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S4 E9: Interview with Etai from Etai's Corner
Today Martha is joined by Etai, an empowerment and communication coach, disability advocate, and passionate language enthusiast. Together, they dive deep into what it means to truly connect—with ourselves, with language, and with others. Etai shares his lived experience as a multilingual speaker born with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, his journey from Israel to the U.S., and how language and communication have been central to his life.
Topics We Cover:
Etai’s story and how disability advocacy and language learning shaped his life
Viewing communication as an intuitive, deeply personal process
Why grammar and vocabulary are just tools—not the full picture
Creating a shared language and “consensus reality”
The power of defining terms and slowing down in conversations
How intuitive coaching and deep listening foster authentic connection
Language as play: how joy and curiosity fuel lifelong learning
The importance of emotional resonance in language learning
Understanding your own “bubble” before expecting others to
How most communication is repair—and why that’s okay
Etai’s #1 piece of advice for mental health and language learning
Quotable Moments:
“Communication is all about the repair.”
“If it doesn’t excite you, why do it?”
“The fact that people can communicate at all is a miracle.”
“Every single person has their own language—the question is, how do we build a shared one?”
Connect with Etai:
🌐 Website: etaiscorner.net
📺 YouTube: Etai’s Corner
📷 Instagram: @etaiscorner
💬 Threads, Facebook, LinkedIn: Etai’s Corner
☕ Support: Buy Me a Coffee & PayPal donations available via website
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By Martha Summerlin
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Today Martha is joined by Etai, an empowerment and communication coach, disability advocate, and passionate language enthusiast. Together, they dive deep into what it means to truly connect—with ourselves, with language, and with others. Etai shares his lived experience as a multilingual speaker born with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, his journey from Israel to the U.S., and how language and communication have been central to his life.
Topics We Cover:
Etai’s story and how disability advocacy and language learning shaped his life
Viewing communication as an intuitive, deeply personal process
Why grammar and vocabulary are just tools—not the full picture
Creating a shared language and “consensus reality”
The power of defining terms and slowing down in conversations
How intuitive coaching and deep listening foster authentic connection
Language as play: how joy and curiosity fuel lifelong learning
The importance of emotional resonance in language learning
Understanding your own “bubble” before expecting others to
How most communication is repair—and why that’s okay
Etai’s #1 piece of advice for mental health and language learning
Quotable Moments:
“Communication is all about the repair.”
“If it doesn’t excite you, why do it?”
“The fact that people can communicate at all is a miracle.”
“Every single person has their own language—the question is, how do we build a shared one?”
Connect with Etai:
🌐 Website: etaiscorner.net
📺 YouTube: Etai’s Corner
📷 Instagram: @etaiscorner
💬 Threads, Facebook, LinkedIn: Etai’s Corner
☕ Support: Buy Me a Coffee & PayPal donations available via website