Joanna Richard English

Joanna Richard English From frustrated to fluent: B1+ professionals connecting with English their way

Je suis vidée. Et c’est ok.Apprendre à se connaître,et accepter tous ses états, ses besoins…c’est 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗟.Passer deux ...
05/02/2026

Je suis vidée. Et c’est ok.

Apprendre à se connaître,
et accepter tous ses états, ses besoins…
c’est 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗟.

Passer deux heures autour d’une table avec des inconnus incroyables,
en français,
parler de nos activités
m’a tellement remplie aujourd’hui,
grâce à KOZ club, Victor Linder (a la La Fabuleuse Cantine)

À l’heure où je vous écris, il est 17 h.

Je n’ai plus beaucoup de batterie sociale.

Et je sais que c’est en partie parce que le français reste un effort pour moi.

Les invité·es aujourd’hui n’auraient pas pu être plus inclusif·ves, compréhensif·ves,(Hello Claire Sordet 💡 Claire Coleon Cécile Cayon Alexandre Homeyer Jean-Christophe Baromès 💎)

𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙨 𝙘̧𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚 𝙪𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚.

Parler dans une autre langue, ça fatigue.
Et non, ça ne veut pas dire que tu es nul·le.

Je pense que c’est important de vous partager ça.
Je suis anglophone, arrivée en France en 2011,
et ça reste challengeant.

J’honore mes efforts.
Je salue les personnes qui me donnent un 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦
pour m’exprimer dans ma deuxième langue.

Allez, je recharge les batteries,
parce que demain c’est pitch en français à 7h du mat 😉

I’m Joanna Richard 🍁 Neurolanguage Coach.
I help ambitious professionals in France find themselves in English.

Le concept de KOZ Club : des repas entre pros soigneusement matchés et en petit comité (4 à 6 personnes) : on découvre les participants à l'arrivée au restaurant !

Inscrivez vous pour les prochains repas: https://lnkd.in/e7kBCaSc

Your energy is magnetic when you’re okay with who you are.When you stop trying to sound like someone else in EnglishWhen...
21/10/2025

Your energy is magnetic when you’re okay with who you are.

When you stop trying to sound like someone else in English

When you stop focusing on “perfect English.”

When you stop overcorrecting and just flow.

When you see other's negative opinions as THEIR problem, not YOURS.

That’s when fluency really starts to grow.

When you accept yourself, your differences,the hesitations, mistakes, the accent…you can let your personality and expertise be the focus.

That’s what I work on in 1:1 coaching.

Yes, we practise English, but it takes more than that.

You’ll start to trust yourself. You’ll stop comparing.

You’ll find mistakes interesting instead of embarrassing.

You’ll see speaking as an exciting challenge, accents as intriguing.

I love this about speaking a second language, and growing older.

How are you changing, growing, accepting yourself?

👋Hello, I’m Joanna Richard🍁
Business English in France for thoughtful, ambitious adults (B1 and up).
I help you stop apologizing, and start accepting your English (and yourself)
Through 1:1 coaching and Confident Conversation Clubs (on Whatsapp)

Let’s connect!

same...for language learning.
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same...for language learning.

26/09/2025

I'm bored of talking about this!

I said that last night to my best friend. We were making a plan: she would watch my kids so I could have a date night. She laughed because she knows about my attention span in the evenings...I was done!

With her, I can be 100% myself. I don’t need to hide my thoughts, my feelings, or my funny habits.

This is the kind of relationship you also need on your language learning journey.

It can be with a friend, a partner, or a coach. With this safe person, you don’t need to wear a mask. You don’t need to try so hard to sound like a native speaker or compare yourself to colleagues who seem better than you.

Having one person who accepts you is so important for progress.

I have that with my friend, and also with my (now) husband when I was learning French.

When you are truly, honestly, even a bit strangely yourself in your second language, that’s when you grow.

And I’m here for it :)

People come to me to improve their English. But that’s not really what happens.In one on one coaching and in my Confiden...
09/05/2025

People come to me to improve their English.
But that’s not really what happens.

In one on one coaching and in my Confident Conversation Club (CCC) people:

Start speaking without apologising

Learn to love English as a way to open doors, not as a limit

Get to know themselves better

And that’s when their English grows.

Because it’s safe to try.

Because they feel good in the process.

This is the work I love the most.

Not teaching rules.

Not correcting every mistake.

But helping people enjoy themselves, the process and then progress more than they ever dreamed!

👋Hello, I’m Joanna Richard🍁
Business English in France for thoughtful, ambitious adults (B1 and up).
I help you stop apologising, and start accepting your English (and yourself)
Through 1:1 coaching and Confident Conversation Clubs (on Whatsapp)
www.joannarichardenglish.fr
Let’s connect!

Credit Photo Lucie Denéchaud

Imagine you speak English without sweating Imagine you stop apologising for your English Imagine the words come to you I...
06/05/2025

Imagine you speak English without sweating

Imagine you stop apologising for your English

Imagine the words come to you

Imagine you say yes to leading the meeting

Imagine you enjoy the business trip in English

Imagine you make a real connection with an English speaker… a new friend

Imagine you pick up the phone when it’s an international colleague

Imagine you dial the number

Imagine you make a joke

Imagine you make the sale

Imagine they accept your offer

Imagine they approve the budget

If you want this, you can have it.

You just need to want it, and give yourself the keys

You’ve tried everything else, why not try the Confident Conversation Club?

You receive early morning questions, respond by voice message on WhatsApp, interact with a motivated group of like-minded English learners, coached by me.

Much more spontaneous conversation = a confident you.

The Spring edition is completely full (12 people total in 3 groups) but you could…

sign up to my monthly newsletter to be the first to know about the next Confident Conversation Club! https://forms.gle/BeWnkXU5bwhxGzXAA

You cannot progress in English…without getting to know yourself.Being more honest. This is what I see in my 1 on 1 Engli...
02/05/2025

You cannot progress in English…

without getting to know yourself.
Being more honest.

This is what I see in my 1 on 1 English coaching...

We don’t just “practise business English.”

We look at:
Why do I freeze in meetings?

Why do I apologise for my accent?

What is actually blocking me?

It’s not usually grammar.

It’s self-pressure. Overthinking. Perfectionism.

Instead of toxic positivity, I encourage you to allow this to come to surface.

To acknowledge the struggle.

To give yourself credit…this IS hard.

But also, you ARE capable.
You have already come so far…you have so many strengths.

By knowing yourself more deeply, and getting support, you can progress so much more than you ever dreamed.

(This is personal experience as well, in French, in business…life…)
I’d love to help you see yourself, and your English, in a new way.

👋Hello, I’m Joanna Richard🍁
Business English in France for thoughtful, ambitious adults (B1 and up).
I help you stop apologizing, and start accepting your English (and yourself)
Through 1:1 coaching and Confident Conversation Clubs (on Whatsapp)
www.joannarichardenglish.fr

Let’s connect!

Don’t have time for English? Cool.You don’t need hours. You need 5 minutes.A voice note.A short answer to a deep questio...
29/04/2025

Don’t have time for English? Cool.

You don’t need hours.

You need 5 minutes.

A voice note.

A short answer to a deep question.

A tiny moment of reflection.

That’s how we build fluency in the Confident Conversation Club.

One voice message at a time.

It’s not school. It’s your life.

Want English to fit into your day?

👋Hello, I’m Joanna Richard🍁
Business English in France for thoughtful, ambitious adults (B1 and up).
I help you stop apologising, and start accepting your English (and yourself)
Through 1:1 coaching and Confident Conversation Clubs (on Whatsapp)
www.joannarichardenglish.fr
Let’s connect!

Your energy is magnetic when you’re okay with who you are.When you stop trying to sound like someone else in EnglishWhen...
25/04/2025

Your energy is magnetic when you’re okay with who you are.

When you stop trying to sound like someone else in English

When you stop focusing on “perfect English.”

When you stop overcorrecting and just flow.

When you see other's negative opinions as THEIR problem, not YOURS.

That’s when fluency really starts to grow.

When you accept yourself, your differences,the hesitations, mistakes, the accent…you can let your personality and expertise be the focus.

That’s what I work on in 1:1 coaching.

Yes, we practise English, but it takes more than that.

You’ll start to trust yourself. You’ll stop comparing.

You’ll find mistakes interesting instead of embarrassing.

You’ll see speaking as an exciting challenge, accents as intriguing.

I love this about speaking a second language, and growing older.

How are you changing, growing, accepting yourself?

👋Hello, I’m Joanna Richard🍁
Business English in France for thoughtful, ambitious adults (B1 and up).
I help you stop apologising, and start accepting your English (and yourself)
Through 1:1 coaching and Confident Conversation Clubs (on Whatsapp)
www.joannarichardenglish.fr

Let’s connect!

Photo taken at L'Écho-lieu ,shout out to Cécile MATRICON ;)

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