NEWS FLASH! Join me & Harper’s Bazaar for the classiest Masterclass!

I’m doing my only Masterclass of the year on December 7th and I want you help you Dress Up Your English! It’s a day full of Buffilove, powered by Harper’s Bazaar, for women who want to feel (more) awesome in English. We will focus on powerful presentations, talking like a pro, writing like a badass, […]
Top TED Speaker Coach Tip – how to deal with nerves!

I love what I do so much. I left a safe, very well paid job at the most prestigious language institute in the Netherlands over 16 years ago to follow my dream. Which was to become a Personal English Coach. Which didn’t exist at that time. But it existed in my head, so for me, […]
Special announcement!

[PRESS RELEASE] Buffi Duberman lanceert Songwriter’s Day! The First Lady of English helpt aanstormend muziektalent hun Engels te verbeteren Buffi Duberman, dé Engelse taalcoach van Nederland, lanceert Songwriter’s Day. Op 9 en 13 december zal Buffi developing artists, nieuwe artiesten die van hun passie hun werk aan het maken zijn, helpen met het verbeteren van […]
Introducing…..Songwriter’s Day! Half-price coaching for new artists!

I’ve never done this before…so I don’t know how to fail. I have the best job in the world. I get to work with game changers. Soul shakers. Rule breakers. People who follow their heart and get things done. People who are so successful in their own field (like Jandino Asporaat, the comedian and TV host, […]
Are you using high-eyebrow words?

“Say what, Buffi?!?” I know, I know. High eyebrows. Like WTF is that. Well, when you say something that sounds impressive, people’s eyebrows often go up. Like this. So let’s get your vocab up to scratch with some snazzy alternatives for words you are probably overusing. You can do better! Here are some examples to […]
Honored to share the stage with this man!

I’m so excited to share the stage on October 12 with the incredible David Allen, author of the global bestseller ‘Getting Things Done’, at the Good Habitz Event! You can read all about it here.
How one word can make you unemployed. Or a murderer.

Recently a client of mine lost his job. Well, he didn’t really, but when he was talking about his work, he left out a word which made him unemployed. He said this: ‘I love my company. I worked there for 3 years.’ If you say ‘I worked’, this means that you NO LONGER work there. […]
This phrase works well. In Dutch. In English? Not so much.

This simple phrase works so well in Dutch, but translated to English, it really isn’t such a friendly way to end your mail, so let me help you end this epic fail. (I’m such a poet and I don’t even know it.) Hello, sweet buffi! Let me help you stop insulting your readers. I know you […]
Even native speakers get this one wrong….

There’s a common problem in English and I think it’s contagious because I see it everywhere – even when I’m back in the States! It’s using the noun form of a phrasal verb correctly. SAY WHAT, BUFFI? WHAT THE HELL IS A PHRASAL VERB AND WHAT IS THE NOUN FORM? Let me explain. A phrasal […]
When you speak, you’re safe…but not when you write!

First off, if you missed the BIG NEWS about my first e-book, WORK IT!, you can find out all about it here. Only 9.95E for 80+ pages of exercises, helpful phrases, and more! A great way to keep you ACTIVE in English! Use it or lose it, honey! And now. Let’s get to a problem […]