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205. What Does it Really Mean to Be Authentic? Authenticity Vs. Brutal Honesty
Is saying exactly what you think really the same as being authentic?
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Alejandra's upcoming book, Language Alchemy: The Essential Communication Toolkit for a Life of Peace, Authenticity, and Meaning, is now available...
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204. Doctors' Words & Healing with Dr. Chrissie Ott
In this episode, Alejandra Siroka speaks with Dr. Chrissie Ott, a physician leader, board-certified in internal medicine, pediatrics, integrative medicine, and obesity medicine, and an ICF-certified coach.
Together,...
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203. AIR: A Communication Tool for Life
What if the way we respond in difficult moments could help create more connection and belonging?Ā
In this final episode of the Multicultural Communication and Belonging series, Alejandra Siroka reflects on the...
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202. What to Say When Someone Makes a Hurtful Comment
In this episode, Alejandra Siroka explores one of the most courageous communication skills in the Multicultural Communication and Belonging series: how to hold someone accountable for hurtful words without shaming...
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201. From Fitting In to Belonging
In this episode, Alejandra Siroka draws a sharp distinction between two experiences that often get confused: fitting in and belonging. Fitting in, she explains, is effortful and performative: it means monitoring what...
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200. How to Understand Any Accent, with Speech-language Pathologist and Accent Modification Coach, Natalie Cohen
In this episode, Alejandra invites Natalie Cohen, a licensed speech-language pathologist and accent modification coach to discuss how we perceive various accents, and how this perception can create disconnection and...
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199. Questions That Sting. Multicultural Communication and Belonging Series. Part 5
The questions that feel like small talk perhaps unbeknown to you tell someone they don't belong.
In this fifth episode of the Multicultural Communication and Belonging series, Alejandra Siroka examines something most...
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198. Words That Push People Out
Some of the most xenophobic phrases in everyday English arrived quietly, stripped of their origins and normalized long before anyone thought to question them.
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In this fourth episode of the Multicultural...
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197. How Your Culture Shapes Your Relationships. Multicultural Communication & Belonging Series. Part 3
In Part 3 of the Multicultural Communication and Belonging series, Alejandra Siroka opens with a definition that shaped her entire career: language is not just a tool for communication, it is a way of looking at...
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196. Immigrant Language Barriers. Multicultural Communication & Belonging Series, Part 2
Alejandra Siroka continues the Multicultural Communication and Belonging series by inviting you to anchor in compassionate understanding and notice the daily invisible effort immigrants make to communicate...
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195. Diversity is Richness. Multicultural Communication & Belonging Series. Part 1
What does it take to feel like you belong in a place that does not yet feel like home? Alejandra Siroka opens the new Multicultural Communication and Belonging series with a story from her life as a 15-year-old...
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194. The Language of Ethical Marketing with Justine Chang
This is an episode based on a question from listener Giovanna, who wanted to know how to use values-aligned language in marketing. Alejandra Siroka talks to Justine Chang, a brand story and messaging strategist, about...
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