I saw this picture, taken spontaneously just after my Rock Your Business English! Masterclass Day had ended last Thursday. (No filter, no hairstylist or makeup artist, just me, enjoying the afterglow in very good outdoor light :)) I so wish I could have shared this picture with my 14-year old self. This is what I […]
Are you? Trapped in that trap? The trap you got yourself into in the first place? (With the help of that voice of your teacher, your parents, peers, colleagues, etc who said you couldn’t/shouldn’t do it/ you are/were a failure/fraud/poser/loser etc….) What trap, you might ask? The trap of ‘I don’t do it because I’m […]
I couldn’t believe it when that Google Alert popped up in my inbox yesterday – I had to read it twice before it started to sink in. I was named Harper’s Bazaar Woman Of The Week! I joined a list that includes Solange Knowles, Eva Jinek, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Neelie Kroes. WOW. (I mean, WOW! […]
I am deeply grateful to be named Woman of the Week! Thank you so much Harper’s Bazaar, it’s such a huge honor, and your kind words make me blush! You can read all about why here.
It was so much fun to be the guest on Fleur and Dieuwke’s fantastic radio show! You can hear some of my favorite songs and what they mean to me, and so much more crazy fun stuff here. (Uiteraard.)
Ok, darling, let’s get something straight. Just because you watch Netflix without subtitles, it does NOT mean that your English is good. *shock and awe* It means that your EARS are good. Your EYES are good. Yeah for them! #TeamEyesAndEars Your mouth, however? Well, that’s another story. Just because you understand words, does NOT mean […]
IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS ENGLISH FASTER WITH BUFFI DUBERMAN’S FAMOUS ROCK & ROLL METHOD! Do you have trouble finding the right words in English? Are you using the same words over and over again? Do you get nervous before giving a talk or pitch in English? Do you doubt which grammar form is the right […]
He said it. And so did she. And maybe so have you, once upon a time. He just insulted his whole team. How? By saying ‘They are really working so hard this week.’ This actually means ‘My team just sits around all day, doing nothing but checking how many likes their latte got on Instagram, […]
Photo by Frans van Zaalen, taken at Utrecht Train Station, on Feb 14th 2018. This is me last Wednesday, on Valentine’s Day. My friend Sylvia and I took the train to 4 different cities and held up our FREE HUGS signs and hugged random strangers for 7 hours. Hugging strangers is something that I’m pretty […]
Imagine a world…. Where people wanted the best for each other. Where success was seen as inspiring and not a threat. Where learning new skills is exciting, fun, and challenging. Where pitching your ideas to a new international audience is not scary. Where writing an email is easy and fast. Where English phrases are there, […]
