We talk about intimacy like it's chemistry.

Like its luck.

Like it's something you either "have"... or you don't. But what if intimacy isn't romance at all?

What if it's literacy?

In this pre-valentine's episode of Fluent AF, we unpack how language shapes attachment, why so many of us "love hard" and still feel unseen, and how the way we speak to ourselves become the blueprint for every relationship we enter. Because maybe you're not bad at love. Maybe nobody ever taught you the words.

We talk:

emotional vocabulary,

self-talk and attachment styles,

why familiar doesn't mean healthy,

Valentine's Day and the commercialization of being chosen ,

and yes, a little RuPaul wisdom.

If you've ever said "I'm fine" when you weren't... this one's for you.

Fluent AF is where language, culture, and identity collide.

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#episode23 #romance #intimacy #language #fluentafofficial

In Episode 22, Tony and I talk about the language of music- how songs carry memory, intimacy, and identity long before we have the words for it.

From hip-hop and 90's girl bands to indie, punk, jazz, we break down how music shaped us, bonded us, and continues to say what we don't always know how articulate.

Though experiment:

If you could only communicate through music, what song would you send the person you love?

Press play.

#lovelanguage #music #22

What if the language you're healing in isn't the language that holds your pain?

In Episode 21, we explore war, displacement, diaspora, and therapy in another language; why trauma lives in language, how the body remembers, and what healing can look like when you return to the words you were taught to forget.

This is Fluent AF at its most real.

#fluentaf #diaspora #therapy #language #healing

This Episode is personal.

It's about being told you're "too much." About learning to translate yourself so you don't threaten the room.

About watering down wisdom and asking permission before trusting your own voice.

In Episode 20 of Fluent AF, I share why this project exists in the first place.

Because language isn't neutral.

Accents carry power.

And belonging is often policed through tone, grammar, and who gets listened to.

This episode is about reclaiming authority over your voice; not to fit in, but to stand where you already are and speak from there.

This is a closing-of-the year episode.

A shedding.

A return.

Because Fluency was never the goal.

AUTHORITY WAS.

Listen slowly.

Feel what your body remembers.

Share it with someone who needs their voice back.

#new #episode20 #reclaim #voice #power

After 18 Episodes Fluent AF has quietly built its own universe. This time we're stepping into the dreamworld. The Sandman side of language, to explore the languages we dream in, the ones we wish we spoke, and the ones we lost along the way.

Mythology, Psychology, Miami energy, identity, memory, and desire...all in five minutes.

Only on Fluent AF

Tune In!

#podcast #new #dreams

Take a ride in our Y2K time machine as we (my brother David and I) breakdown how culture, technology, nightlife and music evolve and why some things never die.

From Snoopy still flying in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to Goku becoming a cross-generational icon, from Kpop Demon Hunters, to Miami dive-bars. We explore what every generation remembers, what they forgot, and what got remixed into something new.

If you ever burned a CD, lost your chunky camera or flip phone or grew up in the early 2000's, this one's for you.

Hit play, share with your millennial peeps and Dale!

We live in a world that worships speed. Fast talk, fast thoughts, fast mornings powered by coffee and panic disguised as productivity. But what if the rush isn't natural? What if we've been taught to speak in anxiety, breathe in urgency, and perform fluency like a race?

In this episode, I break down how stimulation, stress, language, and culture overlap. Why women's bodies process caffeine differently, why English feels more caffeinated than other languages, and why wealthy people treat coffee as a ritual instead of a lifeline.

This is a slow sip. A breath. A reminder that fluency isn't just how well you speak, but how calmly you live.

Take a seat. Take a breath. Take it slow.

#slow #podcast #luxury #language #anxiety #coffee #easy

#breathe

There are emotions English can't name, but Spanish, Italian, and beyond? they've gotchu!

In this episode, we explore vergüenza ajena, tocaya/o/x, and abbiocco; the feelings that prove langauge isn't just communication...it's identity.

Tune in to Fluent AF, where words travel and feelings translate.

#abbiocco #podcast #new #fluentAF #emotions #words #language #vibes

In this episode of Fluent AF, we break down the IV Stages of Culture Shock, from that first honeymoon rush, to the full-body cringe of realizing your habits don't translate.

From Miami's " five minutes late is fashion" to "La siesta". This one's for anyone whose rhythm's ever been reset abroad.

Fun, curious and just pure traveler vibes!

Go Listen!

#podcast #culture #shock #travel #language #food #soul #new #ep15

From ancient Greece to the algorithm, nothing's changed. Power doesn't sit in palaces anymore; it lives behind a paywall. In this episode of Fluent AF, we dive into how desire, attention and influence shape the modern world. From rings lights to revolutions, we explore why the real global language isn't English, Spanish, or Mandarin... it's visibility.

Bold and dangerously honest.

What happens when the people who hold attention decide to go silent?

Listen.

#greek #influencers #Lysystrata #comedy #language #global #future #fluentaf