What does it feel like to lose your intelligence the moment you switch languages? Rachel Pierre lived that. Grew up in Haiti, French was home — English didn’t exist until she was 18. Her dad flipped every TV channel to English one day and didn’t explain why. A year later she was studying in the US, then working in FinTech alongside executives at JP Morgan Chase and Apple. Now she helps leaders hold their ground in high-stakes French rooms. Real people. Real stakes. Real method. In this episode: • Her dad’s move: every TV at home, switched to English overnight • The Parlez method — Survive → Function → Command — and why the order matters • Why reading Le Monde still freezes you when the waiter goes off-script • The Paris Fashion Week client who went from left behind to photos with Oprah • Why the Air Canada CEO’s two words in French nearly cost him everything • Why AI can book your train — but can’t hold the room for you • Three things she’d tell every language learner right now No drills. No vocab lists. Just a real conversation about what it actually takes to feel like yourself in another language. Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome to Emotional English 00:16 Meet Rachel Pierre (Parlez) 01:20 Why professionals must not lose themselves in a second language 01:47 From Haiti to the US — and why she hated English 02:59 Dad flips every TV channel to English 05:36 Survive → Function → Command 07:00 Why Survive comes first (stop translating) 09:28 How Parlez was born 11:52 Paris Fashion Week transformation 14:17 Air Canada CEO & language as leadership 16:25 Personalized 90-day roadmap 19:30 Role model: Rachel’s father 23:42 AI vs human language coaching 27:32 Three recommendations for learners 28:01 Presence over perfection 30:52 Thank you & close Links & next step: • Free tryout lesson: https://danilabondarenko.ru • Telegram: https://t.me/emotional_english • Website: https://emotionalenglish.ru • Speaking Club: https://forms.yandex.ru/cloud/68d951c802848f454866577d • Support: https://boosty.to/emotionalenglish • Video version: YouTube @EmotionalEnglish Rachel Pierre — Executive French Coach · Author · Speaker 🌐 Website: https://parlezmethod.com/ 📘 Book: https://parlezmethod.com/book 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelsfrenchmethod/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelpierre/ 📧 parlez@parlezmethod.com tags: learn english, english podcast, emotional english, rachel pierre, parlay, english interview, intermediate english, esl podcast, language immersion, executive presence, stop translating, english listening practice, danila bondarenko, train for presence

What does it feel like to lose your intelligence the moment you switch languages?

Rachel Pierre lived that. Grew up in Haiti, French was home — English didn’t exist until she was 18. Her dad flipped every TV channel to English one day and didn’t explain why. A year later she was studying in the US, then working in FinTech alongside executives at JP Morgan Chase and Apple. Now she helps leaders hold their ground in high-stakes French rooms. Real people. Real stakes. Real method.

In this episode:

• Her dad’s move: every TV at home, switched to English overnight

• The Parlez method — Survive → Function → Command — and why the order matters

• Why reading Le Monde still freezes you when the waiter goes off-script

• The Paris Fashion Week client who went from left behind to photos with Oprah

• Why the Air Canada CEO’s two words in French nearly cost him everything

• Why AI can book your train — but can’t hold the room for you

• Three things she’d tell every language learner right now

No drills. No vocab lists. Just a real conversation about what it actually takes to feel like yourself in another language.

Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome to Emotional English

00:16 Meet Rachel Pierre (Parlez)

01:20 Why professionals must not lose themselves in a second language

01:47 From Haiti to the US — and why she hated English

02:59 Dad flips every TV channel to English

05:36 Survive → Function → Command

07:00 Why Survive comes first (stop translating)

09:28 How Parlez was born

11:52 Paris Fashion Week transformation

14:17 Air Canada CEO & language as leadership

16:25 Personalized 90-day roadmap

19:30 Role model: Rachel’s father

23:42 AI vs human language coaching

27:32 Three recommendations for learners

28:01 Presence over perfection

30:52 Thank you & close

Links & next step:

• Free tryout lesson: https://danilabondarenko.ru

• Telegram: https://t.me/emotional_english

• Website: https://emotionalenglish.ru

• Speaking Club: https://forms.yandex.ru/cloud/68d951c802848f454866577d

• Support: https://boosty.to/emotionalenglish

• Video version: YouTube @EmotionalEnglish

Rachel Pierre — Executive French Coach · Author · Speaker

🌐 Website: https://parlezmethod.com/

📘 Book: https://parlezmethod.com/book

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelsfrenchmethod/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelpierre/

📧 parlez@parlezmethod.com

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learn english, english podcast, emotional english, rachel pierre, parlay, english interview, intermediate english, esl podcast, language immersion, executive presence, stop translating, english listening practice, danila bondarenko, train for presence