https://youtu.be/OxSXw3sc93I

New video on Youtube - the difference between self-correction and self-censorship

I just had my private accent class.

Here are the words I practiced to say differently.

Can you read the words?

1) kuhoo AH puh REHEE ddihng

2) nuh TAE lee uh/ nuh TAH lee uh

3) thuhooz

4) uhn uh PAH luh GEH ddihk

My homework for this week is to do the self-corection practice with these.

We don't work only on my accent.
We change the perception of WORDS and SOUNDS. Because let me tell you this - ALL of us who learned English as a foreign language in school - we all learned to read English incorrectly.

We have a broken perception of the sounds that each letter or a combination of letters stands for.

So, we change the way we perceive language.
The way we read and hear it.
And this changes how we SAY it and how we SPEAK.


If you want to join American accent training, we're filling the advanced group now.
Leave a comment if you want to join and I'll send the details.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAvODt8paFx/?igsh=cnFuaDY0OXNzZjF3

Watch this.

If this resonates,

If this touches you on a deeper level than “I need to improve my English”,

If you KNOW in your body that the mismatch between how you feel and how you sound is real,

Then you’ll gain so much from this accent practice!!!

Leave a comment of DM me @nataliatokar to join the new advanced accent group.

P.S. if you’re now sure whether you’re advanced enough for this training, comment anyway.

You can start with the accent assessment and we will direct you to what’s best for you.

If you struggled to read these words, here are the answer keys:

1) kuhoo AH puh REHEE ddihng - COOPERATE

2) nuh TAE lee uh/ nuh TAH lee uh - NATALIA

3) thuhooz - THOSE

4) uhn uh PAH luh GEH ddihk - UNAPOLOGETIC

How to make your R sound American.

To join the American accent training (basic or advanced group), please DM “accent”.

In April and May 2026, our focus in the community was sending and receiving Mental Images in English.

This is one of the core principles in my Method - we train the ability to SEE what is said and paint pictures with our words as we speak.


Here are the posts on Mental Images on this channel:

Long reads:
— See what mental image people are receiving when they listen to you or read your texts
— Achieving mastery in a foreign language is the process of mastering oneself
— Learning English vs Developing Spontaneous Speech in English
— Learning a Language vs. Developing Spontaneous Speaking Skills: End the Translation Era for Good

Podcast episodes & Videos:
— A podcast from Seth Godin. A great example of using mental images
— A 20-min podcast from Natalia on mental images. Monthly Drop: April 2026.
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— Watch it on YouTube with captions
— More on Mental Images: Monthly Drop: May 2026
— AUDACITY: how meaning matches form
— "Mental images": native speakers of English don't translate your words. They SEE or don't see them

Exercises:
— An exercise to see mental images behind the words
— A game to understand mental images
— The exercise that helps when you feel a lot but don’t have the language for your feelings and experiences
— You can learn anything through reverse engineering
— The practice of receiving mental images: "What do you see when I say SINGULARITY?"

Examples of mental images:
— Example: "A brain that won't shut up"
— Example: "Price of Mastery"
— Example: "Why we pay everyone who takes care of children but not mothers"
— Example: Authenticity can also sound like this
— Example: "15 types of "I don't care" in Russian

Posts in Russian:
— Наша задача — рисовать образы словами на английском, а не просто говорить английские слова
— Пример использования Mental Images

If you want to dive deeper, unlock more exercises and practice with feedback in real time, you’ll find all this in my practice studio.

If you don’t know what to read out loud today, read this quote.

What do you SEE when I say “Singularity”?

Let’s practice receiving mental images.

My practice today: to listen and repeat.

This video has the words I need to internalize: authentic & unapologetic.

Practice doesn't need to always be BIG.


Not every day is the best day when you have all the resources you need.

This very important question remains: 'What can I do even on my worst day?'

Your answer needs to be a list, not one exercise.
This video is an exercise on my list.

Small enough to manage.
Meaningful enough to keep making progress.

Sometimes it’s not a collapse. It’s a becoming.
Sometimes we need to learn the difference between being broken and being transformed.

I’ve worked with so many people who came to me when they were literally on the floor.
Crushed.
Divorce.
Job loss.
Emotional breakdown.
Identity crisis.
Health issues.

And the more ridiculous they were willing to look during practice, the more progress they made.

Sometimes I hear people say:
“I want to be in a group only with super advanced people.”

But they forget something important:
Super advanced people are usually not looking for a group where they have to motivate beginners.
They are not there to carry the people who still need to do the work and catch up.

Advanced people are interested in growing.
In becoming more.

And sometimes, a group of people who don’t sound advanced yet — but give their best, show up fully, and transform beyond expectations — is exactly the place where you need to be.

Because that is where you finally learn how to own your practice.
That is where you stop waiting for the “right environment” to make you better.
You become the person who does the work.
The more broken, shattered, and chaotic you feel today, the more potential you have to turn all of that energy into something new.

The most successful students I’ve had were the ones who started broken.

They looked silly.
They asked “stupid” questions.
They acted weird.
But they acted.

They transformed the energy of their collapsed identity into a completely new English-speaking identity.

If you’re at minus 350 today, you have the potential to get to plus 350.
If you’re at minus 15, you may not want to be bothered with real improvement.

That’s why the most powerful people are often the ones who rise when they fall.

Again and again.


If you are ready for 1:1 coaching, send a DM to book a 15-min clarity call (@nataliatokar)

You can start with a paid diagnostic call
or
Work with me for 6 months and see your English transform

I teach the art of acquiring extraordinary skills in the most ordinary conditions.

Spontaneous expression in a foreign language is a complex skill. There's not textbook for it.

No textbook, language course, or youtube lesson will take you there.

Only deliberate, sustainable, and creative practice routines.

The era of e-courses has twisted the meaning of life-long learning and instilled an illusion in people's minds that one should be done with a course and then start a new one. Regardless of whether they actually acquired the skill.

And people believed they had to focus on one program before they started another...

...that they needed to finish the e-course exactly as instructed.

...that watching video lessons equals learning.

In fact, we are designed to learn MANY skills at the same time. Human Leaning was designed as a linear experience. it was never designed for grades, certificates or applause.

It is how you evolve.

You acquire new skills --> you become a different person who is capable of more.

Don't make it about finishing an online course.

I stopped selling them a few years ago. Simply because they don't work in the long game, and all I'm interested in IS THE LONG GAME.

Make it about the practice. Look around your day. Find room in your day for dedicated practice. Watch your skills change.

If you're a non-native speaker who is done with being fluent but not really free in their expression, consider exploring my method.

It will show you a path to reengineer your practice and finally get to native-like fluency in a foreign language.

My private work is for advanced speakers, founders, leaders, ambitious immigrants, teachers and parents who are no longer looking for English lessons.

They are looking for an English voice that can carry their full identity, authority, and emotional truth.

I’m taking on private clients in 2026 who want what o serve: transformation.

From rigid - to real.

From scripted conversations - to free style spontaneous interactions.

From “fluent but still filtered and foreign” to “unmistakably myself in English”.

I don’t teach English in my private coaching spaces.

I teach clarity, authenticity, and spontaneous expression so your speech in English can reflect who you are — and who you’re becoming.

This is a different caliber training.

The outcome is not better score on a langauge test.
The outcome is transformation.

Infinitely more money.

Completely different career opportunities.

Absolutely new levels of depth in relationships.

A different relationship with intimacy, leadership, and opportunity.

You become SEEN.
When your English can carry more of you, people meet a different version of you.

The best partners, employers, and people you’ve been dreaming to connect with - they don’t just hear your words.

They SEE you now.
They feel your standards too.
They recognize your brilliance.

And the quality of relationships with people who truly see who you are is all that matters. Because they create new opportunities that elevate your entire life.

To apply for private coaching or start with a diagnostic call, DM @nataliatokar