel;• how Hebrew and English pull the voice (and the self!!) in different directions;• the moment confidence stops being ego and starts being awareness;• the idea of “making yourself a rabbi”: finding a teacher who can hold your uncertainty;• how forgiveness, even for small classroom humiliations, can free the voice years later. It’s a grounded, generous conversation about belonging, self-perception, and the psychology behind how we speak - an exploration of what it means to sound like yourself in every language you live in.

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• Quat Are You Doing? Identity Between English & French

  Today I sit down with Alex — American in France, language teacher, and co-founder of Peasy Anglais — to explore what happens when your sense of self stretches across languages. We talk about French becoming the language where Alex feels her emotions most fully, about couple-created words (quat = quoi + what), and about the cultural scripts that shape how we sound — from the American “awesome!” to the French “c’est pas possible.” This is an episode about bilingual love, code-switching as an art, and the twilight zone between words — but most of all, it’s about identity. Who are you when you speak French vs English? How does your voice change when you love, argue, or confess in your second tongue? And how do we step away from perfectionism and into authenticity — the version of us that’s real, unpolished, and whole?

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• Stop Freezing When Speaking: Simple Structures That Work

  What if I told you that “sounding spontaneous” isn’t about winging it – it’s about structure? In this episode, we’re busting the myth that speaking off the cuff means chaos or brilliance by chance. From jazz musicians to Stanford tour guides to your next team meeting, the secret to speaking confidently on the fly lies in a simple road map. I’ll share practical frameworks you can start using today (What – So What – Now What, anyone?), why lists aren’t stories (and why stories stick), and how preparation isn’t cheating—it’s your superpower. Whether you freeze mid-sentence or just want to sound more like you in the moment, this one’s for you.

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• Fairy Doors and Accent Feelings: A Multilingual Mind Revealed

  What happens when your British self is calm and structured… but your American self is loud, messy, and totally free? In this intimate duo episode, I speak with Annie (a.k.a. Anita) — a pronunciation coach, multilingual thinker, and unicorn of the accent world — about what it’s like to live in multiple voices. She teaches both British and American accents and reveals how each one taps into a different part of her personality. We talk about:– How speaking in different accents can change how you feel– Why some languages open fairy doors to other parts of yourself– Emotional associations with accents and languages– What it means to “sound real” vs “sound right”– And why the word /jan/ carries more love than English ever could If you’ve ever code-switched, shape-shifted, or felt like you’re made up of several selves — this one’s for you. Anita's Insta page!! https://www.instagram.com/misssanitta?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=Z2xrNDZsZXd1eDBw

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• Hebrew 2.0: A Language Reborn

  Imagine a language that spent nearly two millennia asleep. Not forgotten—just… paused. Whispered in prayer, never yelled in traffic. Then one day, it woke up. And started swiping on Tinder. Ordering coffee. Dropping slang. This episode is about that language—Hebrew. But not the one locked in liturgy. We're talking about the Hebrew that got reinvented, repurposed, and remixed by dreamers, poets, immigrants, and one very determined man with a very serious mustache. We’ll talk about: How Eliezer Ben-Yehuda turned Hebrew from sacred script into a living, breathing mother tongue. What Modern Hebrew sounds like—and how it got there. The poet Bialik, who gave the language a soul. And the messy, beautiful question of who Hebrew belongs to now. If you’ve ever wondered how language can carry not just meaning, but identity, protest, memory—and yes, memes—this one’s for you. 🎧Subscribe, share, and sign up for the newsletter so you never miss a voice-nerdy deep dive: https://keri-on-accent.kit.com/45f42679de

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