Working with voiceover artists, I’ve learned that ‘authenticity’ is everything: it’s the same for people I see one-to-one for accent reduction and confident speaking

'Brain fog' is another way of describing how it feels when we lose focus. How do we stay ‘in the moment’ and keep focused on what we want to talk about?

Bias: you can try to be colour-blind, but how about accent-deaf? I took a quiz on accent bias to find out whether I can overcome my own inherent biases…

If you avoid public speaking, but can’t when it comes to weddings… here’s my favourite thoughts or tips about how to give the big speech on the big day - and make a special day even more special

People often tell me about someone at work whose accent they can't understand. But almost never mention their difficulty to the strongly-accented person. Why not?

I’ve recently come back from my first trip to Northern Ireland, and I learned some things about the famous accent… especially when I tried to do it myself…

Results: why changing your speech habits isn’t like getting a nosejob

Everyone has an accent. I don’t believe there is such a thing as a ‘correct’ way to speak English: it just needs to be clear. Most people around the world are familiar with the ‘RP’ accent - but what is it and how do you make that sound?

What we call ‘public’ speaking doesn’t have to feel like performing - it should feel like a conversation where you do most of the talking