Beyond Words

Daniela is an English teacher, pronunciation coach, speaking club host and blogger based in San Jose, California. She was born and raised in Bulgaria, and moved to the U.S. when she was 25 years old. She created everyspeakercounts recently to help people with their English journey. In this episode, Daniela shared her English learning journey, and how she went from not knowing any English to teaching pronunciation. We also talked about her first work experience in the U.S.. How she pushed...

Hi friends! We are taking a little break in the month of May, there won't be any new episode till later in June. Be sure to take your break and take care of yourself when you need it! Thank you as always for your support and we'll be back soon! -If you enjoyed today's episode, we'd love it if you leave a review and rating on the podcast of your choice. We also would love to hear from you! You can leave your feedback here.Follow the show on instagram @beyondwordspod @weinbetween As always...

Ben was born, grew up, and lives in Santiago, Chile. He is an ESL teacher, accent and pronunciation coach who works with professionals that work or live in the United States. Ben is also a language nerd. He can speak 4 languages fluently - Spanish, English, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese. In this episode, Ben shared how he got into loving English and English pronunciation even though he lived in Chile his whole life. He shared his own English learning journey with us, and why he regret...

Brenda is an interior designer, material specialist, and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California. She was born in Mexicali, Mexico, and moved to the U.S. with her mom when she was 8 years old. In this episode, Brenda shared her English learning journey, and how she was in a bilingual program when she first moved to the U.S. and didn't really learn much English from 8 to 11 years old. We talked about how she pushed and advocated for herself to get the education she wanted, despite the di...

Today's guest is the Beyond Words' Host Weina Li. Today's guest host is Hannah Lin, one of our guest on the show, you can check out Hannah's story here. Weina is an interior designer and Podcast host based in Los Angeles, California. She was born in NE China and moved to the U.S. with her mom when she was 20 years old. In this episode, Weina shared her language and voice journey throughout the years living in American. She also shared her long college journey, and why she felt...

Hannah Lin is a social worker and a Podcast host based in Toronto, Canada. She was born in China and moved to Canada with her mom when she was 9 years old. Hannah started her social entrepreneur journey in 2020 and rebranded her podcast in 2022. Now in her podcast inWellnest, her and her co-host talks about everything wellness and women's journey. In this episode, Hannah shared her language learning journey when she just moved to Canada, the struggle and confusion for her to learn Englis...

Morgan Worden Yax is an American accent pronunciation coach from Vermont, United States. Morgan moved to Guatemala in 2013 by herself because she fell in love with the culture when she volunteered there the year before. She is passionate about helping people living abroad improve their American English pronunciation. Not only to speak clearly but also to speak confidently with their own voice. In this episode, Morgan shared her immigrant journey and her struggles with language and discri...

Ana is an entrepreneur, graphic designer, Zumba instructor, and Yoga teacher. She was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico. Ana moved to Canada with her husband at age of 31. At the time, she was already established her graphic design career in Mexico City. Ana is passionate about everything fitness and wellness. She started The Fit Girl Movement community page during the Covid19 pandemic. Her goal is to help women become physically and mentally stronger in the way that’s right for them.&nb...

Happy 2022 everyone! Want to share with you what's in the plans for this year along with some random personal updates. There are 3 parts to this episode, I've put down time markers below so you can skip all that random talk if you like. 😜1. 2022 new year intention. 05:072. What's in the plans for this year. 09:303. How all of the plans affects the podcast for this year. 13:23-Thank you so much for listening and being part of this community! If you enjoyed today's episode, we'd love it i...

Alexis is a public speaking coach based in Portland, Oregon. She was born and raised in San Francisco, first-generation on her dad's side and 3rd generation San Franciscan on her mom's side. In this episode, Alexis shared how it is like growing up as a Chinese-American in San Francisco. She also shared her interesting career journey with us - how she started as an architect, pivoted to acting, UX design, and now a public speaking coach. We had a lot of fun talking about language, voice, and h...