About 18 years ago I heard that little voice again. The voice of doubt. The voice of hesitation. The little voice whispering, more and more often…’Is this….it?’ I was teaching at the most prestigious language institute of the Netherlands. I was well-paid. I had a permanent contract. It was a lovely 20-minute bike ride from […]
I was so thrilled to have worked closely with the leading actress, the incredible Christanne de Bruijn, on making her English rock for her role in the magnificent film de Dirigent. She has already won an award for her role and you can see my name on the credits here. (And yes, that is me […]
I was so surprised when someone told me that because of the English accent coaching I did for the new movie De Dirigent, I was now a member of the International Movie Data Base (with a wrong date for my appearances on DWDD, but we’ll just focus on the good news for now)! How exciting! […]
Achtung, baby! I’m writing you this from cloudy and gorgeous Berlin. My days here are full of meetings, inspiration and working on The Next Big Thing. Berlin is one of my favorite places to be, and I’m so fortunate that I can do what I love here too. And in Antwerp later this week. And in […]
I was honored to talk about the midterm elections in the States this week, even though I slept only 2 hours. My segment starts HERE at 7.30. Enjoy, and dump Trump!’
It was wonderful to be the English coach for The Talent Project and work with such incredibly dedicated candidates. We blew and buzzed the THs, vibrated the Vs, rounded out the vowels, muted the Ts and Ds, worked on timing, flow, muting, punching, knitting, lyrics comprehension, and so much more. Can’t wait for next season! […]
Just the other day I was working with a new client on her presentation skills in a VIP Deep Dive. She was so ashamed to speak English in public and always let her nerves get in the way. I asked her who she admired as a public speaker in English, and she named one of […]
“Buffi, I have written out my entire speech. I have practiced every word. I know every single one by heart. I know exactly how to stand and exactly when to move. I’m 100% prepared.” This makes me nervous. Really nervous. Why? As a coach, it’s my job to help you prepare your pitch, presentation, or […]
Let me cut to the chase. What do so many other languages have that we don’t have in English? It’s a formal and informal way of saying ‘you’. We don’t have U or je, vous or tu, usted or tu, du or Sie (which just auto corrected to ‘do or die’, which made me laugh, […]
Buffi Duberman, the ‘English Coach to the Fresh and the Fabulous’, has done it again. With her new educational card game Talk Nerdy To Me, she turns your English lessons into a Rock and Roll party. Coach for the Fresh and Fabulous This native New Yorker single-handedly created her own English coaching industry over […]
